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Slashdot, open news and informated media: exploring the intersection of imagined futures and web publishing technology
- Author(s):
- Michael Stevenson (see profile)
- Date:
- 2016
- Subject(s):
- Digital media
- Item Type:
- Book chapter
- Tag(s):
- Internet/web-based media, New media
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/M6R52F
- Abstract:
- "In this essay, my interest is in how imagined media futures are implicated in the work of producing novel web publishing technology. I explore the issue through an account of the emergence of Slashdot, the tech news and discussion site that by 1999 had implemented a number of recommendation features now associated with social media and web 2.0 platforms. Specifically, I aim to understand the connection between the development of Slashdot’s influential content-management system (CMS) - an elaborate publishing infrastructure called “Slash” that allowed editors to choose reader submissions for publication and automatically distributed the work of moderating the comments sections among trusted users - and two distinct visions of a web-enabled transformation of media production."
- Metadata:
- xml
- Published as:
- Book chapter Show details
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Pub. Date:
- 2016
- Book Title:
- New Media, Old Media: a History and Theory Reader
- Author/Editor:
- Wendy Hui Kyong Chun, Anna Watkins Fisher, Thomas Keenan (eds)
- Chapter:
- 42. Slashdot, open news and informated media: exploring the intersection of imagined futures and web publishing technology
- Page Range:
- 616 - 630
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 6 years ago
- License:
- All Rights Reserved
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Slashdot, open news and informated media: exploring the intersection of imagined futures and web publishing technology