Stardate January 18 2013,
Some things didn't surprise me in the readings. Perhaps the advantage of being a millennial? Lenhart's study confirms something I've long observed that most young people 18-25 use social networking and I suspect that's because this generation grew up with personal computers and the web. Young adult interest in social networking is on the rise because more millennials are becoming adults.
One thing that really struck me in the O'Reilly readings was the idea of collective intelligence and how central it is to web 2.0. User generated data augmenting data provided by the website is really genius. I found that this collective intelligence is extremely helpful when dealing with matters are not not covered adequately by authoritative sources due to funding decisions or lack of academic interest. Subcultural movements are a great example of this. Underground cultural movements such as crust punk culture or shoegaze music are usually not included in musicology books however they are covered by active members of those movements using blogs and wikipedia. What better way to document these movements and ideas associated with these cultures than having the members write about themselves? Of course the reader is responsible for evaluating the quality of the work and the credibility of the blogger. Which is why I would recommend reading as many sources as possible, you'll be able to construct a pretty good idea of a movement by hearing multiple perspectives.
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