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Title:

Networked Reading: Viewing as an Act of Participation

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Organizer:
Dharmishta Rood, Center for Future Civic Media at MIT
Description:
The content that online readers choose in social spaces is an active process. I'm specifically curious about the impact of other readers' presence and how this changes the context and interpretation of information for the members of an online space, and how this shapes the way readers value content.
Questions
Answered:
  1. What do people read online?
  2. What do readers learn in social spaces online by reading?
  3. How does the option to participate change the way that readers value content online?
  4. What causes someone to choose the particular content they read online?
  5. How do readers of online content ascribe value to what they read?
  6. What are factors that shape differing interpretations of online content?
  7. What can be learned from readers preferences?
  8. What factors influence the choices readers make, in terms of the content that they read?
  9. Is someone more likely to read if participation is an option?
  10. How do readers ascribe different types of value to online content?
Level:
Intermediate
Category:
Case Study, Community / Online Community, Social Networking, User Generated Content, Writing / Technical Writing
Type:
Solo
Event:
Interactive 2010
Seth Woodworth
on 17/8/09
Dharmishta Rood is an amazing researcher. The concept of Networked Reading, while still very exploratory, is fundamental to understanding how to engage people on the web.

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Rachel Mercer
on 17/8/09
I can't wait to see how this pans out. As Seth said, Dharmishta is an amazing researcher, and I can't wait to see what results she has for this. As a person who regularly records what they read on the internet, I am incredibly interested to see what factors in to what I decide to read online.

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Peter Foster
on 17/8/09
Very interesting indeed...
Jonathan Beilin
on 18/8/09
This is a refreshing change of pace from WOO BLOGS DEATH OF PRINT hype seen all over the internet, and is instead taking a holistic view of how online (now networked) reading works and is different from old models of distribution and consumption.
Roxanna Myhrum
on 18/8/09
What a great way of framing this topic! And when presented by Dharmishta, it promises to be good.
Kathleen Jaskolski
on 18/8/09
As always, right on the cutting edge. Looking forward to what we learn.
Florence Gallez
on 31/8/09
I just read in the WSJ last week that high-school students' reading skills grades have been decreasing over the past few years nationally - http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203706604574376770715180170.html - so I think this research and new way of looking at reading is extremely timely and might provide some answers and solutions to the problem.
Online Games
on 24/10/09
What a great way of framing this topic! And when presented by Dharmishta, it promises to be good.
Free Games
on 2/11/09
Seems good idea for a panel.
Blu-ray Video Converter
on 21/11/09
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