Flickr: a case study of Web2.0
Flickr: a case study of Web2.0
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10.1108/00012530810908210
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发表时间：
2008-01-01
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Cox, Andrew M.
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作者：
Cox, Andrew M.
目的-“照片共享”网站Flickr是定义Web2.0最常引用的例子之一。本文旨在探索Flickr的真实的新奇之处，检查其功能和它在业余摄影世界中的地位。Flickr的影响，如其促进公民新闻，“本土的创造力”和学习作为一个“亲和力空间”的几个乐观的看法evaluated.Design/方法/方式-该文件借鉴了广泛的来源，包括出版采访其开发人员，用户在论坛上表达的意见，结果- Flickr的发展路径从一个创新的社交游戏到一个相对熟悉的网站模型，它本身是通过强烈的用户参与发展起来的，但后来随着与会员的商业关系的重新确立而稳定下来。Flickr的影响的更广泛的背景下，检查看着业余摄影机构，特别是在二十世纪的俱乐部和行业推广的pictorialism代码。Flickr作为一个良性空间的本质是由这样的机构控制的摄影的民主潜力。关于Flickr的乐观的索赔的局限性被确定的方式，该系统的目的是满足商业目的，继续数字鸿沟的访问和低互动性和关键性的Flickr.独创性/价值- Flickr是一个有趣的来源的变化，但只能被理解的角度来看，长期发展的爱好和更广泛的社会进程。通过将Flickr置于如此广泛的背景下，可以全面评估其重要性以及Web2.0的重要性。
Purpose - The "photosharing" site Flickr is one of the most commonly cited examples used to define Web2.0. This paper aims to explore where Flickr's real novelty lies, examining its functionality and its place in the world of amateur photography. Several optimistic views of the impact of Flickr such as its facilitation of citizen journalism, "vernacular creativity" and in learning as an "affinity space" are evaluated.Design/methodology/approach - The paper draws on a wide range of sources including published interviews with its developers, user opinions expressed in forums, telephone interviews and content analysis of user profiles and activity.Findings - Flickr's development path passes from an innovative social game to a relatively familiar model of a web site, itself developed through intense user participation but later stabilising with the reassertion of a commercial relationship to the membership. The broader context of the impact of Flickr is examined by looking at the institutions of amateur photography and particularly the code of pictorialism promoted by the clubs and industry during the twentieth century. The nature of Flickr as a benign space is premised on the way the democratic potential of photography is controlled by such institutions. The limits of optimistic claims about Flickr are identified in the way that the system is designed to satisfy commercial purposes, continuing digital divides in access and the low interactivity and criticality on Flickr.Originality/value - Flickr is an interesting source of change, but can only be understood in the perspective of long-term development of the hobby and wider social processes. By setting Flickr in such a broad context, its significance and that of Web2.0 more generally can be fully assessed.