The end of the “Belle Epoque”
Saturday, August 25th, 2007 Posted in 7th Mass Media, Advertising, Citizen journalism, Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Distribution, Economics, Generation C, Law, Media, Mobile, Networks, Participation, Science, Social Networks, Society, Television, Virtual Worlds, iPTV | No Comments »Having just been on holiday, I was able to get my face into some books, which I had already read but its good to go back and reflect. As this is what Tomi and I wrote in 2005 If ...
Video online and networked
Tuesday, October 31st, 2006 Posted in Administrative, Alan Moore Speaking, Convergence, Darwin, Distribution, Economics, Engagement Marketing, Ethics, Generation C, Law, Marketing, Media, Newspapers, Participation, Social Networks, Society, Strategy, Television, Trends, US Airways, Uncategorized, Web/Tech, Weblogs, iPTV | 1 Comment »Light hearted, insightful, useful Forcing media to change I love change. It's sometimes frustrating, but it's a fact of life in business - change or die. With lots of young, talented, caffeine-filled programmers cranking out daily updates, the landscape has changed ...
The battle of Lafayette - the battle for the right of access
Saturday, October 21st, 2006 Posted in Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Distribution, Economics, Engagement Civil Society, Engagement Education, Engagement Organisations, Engagement Politics, Ethics, Generation C, Government & Politics, Law, Media, Networks, News, Participation, Society, Strategy, Trends, Web/Tech | No Comments »Way back in time we reported on Do we want all roads across cyberspace to be private toll roads? Its the story of the city of Philadelphia wanting to install its own high speed internet infrastructure. Listen to Dinanah Neff ...
Mammothism - the FCC and greed
Saturday, October 21st, 2006 Posted in Culture, Economics, Ethics, Government & Politics, Law, Media, Mobile, Society, Television, Web/Tech | No Comments »Whats the news for? Good question. Well in the US apparently its to drive profits for the big media companies vs. reporting anything worth listening too. In Studies Note Media Consolidation As Debate On The Issue Intensifies (Thursday, October 19) ...
Dialogue - Democracy and Genocide
Wednesday, October 18th, 2006 Posted in Culture, Engagement Civil Society, Engagement Politics, Ethics, Events, Government & Politics, Law, Society | No Comments »Referencing the post Locking down culture and freedom of speech [caption id="attachment_3089" align="alignleft" width="195" caption="Srebrenica female hung on tree"][/caption] I came across an article I had saved, because [1]. It made a huge impact on me [2]. I knew exactly where I ...
Locking down culture and freedom of speech
Tuesday, October 17th, 2006 Posted in Culture, Engagement Civil Society, Engagement Politics, Ethics, Generation C, Government & Politics, Identity, Law, Media, News, Participation, Philosophy, Politics, Society | No Comments »Henry Porter wrote a powerful treatise on the importance of protecting free speech in todays seemingly unsympathetic world in The enemies of free speech are everywhere He references the flexing of influence on French diplomats in the US over ...
The people formerly known as the audience voice their protest at further media consolidation in the US
Friday, October 13th, 2006 Posted in Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Distribution, Economics, Engagement Civil Society, Ethics, Generation C, Government & Politics, Identity, Law, Media, Participation, Society, Trends, Uncategorized, Web/Tech | No Comments »Last week's FCC hearing in Los Angeles was an extraordinary moment in U.S. media history. People came out in overwhelming numbers to tell the Federal Communications Commission that Americans want to turn back the tide of media consolidation. Nearly 1,000 ...
I want YouTube, everyone wants YouTube
Saturday, October 7th, 2006 Posted in Advertising, Broadcast, Citizen journalism, Culture, Darwin, Data, