Abstract
Personal media bypass mass media hierarchies, generating a sense of community and proximity. Print “zines” and online “blogs” also serve to culturally and socially distinguish those who produce and consume them. Digital network technology has transformed personal media. For example, blogs enable viewers to add comments, extending the parameters of inclusion. At the same time, instances of exclusion seem to proliferate in the “blogosphere”. The simplification of complex tools makes it ever-more easy to create personal media: hence the multiplication of internal exclusion procedures which serve to differentiate agents equalized by undifferentiated inclusion in dominant networks.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of Mobile Boundaries Rigid Worlds Conference 2004 |
| Place of Publication | Sydney |
| Publisher | Macquarie University |
| Pages | 1-12 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Publication status | Published - 2004 |
| Externally published | Yes |