Tracking Configurable Culture From the Margins to the Mainstream1. Issue 4 (18th March 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Sinnreich, Aram; Latonero, Mark
• Is Part Of: Journal of computer-mediated communication. Volume 19:Issue 4(2014:Jul.)
• Page Start: 798
• Page End: 823
• Publication Date: 2014-03-18
• Subjects: Telematics -- Periodicals; Computer networks -- Social aspects -- Periodicals; Communication -- Periodicals; 302.20285
• DOI: 10.1111/jcc4.12073
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1083-6101

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" id="jcc412073-abs-0001"> <title>Abstract</title> <p id="jcc412073-para-0003"> <italic>In this study, we analyze data from surveys conducted in 2006 and 2010, tracking changes in awareness, engagement and attitudes surrounding emerging digital cultural forms over this 5‐year period. Our analysis, based on results from thousands of adults around the globe, shows that not only have remixes, mashups and other forms of "configurable culture" become mainstream phenomena, but also that the attitudes surrounding their cultural legitimacy are shifting. While copyright industries still promote a binary theft/permission framework, many people acknowledge the validity of some appropriation, and are actively negotiating the law's limitations. Yet, those most engaged in challenging dominant copyright narratives and exploring these emergent forms are those who hold the reins of cultural power: the young, educated and wealthy</italic>.</p> </abstract>