New Media Cultures can be seen as an example of ‘Communities of Practice.’ Although there are tutors, I wouldn’t say their authority is as prominent in comparison with other subjects. This could be because they have their blogs too? Therefore we have more in common as we seen to be interacting and working in the same way i.e. commenting on each others blogs. We have the same shared goal in that we want to complete this unit through the posts we are making on our blogs. Our joint enterprise is us working together and defining the unit through the constantly changing world of technology. In terms of other members of the ‘community’ we can support and help each other say if one member doesn’t quite understand a certain reading and someone else does.
The social capital could be applied to the position of the tutors, however, within this status they are also giving us feedback, and commenting on our work not necessarily as tutors, but giving their opinions as a member of blogger.com. Maybe the comments and the interaction through our blogs could be seen as the ‘negotiation’ between the members in constructing the blogs? Together we are creating liability for New Media Cultures as a community.
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Some of you are clearly working more successfully than others. According to the theory, that would make those people have more social capital (they're more usefull to the community). Does it work that wau with you guys?
ReplyDeleteIt would give people more social capital in the sense that they are completing the unit to more of an extent. However, this brings up the issue that although we are working to complete the goals of the unit, we all have our individual set goals to complete, which could question whether these separate goals do infact class as a C of P?
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