9th Class(Thu. 10.11) - Summary and Comment after class about "Dispersal(the characteristic of new media)"

* Today's summary *

Today We studied Dispersal which is one of the characteristics of new media. We discussed difference between dispersal and distribution. We knew that we are in an age of major change in consumption and production on new media's age.

* Today's my comment *

1. What is the difference between dispersal and distribution?
Dispersal is already there. it is dispersed to wide area and there isn't the core. On the other hand, Distribution needs someone or some subject which distributes. In new media, we can see that the role of sender and receiver is being shifted continuously.
I believe that a boundary between developer and user will be ambiguous.

2. Dispersal in consumption
There were not enough devices to represent something to people in former days, mass media period. So men of former period had to distribute through mass media like TV, newspaper. These are an one-way form. But now, we have many devices to represent something we want to display.
I can see this system in winamp system. I think these systems like SecondLife(VR System) will be effecient and can make high profits in coming web 2.0 age.

3. Prosumer
Prosumer is a compound word composed by consumer and producer. This means that everyone can be a producer. But I am worrying that if everyone is prosumer. Our field may be gone. So we need to know much more than prosumer.

After class, I thought the problem of dispersal that we have to adjust ourselves to the standard.
And I thought there will not be a controller because of character that is dispersal in web 2.0 age.