Digital Media
Distribution
The
audience of my digital media artifact changed the day I submitted my final
draft. I decided that my design was elementary compared to the information I
was trying to convey. That being said, I think I would have had an easier time
with the project had I thought about my design and the subsequent audience a
little further. Now, however, I am looking to distribute my work into an online
space and I have chosen pinterest.com.
As
a Web 2.0-centered location, Pinterest is an interactive and engaging website
for people of all ages to “pin” things they like. As a space where teachers can
pin class lessons, ideas, experiments, etc., I believe it is an appropriate
place to distribute and publish my digital media artifact about political
image.
Web
2.0, compared to Web 1.0, involves participating and engagement. Web 1.0 was
very static; a location where information was displayed, but not interactive. Pinterest
provides users with a place to keep what the find online in a central location.
If you see something you like, you can “repin” or “like” it. Each pin also is
able to lead you to the original source (if done properly).
Danah
Boyd in “Streams of Content,
Limited Attention,” talks about four core issues in regards to the flow of
information online. One of the issues, power, was interesting to think about
because the creators and users of Pinterest are not trying to assert power over
anyone. Presumably, they are trying to create a space where people could find
things they like and keep them in a central location, whether they be gifts,
plans for a wedding or party, or recipes.
The
structure of Pinterest is very Web 2.0 focused. Tim O’Reilly writes in “What is Web 2.0?” that the main
difference between web 1.0 and Web 2.0 is a level of participation,
interactivity and community. Before, people were not able to connect in a way
that would allow for them to make suggestions for additions to sites. Now, they
can do that. Anyone can pin or repin something from someone else. It is the
ultimate interactivity in cyberspace between people who want to share their
ideas, what they like, etc.
Pinterest
does not have advertisers on their site, which begs the question “how do they
keep themselves running?” This Web 2.0 internet source does not follow a
“commercial imperative” attitude, as Henry Jenkins explains in “Why Participatory
Culture is not Web 2.0.” Jenkins also says that many sites, even educational ones,
take on a money-driven attitude. Pinterest is different in that it there aren’t
any advertisers or advertisements on the site itself. I think the pinning a
company’s product is an act of unconscious advertising in itself.
I think this site is a great place
to distribute my digital media because anyone (teachers and educators,
included) has access to it, create an account, and go and repin my piece of
media. I have since published my work to the site, on one of my boards “My
sister the teacher” because my sister is studying to be an elementary teacher. I
pinned a voting button first, then put the link to my PDF in the description. The
link to the pin, link and the board where they are pinned is http://pinterest.com/pin/17029304812714860/ . Pinterest is a
location where many people will see my media production and I believe it to be
one of the best places to distribute it.
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