http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/ginar/2013/02/26/a-community-aggregating-communities/ Gina's E-learning and Digital Cultures site - part of the MSc in E-learning at the University of Edinburgh Wed, 09 Jul 2014 20:01:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/ginar/2013/02/26/a-community-aggregating-communities/#comment-981 Giraf87 Sun, 03 Mar 2013 22:37:38 +0000 http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/ginar/2013/02/26/a-community-aggregating-communities/#comment-981 Having spent for instance all week trying to work out if YouTube is indeed a community, I quite like the quote in Bell: 'a culture of compatible consumption' Shawn Wilbur. I think aggregating is definitively a force for creating footfall in a sales driven environment for which social media seem like the proverbial dangling carrot. Having spent for instance all week trying to work out if YouTube is indeed a community, I quite like the quote in Bell: ‘a culture of compatible consumption’ Shawn Wilbur.
I think aggregating is definitively a force for creating footfall in a sales driven environment for which social media seem like the proverbial dangling carrot.

]]> http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/ginar/2013/02/26/a-community-aggregating-communities/#comment-866 Jen Ross Fri, 01 Mar 2013 11:52:28 +0000 http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/ginar/2013/02/26/a-community-aggregating-communities/#comment-866 Aggregation as community? Does that challenge the idea that Bell (citing Baym) puts forward - that community exists where it is imagined? (or might aggregation be a form of imagining?) I'm curious about this, now! Aggregation as community? Does that challenge the idea that Bell (citing Baym) puts forward – that community exists where it is imagined? (or might aggregation be a form of imagining?) I’m curious about this, now!

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