Produsers and end users: how social media impacts our students' future research questions

  • Authors:
  • Lora Arduser

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Cincinnati

  • Venue:
  • Communication Design Quarterly Review
  • Year:
  • 2013

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Abstract

When I bought my first Mac I was frustrated by the lack of instructional documentation in my shiny new box. I found myself regularly going online to look for help in the form of PDFs or videos. A company professionally produced these instructional "texts". Enter the webcam, the iPhone, and a host of websites to upload user-generated content, and we increasingly see end users becoming produsers, individuals whom produce as well as consume information.