Communities Dominate Brands: Reposessing folk culture for the 21st Century - The Diigo Meta page

• 25 Sep 06
  

  Federico

  culture folk network new society

  • he emergence of modern mass media spelled the doom for the vital folk culture traditions that thrived in 19th Century America, the current moment of media change is reaffirming the right of the everyday people to actively contribute to their culture. Like the older culture of quilting, bees and barn dances, creativity, and a bartering r gift economy. This is what hapens when consumers take media into their own hands
  • So places like Youtube or Myspace or where ever are a reinvention of folk culture for the 21st Century.

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