Jason Wilson is a writer and scholar based in Portland, Oregon. He is a visiting fellow at Swinburne University's Institute for Social Research. He has published research on digital games, citizen journalism, digital political communication, and other topics in digital communication. Phone: +1 949 500 6186 Address: 524 SE 16th Avenue
Portland, OR
USA
To obsess over the influence of thinktanks is to misunderstand the role they play in contemporary... more To obsess over the influence of thinktanks is to misunderstand the role they play in contemporary politics: compensating for the hollowness of political parties
Our elites save their sharpest disdain for the 'violence' of university protesters who jostled Ju... more Our elites save their sharpest disdain for the 'violence' of university protesters who jostled Julie Bishop, while mumbling over state funded imprisonment and murder offshore. But why?
The way we participate in democracy is subject to close moderation. This goes double for young pe... more The way we participate in democracy is subject to close moderation. This goes double for young people, who are either too careerist or too political - and always too selfish
Authored collectively by Peter Sloterdijk and members of the “Irvine Sloterdijk Reading Group.”: ... more Authored collectively by Peter Sloterdijk and members of the “Irvine Sloterdijk Reading Group.”: Oliver Berghof, Tom Boellstorff, Caitlin Lustig, Daniella McCahey, Matthew Richard McCoy, Elizabeth Reddy, Daniel Robert Siakel, Diren Valayden, Jason Wilson, and Leah Zani. René Gude, a philosopher based in Holland, was also an invited guest at the discussion
The increasing prevalence of new media technologies and the rise of citizen journalism have coinc... more The increasing prevalence of new media technologies and the rise of citizen journalism have coincided with a crisis in industrial journalism – as the figure of the ‘journalist as hero’ is fading, new media forms have facilitated the production of news content ‘from below’ by citizens and ‘pro-am’ journalists. Participation in an action-research project run during the 2007 Australian federal election, youdecide 2007, allowed the authors to gain first-hand insights into the progress of citizen-led news media in Australia, but also allowed us to develop an account of what the work of facilitating citizen journalism involves. These insights are important to understanding the future of professional journalism and journalism education, as more mainstream media organizations move to accommodate and harness user-created content.The article considers the relevance of citizen journalism projects as forms of R&D for understanding news production and distribution in participatory media cultures, and the importance of grounded case studies for moving beyond normative debates about new media and the future of journalism.
Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies
Mobile and social media are interwoven with emerging, fan-like forms of engagement with mediatize... more Mobile and social media are interwoven with emerging, fan-like forms of engagement with mediatized politics. In ‘post-broadcast democracies’, a minority of citizens are affectively drawn to the spectacle of mediated politics. Increasingly, these citizens use the texts and personae of mediatized politics as raw material for their own creativity, using social and mobile media and online self-publishing platforms. More specifically, the activity of Twitter ‘faking’ shows playful, performative and mobile dimensions, which challenge scholars to rethink theories of play, performance, fandom and political engagement. Such activities challenge us to rethink mobile gaming in terms of the politics of mobile play.
1 The first home video-gaming console, the Magnavox Odyssey, was released in 1972. Its limited gr... more 1 The first home video-gaming console, the Magnavox Odyssey, was released in 1972. Its limited graphical capacities led Magnavox to ship it with a number of plastic overlays for the user's television that would admit a little variety into the then relatively crude gaming experience, limited to a built-in, Pong-like game.
Abstract A significant shift in computer-mediated communication has taken place, in which in some... more Abstract A significant shift in computer-mediated communication has taken place, in which in some cases, social media is becoming the dominant form of communication. Organisations who wish to communicate effectively are turning to social media; however, there are challenges associated with using it. This article chronicles the attempts of one educational institution to implement the use of social media in their organisation.
This close to the election, it's customary for newspapers to recommend a vote one way or the othe... more This close to the election, it's customary for newspapers to recommend a vote one way or the other. We're not about to do that at Club Bloggery (although we would recommend thinking about the candidate who's been more responsive and available to your community), but we can do a summary of who has made the best running on the Internet, and understood and used its possibilities best.
The blogosphere and online independent media certainly proved themselves capable of offering an o... more The blogosphere and online independent media certainly proved themselves capable of offering an outstanding alternative narrative of last year's federal election. In several pieces during the campaign, we pointed out how the bloggers had led the way in offering participatory election coverage, and how organs like Crikey and New Matilda had managed to present a refreshing range of opinion that differed from the usual suspects in the MSM.
The 2007 Australian federal election campaign will be remembered for a number of reasons. It was ... more The 2007 Australian federal election campaign will be remembered for a number of reasons. It was only the second time that a sitting prime minister lost his seat. It was the first time those voters born after 1988 had experienced a change in government, after the Howard Government had been in charge since 1996. It also brought about the Australian Labor Party's domination of all territory, state, and federal parliaments.
This issue of M/C Journal asks what's your vote worth? And what does citizenship mean now? These ... more This issue of M/C Journal asks what's your vote worth? And what does citizenship mean now? These questions are pressing, not only for the authors and editors of this special issue, but for anyone who contends with the challenges and opportunities presented by the relationship of the individual to the modern state, the difficulty and necessity of effecting change in our polities, and the needs of individuals and communities within frameworks of unequally representative democracies. And we think that's pretty well all of us.
