Wikimedia is quintessentially collaborative creation of online content. All material on any Wiki site is produsage; the software of the site makes it this way. In the lecture notes, the question was brought up about wanting the site, or only producing it because the software makes it that way. I think that it is a mix of the two because obviously the software does make us become produsers, but I would say that the majority of people want Wiki – if it wasn’t for people who use Wiki sites, then it wouldn’t exist. Wikibooks was actually launched because of a request to build and host free textbooks. Wikipedia’s articles are written collaboratively by produsers, and can also be edited by anyone. Wikiversty provides learning resources projects and research from teachers, students and researchers; if people didn’t want to provide their ideas and donate to the site then they wouldn’t, however people do therefore people must want it that way.
Wiki exist by donations because people like what Wiki provides for them, nobody owns the materials on the Wiki sites and their ‘copyright’ policy is known as ‘copyleft’. The idea behind this is that anybody has permission to use, reproduce and edit the material available so long as that person does not place a copyright on the work they created from using Wiki material.
Relating back to the ‘is produsage a trend?’ question, I think that this backs up my ideas on it not being a trend – people like to contribute to articles, see their opinions voiced to the world and know they have attempted to make their mark.
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Do you use Wikipedia, if so do you find it trustworthy? Personally i use it if there is something i don't understand and it usually breaks it right down into it's most basic form, once i understand then i move on and look at more complex interpretations.
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