Interactive Audiences? The Collective Intelligence Of Media Fans

First let me start out by saying I am not a big fan of reading such long passages! Too much long windedness!!! OK..so with that said here goes..

I like how this began..."You got fifteen seconds. Impress me."

We teach fourth grade students to begin each narrative with a "Hook!" A hook is described as an attention grabber! So kudos to Henry Jenkins!

I did enjoy how the new youth consumers were depicted. Although the blonde hair may not always be the case. That isn't exactly "politically correct." The no longer a coach potato I think hits the nail on the head! Today's computer savvy teens appear to be big gammers as well! Some adults might see this as couch potato behavior, but those gammers take it pretty serious!

The cultural studies spoken of is a little out dated! Technology has made quick changes that reach beyond what most people can grasp on to before the next innovation hits. Technology has unleashed a new liberation of this world and everyone in it. Gone are the days of having to sell items at a yard sale, or at a thrift store. You don't even have to purchase an article in the newspaper to solicite sales. Todays technology has promoted sites like Craigs List, My Space, Facebook, etc. that promote do it yourself, free sites to promote anything you take a shining to. For all that goes a hard working person who has no time nor desire to meet singles at a bar can go online and meet any kind of singles they desire and for free at that!

Levy is correct when he said he sees contemporary society as caught in a transitional moment, whose outcome is still unknown, but which has enormous potentials for transforming existing structures of knowledge and power. A critical utopianism....maybe....a correct statement when dealing with the dinosaurs of yester year...probably so!

Computers are forever changing the face of the world! Look at the Lifetime Channel and you'll see that! Fans can go online and follow series, blog comments, questions, etc. A huge movement from the years when my father had to listen to television on a radio.