A group of spoilers spend a great deal of time and effort trying to figure out the survivor before its revealed on air. Jenkins wants to know more about the process and ethics of shared problem solving in an online community. In these communities people collect information for the good of the group. When people gather and process information they form a knowledge community or collective intelligence. However, there are usually many skeptics about information since its often has no clear factual backing. Credibility seems to be very important in these communities. The goal of hoax's are to be plausible enough and gain attention for of a period of time and make it challenging to figure out its fake.
Discussion Questions:
1. Do you think producers purposely post false information in these online communities?
2. What do people get out of trying to figure it out before its released?
a site about tv spoilers
another spoiler guide
Discussion Questions:
1. Do you think producers purposely post false information in these online communities?
2. What do people get out of trying to figure it out before its released?
a site about tv spoilers
another spoiler guide
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