Taylor definitions Ch2 “Networked Amateurism”
In my hybrid assignment #3: Chapter 2, I defined “Networked Amateurism”. My understanding of “Networked Amateurism” is that as a generation, we are all connected, as we network through social media and through computer platforms. However, we are so unaware of the bigger picture, and amateurs at this game called Capital Strategy; that we fall short in knowing how the game is being played. Therefore, we are deprived of the benefits that we think are actually gained by using the internet. We are actually not the ones benefiting from what is being done online. Capitalist are the skillful manipulators of how content is being seen and heard, while we (the amateurs) are the unskillful members of a world that is using us to network in ways that we are unaware of and being used for the purpose of profit and gain.
