Week 5
I think it is important for communication scholars to study the open source movement, because it is a key social movement directly related to and up to date with new technology and forms of communication. The open source movement has essentially given the power back to the people and allowed everyone the chance to let their voice be heard. Now anyone can be a producer and the government does not have complete control over what is said over the internet. I think the problem with this is something we have touched on earlier this quarter in class and that is, is there too much information on the web? The more people that try and send out their message just makes their and everyone else's voice less heard. I think that the open source movement is a good idea in theory, but I think the fact that it is so unorganized makes it hard for it to have the effects and implications in which the creators might have wanted. However, whether or not it is successful I still think it is worth studying.
In what ways do you think the open source movement could be more organized in order to have their voices be heard?
Do you think the fact that the programmers work for free will ever interfere with the movement?
How do you see the movement changing in the next 10 years?
posted by TrevorWade @ 10:26 AM
1 Comments:
I thought you brought up many important things to think about regarding the open source movement. It really does have the ability to give the "power back to the people", as you suggested because anyone can put what they want on the web because there is no one to regulate it. I thought the idea that the open source movement is good in theory, was definintly something to think about. I agree that because the Internet is so unorganized that the effects the creators of the movement may be more difficult to obtain.
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