StructuresofParticipationinDigitalCulture

Digitaltechnologiesareenginesofculturalinnovation，fromthevirtualizationofgroupnetworksandsocialidentitiestothedigitalconvergenceoftexturalandaudio-visualmedia.User-centeredcontentproduction，fromWikipediaandYouTubetoOpenSource，hasbecometheemblemofthistransformation，butthechangesrundeeperandwiderthanthesenovelorganizationalforms.Digitalcultureisalsoaboutthetransformationofwhatitmeanstobeacreatorwithinavastandgrowingreservoirofmedia，data，computationalpower，andcommunicativepossibilities.Wehavefewtoolsandmodelsforunderstandingthepowerofdatabases，networkrepresentations，filteringtechniques，digitalrightsmanagement，andothernewarchitecturesofagencyandcontrol.Wehaveevenfeweraccountsofhowthesenewcapacitieshavetransformedoursharedculturesandourunderstandingofandcapacitiestoactwithinthem.Thisvolumeaddressestheseissuesandsuppliesthedemandforacomprehensivecriticalframeworkthatplacesthesedevelopmentsincontext.