Tag Archives: Participatory Culture

On Memes: the By-Products of Our Participatory Culture

“Meme” is one of those words I’ve long viewed skeptically.  It sounds egg-heady and vaguely French.  And I always have a nagging sense I’m pronouncing it wrong (it rhymes with ‘dream’).  Still, like Web 2.0, once I actually learned what … Continue reading

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JK Rowling? Seven Books. JK Rowling Fans? 74,996 Stories–And That's Only Counting Three Websites…

      Quebec City’s Lovely Chateau Frontenac Think about that for a moment…  In addition to the 300 million copies of her books, the five movies and DVD’s, the action figures, collector’s edition wands, costumes, boardgames, trading cards and the rest of the … Continue reading

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