tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11969255.post114719682205777366..comments2014-09-22T08:18:02.289-05:00Comments on Uncovering Information Labor: Embodying information artifacts and information laborGreg Downeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09154543464555817869noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11969255.post-1147267998709788072006-05-10T08:33:00.000-05:002006-05-10T08:33:00.000-05:00I think it's worth thinking about what we mean, bo...I think it's worth thinking about what we mean, both technically and culturally, by "the screen." If it's being used in the Postmanian sense, we're basically talking about television. But the technical limitations of TV (of non-HD TV, at least) have a lot to do with how text is used on that screen. Our computer screens (or microfilm readers, for that matter) are much more adept as text media, and I think that's a big part of why the Web has become a functioning mass medium based largely on text content.<BR/><BR/>And as a counterweight to Golub, I find that the mass nature of print diminishes somewhat the comeraderie I might feel for somebody with the same reading tastes as me -- although maybe that says more about my reading tastes than about print as a medium. I can say, though, that when I found out last semester that a classmate had been part of the same now-defunct Web forum as myself several years ago, I thought that was really cool. Also, anytime I meet someone who remembers Suck for any reason other than having recently read a profile of Ana Marie Cox, that perks me up a little. Part of it is the participatory community nature of the Web (or parts of the Web), but part of it is simply the severe fragmenting of content online. If there are 80 bazillion channels out there, and you've picked the same one(s) as me, well, I know you've got to be similar to me in some important way.Aaron Veenstrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17461686803383474523noreply@blogger.com