cult of Hatsune Miku – unstable platforms

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Digital Culture in Transition: Open source culture and the cult of Hatsune Miku

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Alex Leavitt

Toyota commercial that partners with Cryptone and this character vocal series. The first is Hastune Miku and a few others. They upgraded and released new audio for them. Miku uses a voice actress. The vocaloid franchise series are proprietary software. The commercial videos boosted her popularity. The vocaloid software creates actual music rather than just a monotonous voice.

What does it mean to have open source culture, social media and cultural salience [how does something become so important or a celebrity]. Open source is hybrid economies – according to Lessing. Software that is being shared by people because there it is not proprietary. Read More …

are you the brand?

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Be the Brand: Required professional involvement in social media. Presented by Raizel Liebler and Keidra Chaney from The Learned Fangirl.com

Am I representing myself or the brand? It continues to be an issue for many people whether we represent ourselves in social media or our brand. What are the legal implications of this overlap?

There is a blurring of the line between the personal and the professional and will give examples.

American red cross: an individual posted ‘ryan found two more 4 bottle packs of dogfish head’s midas. The day after the Red Cross explained that it is an honest mistake bec it was tweeted 1000s of times. This was handled well bec Red Cross had a well-planned and comprehensive social media policy for employees. Read More …

unstable platforms: histories of the internet

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Sandra Braman : braman  [at] uwm.nedu

How did the creators of the internet create it with unstable environments? Evolution of internet and a policy analysis 1969-1979.

Complex matrix for privacy

Human: logging in, masking input, offline arrangements

Data: encryption

Network: private networking, termination of activity, message design

Some history: appearance of policy issues 1970 security. 1971 privacy , commercialization of the network

Boundary work: design criteria = policy principles: Read More …

unstable platforms

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MIT 7 Unstable Platforms

Summary and Podcast here

Day 1: Forum 1

David Thorborn – Moderator: Emergence of technology are challenging our perceptions of art, academia, etc/ We are entering a disorienting future – mobile technology, understanding authors and the works they make is challenged by virtual technology. Profound forms of transformation created by technology. Edison envisioned ways for use of film before film appeared and this is instructive and comforting. There is a ceaseless transformation with rise and fall of technology that profoundly transform what is being transmitted. Printed book itself refined by generations and developed over decades of work and stability. Emergence of profoundly new ways and new systems for artistic and other forms of imaginative expression is remarkable in this world.

What’s the future impact on audiences and ways to communicate on unstable platforms.

The future of narrative. Public spheres. Visions and nightmares. Read More …

The UNESCO Global Forum

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The UNESCO Global Forum: Rankings and Accountability in Higher Education: Uses and Misuses (16 -17 May 2011) .  The Forum will address University rankings in light of their impact on policy and decision-making at institutional, national and regional levels. Organized in cooperation with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the World Bank.

If you’re not familiar with UNESCO’s education portal, please visit it.

http://www.unesco.org/new/en/education/themes/strengthening-education-systems/higher-education/