RSS Slideshow about Participartoy Culture

Here is the link for my RSS Slideshow:
http://ouseful.open.ac.uk/deliShow/sneezembop/participatoryculture/

and now, for a little description of each site:

Theme Magazine - Tobias Wong
I would like to premise all of this by first saying that I'm not sure how to change the order of the pages in my slide show, so these may seem out-of-order. please forgive me. anyway, what i was going for with this page was that participating in culture isn't limited to the Internet, although that is what this class is focusing on, and i thought it would be appropriate to include one. I was really intrigued by Wong's artwork, especially the pad of dollar bills.

XKCD
This is actually the second part to the link that follows it. great ordering, i know. but my point with this page was that Facebook, which is a relatively recent phenomenon, has almost created a culture of it's own, which is entirely fed by user input.

Facebook
yah, yah, yah, Facebook. like i was just saying, Facebook works on user input, so without us, the users, there would be no Facebook, and thus no Facebook culture. kind of cool, i suppose.

Pulp Fiction Picture
This isn't supposed to be a part of this slide show, but i guess it does sort of represent how fans have a much larger audience and medium for their responses to "Pop Culture."

The End
I like this page, it may not be original, but the message is clear and believe it or not, is an example of participatory culture. not the greatest execution, but i suppose, if i could stumble upon it, so could others.

OK, so here's where i ran into serious problems with the slide show. from here on out, I'll be describing pages that aren't actually on the slide show, but are part of my del.icio.us bookmarks for Participatoryculture. who knows...

http://www.venganza.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/trends.gif
This is mostly just silly, but a good example of someone using a mainstream media tool to promote counter culture. i think it mostly just speaks for itself though.

http://www.open-video.org/ (the open video project)
i thought this site was pretty cool, this website offers a large library of stock footage in categories ranging from historical, to documentary, to public service. i marked this website because i think it's a good step in the "liberation" of media.

http://i-generation.blogspot.com/ ( iGeneration)
This is the website of a class like ours at the University of Western Australia, i found it interesting to read some of the posts on this blog, and see what other people are discussing about Participatory Culture.

http://participatoryculture.org/ (Participatory Culture Foundation)
I think these guys kind of missed the mark. and while their gadget is cool, it isn't really participatory culture. their product helps enable people without cable or TV, to stay in touch with the mass media. whereas, i feel that participatory culture ought to be media by and for the masses, not mass media.

http://www.askaninja.com/ (Ask a Ninja)
this site is probably familiar to a bunch of people, but i thought it would be a good idea to start off my slide show with a few of the podcasts that i watch. i know, way to go RSS, putting it at the end. whatever.

http://www.redvsblue.com (red vs blue)
Again this is probably familiar to many. i think the concept behind this site, and in fact the whole field of machenima, is very cool. i would link this with the silly Google picture a few pages back, because the creators of Red vs. Blue, are using a mainstream media tool, namely Microsoft's Halo, to create their own media.

http://www.rocketboom.com (Rocketboom)
This is the first podcast / video blog, i started watching but, unfortunately, i fell out of touch with it for a few years. Rocketboom searches the Internet and mainstream media for stories and then report them, like a news room for the Internet.

deebeda, deebeda, deebeda, that's all folks!