From Culture 2.0 to a Network State of Mind: A Selective History of Web 2.0’s Axiologies and a Lesson from It
There is never a shortage of celebratory and condemnatory popular discourse on digital media even in its early days. This, of course, is also true of the advent of Web 2.0. In this article, I shall argue that normative analyses of digital media should not take lightly the popular discourse, as it ca...
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Paderborn University: Media Systems and Media Organisation Research Group
2013-02-01
|
| Series: | tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/468 |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1849397522855886848 |
|---|---|
| author | Pak-Hang Wong |
| author_facet | Pak-Hang Wong |
| author_sort | Pak-Hang Wong |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | There is never a shortage of celebratory and condemnatory popular discourse on digital media even in its early days. This, of course, is also true of the advent of Web 2.0. In this article, I shall argue that normative analyses of digital media should not take lightly the popular discourse, as it can deepen our understanding of the normative and axiological foundation(s) of our judgements towards digital media. Looking at some of the most representative examples available, I examine the latest wave of popular discourse on digital media, focusing on the (new) worries and doubts voiced by the alarmists and the (new) hopes and dreams portrayed by the enthusiasts. I shall illustrate that various stances in the popular discourse on Web 2.0 are ultimately rested on different notions of the self. This conclusion entails an important lesson for our practice of critiques of digital media, as it entails that our critiques of digital media cannot be done without referring to a notion of the self. Hence, a normative enquiry of digital media should not only be about the moral and/or prudential goodness or badness per se; it should be about who we should be online, or which notion(s) of the self we should strive for. |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj-art-bdbe75aaea4f4478a2e051865aac5c63 |
| institution | Kabale University |
| issn | 1726-670X |
| language | English |
| publishDate | 2013-02-01 |
| publisher | Paderborn University: Media Systems and Media Organisation Research Group |
| record_format | Article |
| series | tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique |
| spelling | doaj-art-bdbe75aaea4f4478a2e051865aac5c632025-08-20T03:38:58ZengPaderborn University: Media Systems and Media Organisation Research GrouptripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique1726-670X2013-02-0111110.31269/triplec.v11i1.468468From Culture 2.0 to a Network State of Mind: A Selective History of Web 2.0’s Axiologies and a Lesson from ItPak-Hang WongThere is never a shortage of celebratory and condemnatory popular discourse on digital media even in its early days. This, of course, is also true of the advent of Web 2.0. In this article, I shall argue that normative analyses of digital media should not take lightly the popular discourse, as it can deepen our understanding of the normative and axiological foundation(s) of our judgements towards digital media. Looking at some of the most representative examples available, I examine the latest wave of popular discourse on digital media, focusing on the (new) worries and doubts voiced by the alarmists and the (new) hopes and dreams portrayed by the enthusiasts. I shall illustrate that various stances in the popular discourse on Web 2.0 are ultimately rested on different notions of the self. This conclusion entails an important lesson for our practice of critiques of digital media, as it entails that our critiques of digital media cannot be done without referring to a notion of the self. Hence, a normative enquiry of digital media should not only be about the moral and/or prudential goodness or badness per se; it should be about who we should be online, or which notion(s) of the self we should strive for.https://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/468SelfPopular DiscourseDigital MediaGood LifeAxiologyWeb 2.0 |
| spellingShingle | Pak-Hang Wong From Culture 2.0 to a Network State of Mind: A Selective History of Web 2.0’s Axiologies and a Lesson from It tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique Self Popular Discourse Digital Media Good Life Axiology Web 2.0 |
| title | From Culture 2.0 to a Network State of Mind: A Selective History of Web 2.0’s Axiologies and a Lesson from It |
| title_full | From Culture 2.0 to a Network State of Mind: A Selective History of Web 2.0’s Axiologies and a Lesson from It |
| title_fullStr | From Culture 2.0 to a Network State of Mind: A Selective History of Web 2.0’s Axiologies and a Lesson from It |
| title_full_unstemmed | From Culture 2.0 to a Network State of Mind: A Selective History of Web 2.0’s Axiologies and a Lesson from It |
| title_short | From Culture 2.0 to a Network State of Mind: A Selective History of Web 2.0’s Axiologies and a Lesson from It |
| title_sort | from culture 2 0 to a network state of mind a selective history of web 2 0 s axiologies and a lesson from it |
| topic | Self Popular Discourse Digital Media Good Life Axiology Web 2.0 |
| url | https://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/468 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT pakhangwong fromculture20toanetworkstateofmindaselectivehistoryofweb20saxiologiesandalessonfromit |