Participate in Something Special!!

The user generated media in today's society allows for an expansion of individuals to have the ability to create, view and use other people's creations across the internet. This expansion in media allows for individuals like myself to participate in online gaming, social networking, and knowledge communities. As a result, the number of those who produce media and the amount of competition to capture specific audiences increases. I believe the new generation of internet communication includes, user input and participation in websites. Examples of this now in society include sites such as Flickr, Wikipedia, and facebook. My involvement in this new generation of participatory culture includes, a facebook account which I am slightly addicted to viewing and contributing to daily. Like myself, anyone with a computer and a internet connection can contribute in someway to create their own content and distribute it over the internet for others to criticize, view, and analyze for their own pleasure. A primary Example of these contributions is seen on facebook with the starting of groups, writing of personal notes, picture albums, event invitations, and the list goes on. By contributing to the internet content, as an individual you are creating your own medium that was once created by companies on the internet to only view and not participate in. I believe this type of medium will grow larger into the future, the participatory element of every website is beginning to expand with message boards, online feedback, and chat rooms on almost every website, and will become the norm of participatory culture in society.