Talk:Participatory culture

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This page was recently redirected to the "remix culture" page by another wikipedian. I must admit when I saw the other article I realized that the topics are very similar and I can see the benefits of possibly combining or at the very least linking these two articles. I do believe that “participatory culture” should not be simply redirected to “remix culture” because although they are similar they do have significant differences. “Participatory Culture” is a term that is slightly broader than the term “remix culture” as it includes content that is entirely created by the user in addition to the “remix culture,” which seems to focus primarily on copyright laws and the rights of producers and consumers rather than its implications for future forms of communication and idea creation. Perhaps at some point these articles could be merged or simply linked together, but first I would like to create some discussion before action is taken.Quickwikinick 23:30, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

I'd add to this that Participatory Culture is now an emerging subfield of Cultural Studies in academia with a somewhat different focus than Remix Culture. The latter is seen as starting with the digital and having a basis in technology, the former adds pre-digital practices like fanzines, 18th century pamphleteering, etc. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Grhabyt (talk • contribs) 18:52, 31 October 2007 (UTC)