To obsess over the influence of thinktanks is to misunderstand the role they play in contemporary... more To obsess over the influence of thinktanks is to misunderstand the role they play in contemporary politics: compensating for the hollowness of political parties
Our elites save their sharpest disdain for the 'violence' of university protesters who jostled Ju... more Our elites save their sharpest disdain for the 'violence' of university protesters who jostled Julie Bishop, while mumbling over state funded imprisonment and murder offshore. But why?
The way we participate in democracy is subject to close moderation. This goes double for young pe... more The way we participate in democracy is subject to close moderation. This goes double for young people, who are either too careerist or too political - and always too selfish
Authored collectively by Peter Sloterdijk and members of the “Irvine Sloterdijk Reading Group.”: ... more Authored collectively by Peter Sloterdijk and members of the “Irvine Sloterdijk Reading Group.”: Oliver Berghof, Tom Boellstorff, Caitlin Lustig, Daniella McCahey, Matthew Richard McCoy, Elizabeth Reddy, Daniel Robert Siakel, Diren Valayden, Jason Wilson, and Leah Zani. René Gude, a philosopher based in Holland, was also an invited guest at the discussion
The increasing prevalence of new media technologies and the rise of citizen journalism have coinc... more The increasing prevalence of new media technologies and the rise of citizen journalism have coincided with a crisis in industrial journalism – as the figure of the ‘journalist as hero’ is fading, new media forms have facilitated the production of news content ‘from below’ by citizens and ‘pro-am’ journalists. Participation in an action-research project run during the 2007 Australian federal election, youdecide 2007, allowed the authors to gain first-hand insights into the progress of citizen-led news media in Australia, but also allowed us to develop an account of what the work of facilitating citizen journalism involves. These insights are important to understanding the future of professional journalism and journalism education, as more mainstream media organizations move to accommodate and harness user-created content.The article considers the relevance of citizen journalism projects as forms of R&D for understanding news production and distribution in participatory media cultures, and the importance of grounded case studies for moving beyond normative debates about new media and the future of journalism.
Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies
Mobile and social media are interwoven with emerging, fan-like forms of engagement with mediatize... more Mobile and social media are interwoven with emerging, fan-like forms of engagement with mediatized politics. In ‘post-broadcast democracies’, a minority of citizens are affectively drawn to the spectacle of mediated politics. Increasingly, these citizens use the texts and personae of mediatized politics as raw material for their own creativity, using social and mobile media and online self-publishing platforms. More specifically, the activity of Twitter ‘faking’ shows playful, performative and mobile dimensions, which challenge scholars to rethink theories of play, performance, fandom and political engagement. Such activities challenge us to rethink mobile gaming in terms of the politics of mobile play.
1 The first home video-gaming console, the Magnavox Odyssey, was released in 1972. Its limited gr... more 1 The first home video-gaming console, the Magnavox Odyssey, was released in 1972. Its limited graphical capacities led Magnavox to ship it with a number of plastic overlays for the user's television that would admit a little variety into the then relatively crude gaming experience, limited to a built-in, Pong-like game.
Abstract A significant shift in computer-mediated communication has taken place, in which in some... more Abstract A significant shift in computer-mediated communication has taken place, in which in some cases, social media is becoming the dominant form of communication. Organisations who wish to communicate effectively are turning to social media; however, there are challenges associated with using it. This article chronicles the attempts of one educational institution to implement the use of social media in their organisation.
This close to the election, it's customary for newspapers to recommend a vote one way or the othe... more This close to the election, it's customary for newspapers to recommend a vote one way or the other. We're not about to do that at Club Bloggery (although we would recommend thinking about the candidate who's been more responsive and available to your community), but we can do a summary of who has made the best running on the Internet, and understood and used its possibilities best.
The blogosphere and online independent media certainly proved themselves capable of offering an o... more The blogosphere and online independent media certainly proved themselves capable of offering an outstanding alternative narrative of last year's federal election. In several pieces during the campaign, we pointed out how the bloggers had led the way in offering participatory election coverage, and how organs like Crikey and New Matilda had managed to present a refreshing range of opinion that differed from the usual suspects in the MSM.
The 2007 Australian federal election campaign will be remembered for a number of reasons. It was ... more The 2007 Australian federal election campaign will be remembered for a number of reasons. It was only the second time that a sitting prime minister lost his seat. It was the first time those voters born after 1988 had experienced a change in government, after the Howard Government had been in charge since 1996. It also brought about the Australian Labor Party's domination of all territory, state, and federal parliaments.
This issue of M/C Journal asks what's your vote worth? And what does citizenship mean now? These ... more This issue of M/C Journal asks what's your vote worth? And what does citizenship mean now? These questions are pressing, not only for the authors and editors of this special issue, but for anyone who contends with the challenges and opportunities presented by the relationship of the individual to the modern state, the difficulty and necessity of effecting change in our polities, and the needs of individuals and communities within frameworks of unequally representative democracies. And we think that's pretty well all of us.
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