Digital Spaces in "Popular" Culture Ontologized

Abstract

Electronic publication seems to have the biased connotation of a one-way delivery system from the source to the masses. It originates within the ?Push culture.? Specifically, it triggers the notion of (a small number of) producers and the (masses of) consumers. The World Wide Web (but not the Internet) tends to reinforce this intrinsic paradigm, one that is not very different from schooling. Wikipedia, in all its linguistic varieties is a classical publication of the collective. Much enthusiasm is expressed for the English version. The rest of the other world languages do not fare so well. It is of interest to consider the nature and status of Wikipedia with respect to two specific fields, Mathematics (which is not so popular) and Soap Operas (popular for the masses, largely sponsored by the Corporations).