The document discusses cultural diversity in online spaces, focusing on citizen journalism, blogging, and various forms of community engagement across political, cultural, and personal dimensions. It highlights the broadening of political perspectives and the formation of interest-based online communities, along with the challenges such as echo chambers and conspiracy theories. Additionally, it covers diverse subcultures like furries and anime fans, emphasizing the importance of respect for varying lifestyle choices.

1. Cultural diversity online Barry Saunders KCB201 [email_address] http://investigativeblog.net http://qlddecides.com

2. Me QUT CI PhD student, ARC Linkage Citizen Journalism project Research: citizen journalism, blogging, fan cultures

3. Diversity Political Cultural Personal Geographical

4. Political diversity Broadening of political perspectives Broadening of contributors Broadening of styles

5. http://indymedia.org

6. http://blogger.com

7. http://Larvatusprodeo.net

8. http://Timblair.net

9. http://youtube.com http://youtube.com/user/hmatkin http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kij2UrQxEEc

10. http://www.youtube.com/user/AlJazeeraEnglish

11. http://Current.tv

12. Activism - http://change.org

13. Political diversity Widening of debate Overton Window Outsider perspectives Specialist perspectives Echo chamber?

14. downsides Conspiracy theories Popularisation of discredited science - autism - vaccine connection, creationism, 9-11 conspiracies, flat earth, moon landing hoax Communities built around racism

15. stormfront

16. Cultural diversity

17. http://Globalvoices.org

18. http://us.cyworld.com/

19. http://dear_raed.blogspot.com/

20. personal

21. Communities of interest Traditionally communities formed geographically To find communities of interest, usually had to move to city with large population Eg: cult cinema, jazz music Communities of interest form online

22. Cult film - http://aintitcool.com

23. Sci-fi - http://io9.com

24. Wookieepedia http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page

25. Comics - http://community.livejournal.com/scans_daily/

26. Webcomics and out-of-print comics http://penny-arcade.com

27. toys

28. anime

29. fansubs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fansub

30. amvs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anime_music_video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJGuXl-KgKM

31. Lolcats http://icanhascheezburger.com/

32. lolpresidents http://www.lolpresidents.com/

33. News communities http://reddit.com http://digg.com

34. Conspiracy theories http://disinfo.com

35. photography http://flickr.com

36. Remix trailers http://www.thetrailermash.com/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMlF2PNgN70

37. http://jumpcut.com

38. Music communities Amazon recommendations http://Last.fm

39. Dating sites Ethnic / religious / political RSVP Gayfriendfinder Adultfriendfinder Coeliac dating furry dating (probably best to look at these from home, unless you want a ‘please explain’ email from IT :)

40. Furries and cosplay Just a quick note, I didn’t explain properly what furries are in the lecture. If you are interested, I’d suggest Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furry_fandom Furry fandom is different to cosplay: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosplay While this lifestyle might seem strange or amusing, as with any consensual sexual or lifestyle choice it should be respected and not subject to ridicule. I apologise if my discussion of this topic upset or offended anyone in class.

41. geographical http://Outside.in Placeblogging - http://placeblogger.com/ APIs and map mashups

42. http://Outside.in

43. http://flickrvision.com

44. http://twittervision.com

45. http://www.schmap.com/

46. http://www.globalincidentmap.com/home.php

47. Mobile barcodes http://youtube.com/watch?v=OxFR6r-Dqk4

48. Hyperlocal media http: //qlddecides .com http://www. cairnsblog .net/

49. http://Qlddecides.com