Digital Spaces in Popular Culture

Abstract

Electronic publication (ElPub) 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 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 ElPub of the collective. Much enthusiasm is expressed for the English version. The rest of the world languages do not fare so well. It is of interest to consider the nature and status of Wikipedia publications with respect to two specific fields, Mathematics which is not so popular and Soap Operas which are consumed enthusiastically by the masses.