d) p184-5 To what extent can 'ordinary' Net users become products of culture, rather than people who 'respond' to culture supplied for them?
I think that to a great extent 'ordinary' net users can become the products of culture. The internet allows people to create their own cultures which people can choose to follow, as oppose to those that are already handed to people. Facebook for example has exploded on the interactive media front. People can join groups about almost anything. Myspace has allowed music culture to develop enormously we now see a new type of subcultures emerging regularly, indie kids, emo's etc. Lister argues that the web has intergrated itself into every level of culture. "every, cultural institution, every artist and TV programme has its own site" (pg185) The internet allows us to become producers in our own right.
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I agree! I think your point about the subcultures is very interesting and seems as if subcultures are just being made for the hell of it? People feel that they have to be part of something and people want to be more and more individual as our society encourages you to be part of a group, whether it be class, cultural or social.
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