Anti-Over-Participation

Thanks everyone for all of their over-participation examples. I shall add them in when I get a mo. In the meantime, here is the genius that is Stewart Lee's skeptical take on social media and participation.

I rather like his summary of what real participation is:

"In the mid-Seventies, 30 million people watched the Morecambe and Wise Christmas Special on BBC television, and that's what television used to be about: participating in a massive shared experience that helped bind the fragmented country together. Why not watch Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicles alone, on BBC iPlayer, on your own time and be a part on nothing."

Comments

[PeterJThomson]

Thanks for posting this Nick. I was inspired by it to add Television to one of my "Five things that you didn't realise were social media." at http://www.economicsofinnovation.org/2012/01/social-media-in-real-world.html