Abbyjayne2

Participatory culture has been around longer than the Internet. The emergence of the Amateur Press Association in the middle of the 19th century is an example of historical participatory culture; at that time, young people were hand typing and printing their own publications. These publications were mailed throughout a network of people and resemble what are now called social networks. The evolution from zines, radio shows, group projects, and gossips to blogs, podcasts, wikis, and social networks has impacted society greatly. With web services such as eBay, Blogger, Wikipedia, Photobucket, Facebook, and YouTube, it is no wonder that culture has become more participatory. The implications of the gradual shift from production to produsage are profound, and will affect the very core of culture, economy, society, and democracy.[3]

Participatory culture has been around longer than the Internet. The emergence of the Amateur Press Association in the middle of the 19th century is an example of historical participatory culture. During that period, people in the community were hand typing and printing their own publications. These publications were circulated throughout a network of interested parties and resemble what we now refer to as social networks.The evolution from zines, radio shows, group projects, and gossips to blogs, podcasts, wikis, and social media groups has impacted society greatly. With online services such as eBay, Blogger, Wikipedia, Photobucket, Facebook, and YouTube, access, availability and popularity participatory culture has grown and evolved. The implications of the gradual shift from production to produsage are profound, and will affect the very core of culture, economy, society, and democracy.[3]

  Abbyjayne2 (talk) 01:55, 19 October 2018 (UTC)