Web 2.0 Video
Michael Wesch, professor of anthropology at Kansas State University, has posted an interesting video about Web 2.0 that might be a useful prompt for class discussion. It does a good job of showing both the technical and social process sides of the issue.
It’s part of a Digital Ethnography project. Now, there’s a thought for libraries – move our ethnographic research into the digital realm.
posted by Barbara Fister
with thanks to Tony Sanfilippo for the link
Posted: February 4, 2007 by Barbara Fister
in Libraries and Learning, Technology Issues.
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Posted: February 19, 2007 at 1:00 pm
[...] Influencers can impact on others in different ways. Last week the popular YouTube video on Web 2.0 no doubt influenced hundreds of thousands of indivduals to think about Web 2.0. This may be one reason why academic libraries should be doing more serious exploration of localized social sites that allow the user community to share news and information about the library, its resources or perhaps campus issues as well. Rather than our own often unsatisfactory efforts to influence users to take advantage of library resources and services, perhaps we need to tap into the powers of hidden influencers. Imagine the power of a hidden influencer recommending the library for a particular type of research or sharing news about a beneficial service the library offers. If an English teacher’s mention of an arts and crafts project on Digg could cause a Web site selling some of the ingredients needed for the project to rapidly sell out, imagine the impact influencers could have on promoting the academic library. [...]
Comment from steven bell
Posted: February 4, 2007 at 10:05 pm
Thanks for posting that Barbara. Pretty cool and definitely worth a view. I think there’s something worthwhile in learning more about how ethnographic research methods can be used to develop a better understanding of our user population. I’m not quite sure how this fits into digital ethnography – which needs further study.