Particatory Cultures

Affiliations

memberships, formal and informal, in online communities centred around various forms of media such as Facebook, message boards, metagaming, game clans, Myspace etc.

Informal Facebook group

Formal gaming forum

Expressions

Producing new creative forms, such as digital sampling, skinning and modding, fan video making, fan fiction writing, zines, mash-ups.

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Collaborative problem solvingWorking together in teams, formal and informal, to complete tasks and develop new knowledge (such as through Wikipedia and alternative reality gaming.)

Circulations

Shaping the flow of media (such as Twitter, podcasting, blogging)