Changing Notions of Labour: From Participation to Exploitation

LOSER GENERATED CONTENT: From Participation to Exploitation

Given  that  everything  that has an  advantage  almost always has a corresponding disadvantage, this  article written  by  Søren  Mørk  Petersen  focused  on  examining  the  pros  and   cons  of  the internet. A random photo which was taken by a camera phone was used as an example to illustrate this and it indeed was amazing, just how much  significance a single photo could have. People’s  creative  potential  is  triggered  by  technological platforms, and this enables them  to  take part in the designing of software and share their own content.

• Web  2.0 is  a  software  with  web  applications  that  allows  participatory  information sharing,  user  design and collaboration using the world-wide web. This site allows interaction between users in a social media dialogue unlike other websites where users are limited to passive viewing of contents that was created for them. Examples of the Web 2.0 sites are social networking sites, blogs, Usenet (user-generated content).

• These sites have great advantages in the sense that  lots  of  informations can be gained and shared between parties. This advantage could also be a disadvantage because it could lead to the use  of  other  people's  ideas  without  giving  them credit; since there is the absence of infringement  and  copyright  rules  on  most of  these  open  websites.