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Web 2.0...We Respond To We/sch

An alternative reading of Michael Wesch's Web 2.0...the Machine is Us/ing Us. by Mark C. Marino of Writer Response Theory (http://writerresponsetheory.o rg)  
 
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WackoBobby (1 year ago) Show Hide
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Nice, but flawed, interpretation of the original video.

Kudos given to actually having put some thought into your reply.

Alas, in Wesch's original video, the focus was not on the contrast of digital and physical mediums, but rather, the hypertext nature of digital mediums.

With a book, you are literally limited to whats on the paper. You can go forward, or backwards. Up, and down (while reading). No more, no less.

It is no more multilinear than a choose your own adventure book.
bunkmag (1 year ago) Show Hide
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I find it interesting that viewers of this film feel compelled to police the meanings that the film generates.(not meant as a flame, just an observation.) But on your point about multilinearity - haven't you had the experience when you are browsing a web site and can't get to a page you'd like to get to within the site because there is just no link? If it had been a book, you could flip to it. I just don't think Wesch is overlooking the affordances of varying media forms.See his other videos.
Crackferret (2 years ago) Show Hide
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Furthermore as previously stated, the video was not hinging on that argument, but goes on to talk about the evolution of WEB 2.0 and not on the difference between written text and digital text.
bunkmag (2 years ago) Show Hide
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It strikes me again that such a reading seeks to limit Wesch's video to one meaning, something we might do with a straight-forward essay. What my video attempts to tease out are the layers of Wesch's piece, which by its use of special editing techniques, montage, and play in general opens itself up to multiple readings.
Crackferret (2 years ago) Show Hide
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The only reason his text on paper seems to be Multilinear is the fact that its sped up and edited, if it was not, it would take so much more time, and not be as clear, and eventually would not even exist (the paper would get cluttered and the text wouldnt be clear) Digital text however is Multilinear not due to where you can type but due to its flexibility.
bunkmag (2 years ago) Show Hide
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There are multiple ways that text can be multilinear. As I type my response, I wish I could move the cursor the words to places on the screen that this "text box" will not permit. All the arguments about using light pens or input tablets do not change the limitations of the particular interface he choose for this segment.
cdoep (2 years ago) Show Hide
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What you are picking on is true but, the original video isn't so much about where you can write but rather the way people can make connections between data. Almost as if us humans are more and more taking up the part of a brain cell.Connected to each other by the web. Thus possibly creating a new form conciousness. So not really about where he writes on a bit of paper.
thelegendarypaki (2 years ago) Show Hide
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yea what you are picking on has really nothing to do with the purpose of the orignal video. And as for flexibility with pen and paper. we have already accomplished that with tablet platform. And I can comment on your video thanks to web 2.0!
Swimace (2 years ago) Show Hide
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I understand your response but what you are picking up on is not the point of the original video?

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