Bruns reading and response

I think the word produser simply represents a user who is also a producer. Or as Bruns says, they are involved in user-led content production. This is what is seen as being Produsage. Examples of produser-led content creation are things like open news (Indymedia), open source, and open content repositories, such as Wikipedia.

Produsage is "the collaborative and continuous building and extending of exsising content in pursuit of further improvement." (Bruns). These terms are certainly useful in understanding collaborative creation of content online, as they describe how easy it is to be a 'produser'. They are terms to describe the process which is very relevant in todays world where this process is an integral part of new media. I think that intercreativity is the ability to be creative and free to do so, whilst in an online community. This ould apply to games like The Sims, and sites like Indymedia.



If a site functions to restrict and prevent a 'free for all' then it certainly does defeat the purpose. As Bruns says, "produsage models are in the process of being more widely adopted across a number of content production domains." So this highlight how widely used and approved these produsage models have become. Bruns argues that sites like these need to be open in order for them to "flourish", and attract new produsers. I agree with Brun's idea that there needs to be some sort of hierachy though, as this helps the site to be usable and dependable. Sites that spring to mind are Wikipedia and Indymedia again as they follow this system. There needs to be some order to prevent people being insulted, stereotyped and so on.



I can see it lasting in the forseeable future, and doubt it will be a trend as it has become engraved in modern media. But this doesn't mean it won't become dated or less popular, as is the case with all new mediums. In a sense, it already is technically exploited as there are still institutions behind the sites who still have control over it. The other problem is funding some of these site, and I can see them becoming increasingly dependant on advertising and promoting other commercial forces. I don't see how conflicts in communities would ever cause media of this kind coming to an end. As long as there is a need, desire and vast usage of this meduim, it will remain in our culture.