A massive new report from the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University takes on some of the most important questions about change in the world of journalism — and to be more precise, change in the world of information distribution, consumption, and participation.
I talked with project leader Persephone Miel during a Knight [...]
All about Theory
Is this the democratization of media or a Media Republic?
December 19, 2008
Notes from Sergey Brin and Chris Anderson on building participatory systems to scale
November 17, 2008
Chris Anderson takes notes on the Long Tail at a Sergey Brin talk that turns to participation and scale. It turns out, Brin through no one would show up to populate Wikipedia with articles:
“But he was wrong, he says, because he–even he!–had underestimated the way scale can change the game. Sure, the experts say only [...]
Everybody’s Talking Heads
December 13, 2007
I’ve seen David Byrne’s blog post about a visit to the New York Times in too many places today to figure out where I saw it first.
Here’s my favorite graf:
“At present, it is mostly the ads in the Style section, and the glossy Sunday and T magazines that pay for a disproportionate amount of the [...]
I dreamt I was in a social media class…
January 2, 2007
…and the textbook was the Henry Jenkins book which has been sitting relatively uncracked on my bedside shelf for a couple months now.
Does that mean I’m supposed to read it, or that the Mass Communications program at school should have a social media class?
Luckily, I don’t have time to think about that. I have [...]
Your newspaper isn’t MySpace. Should it be?
December 18, 2006
I’ve often heard conversations about launching a social networking site at a newspaper start with the words “Not that we’re trying to be the next MySpace, but…”
And it always begs the question, well, should we? Should a newspaper-hosted site be the social networking spot for your geographical area?
Here’s a few variations on an answer:
Lucas [...]