(W6) Mashup or messup in a digital world

   This week prompted me to a novel term "mashup", a new creation made by assembling a group of previously unrelated items (Dennen). Mashup has become popular in arts where creative products are generated by blending elements from a range of sources. What about mashup of digital contents? According to SocialPilot, a content mashup incorporates several media types from published sources to produce novel work that is typically published as a new post on social media platforms. The availability and diversity of content sources enable digital creators to easily gain new inspirations; however, the mashup can become a mess, depending on how we organize and treat them.

   Curation is an important networked knowledge activity to support the mashup of contents from various sources. As suggested by Dennen, rather than gather every item that relates to a particular topic, curators make evaluative judgments about what they should include in their collections. Curation tools such as bookmark or annotation support the process. What I find more important is creators' skill to prioritize and organize items. Also, it is the intuition that can fuel inspirations for producers in selecting and combining elements, from which new relationships or outcomes can be generated.

    Respecting intellectual property rights of original content is a remedy to avoid creating mess from mashup content. By following the desired and required actions to attribute and honor the authors, producers can avoid unwanted conflicts of ownerships and benefits related to the mashup content.

Reference:

Dennen, V. P. (forthcoming). Networked Knowledge Activities. Excerpt from Social Media for Active Learning.

SocialPilot. What is a mashup?. https://www.socialpilot.co/social-media-terms/what-is-a-mashup.


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