Network Culture - Chapter 2

Now that I have gained Terranova's perspective about how information stands out from noise and how its importance lies within the multiple channels that it passes through rather than what is entered in the channel, this chapter was a bit more coherent; It presented many views involving issues of internet duration, and how there is this idea of a "grid" that is "modified and differentiated" through several domains becasue it is more dynamic. I agree with what Terranova states about how the network is becoming less of a specific system because of the various, multidimensional formations, and through these different media networks connecting from a point-to-point basis, there is arguably a lost sense of individuality.

When Terranova talks about Lovink's idea of a "spaceless, virtual time standard", I automatically think not only about the time zones, but also about the communication networks such as Skype. I believe global communication has taken on a much wider approach due to technologies such as Skype and Oovoo. What also comes to mind is that the internet can be a representative medium that is relative to the process of globalization, simply because without these technologies that are utilized, there would not be the constant expansion and transcending of global communication.

I finally grasped the idea of a global culture being split between the homogeneous, meaning the global, and the heterogeneous, which is known as the local sphere. I really like the idea that was expressed about "mutant cultural forms", which reminded me of the famous "American Idol" being the pseudo-individuation of "The X-Factor" or vice-versa, along with "Britain's Got Talent" and "America's Got Talent." I also feel that limiting the distant locations would pose a threat to global acceleration and transformation in the culture, seeing that we are not able to move forward if our linkage is limited. 

Overall, I feel that this global internet culture had allowed communication to be consistent through the essence of time, which is not completely removed, but has become more abstract through the development of web networks that provide face-to-face contact with the other user.