Week 5 Lecture Reflection

Week five’s lecture focused upon online political activism and discourses associated with the Internet; Version 1.0 and Version 2.0. I learnt a lot from both of these discourses. Version 2.0 Internet is a model of the Internet which is based upon the passé producer/consumer relationship, which has now been destabilised by new media and the Internet. Mainstream political parties have a Version 2.0 approach to the Internet and their sites often lack interactivity. Activist groups have a Version 1.0 approach to the Internet and their sites provide for intercreativity where consumers become users that can make an input. An example of this is We Are All Boat People. I agree with the lecturer’s, Christina Spurgeon, admiration for this group and the creative ways they approach the Internet and activism. I think it is fantastic and it really mirrors the currently topical areas surrounding the rise of DIY culture, intercreativity and new media while combating current political issues.