"The gold fleece of the Internet"

These three chapters covered quite a little handful of information, from interactivity and identification to interactivity and circulation and web reading.

First things first, we get a slight definition for interactivity, "an attribute of tech functions of the medium such as hyperlinking, activating media downloads, filling in feedback forms and online games" Basically, when user's are interacting with one another/the computer/machine.

There were numerous terms that stood out to me within this reading, and as much as I would like to format them into a flowing composition, there is so much information held within them that I am going to simply list them below, some with brief descriptions:

reactive interactivity

quasiinteractive

noninteractive

text-based interactivity

*much of these terms were used and discussed page 53 about the involvement of voters and the increase in political processes online.

Next up was McMillan,

user-to-user
-between users
-blogs w/ comments and discussions

user-to-system-computer controlled
-computer will "present" information to ppl who will respond
-clicking hyperlinks and customizing features

user-to-document
-recipients of messages develop texts/information that change the site info.(<----I was thinking kinda like wikipedia??)
-co-creators
-users invited to submit content, and content is displayed

Next up, the concept of viral videos were discussed. And from these popularity, response and novelty...were the biggies (terms). This is also where the concept of interactivity and circulation were discussed (65)

After class I will return to give you guys my 411 on "rhizomatic travel," "uptake" and "web reading"

See you, like, now!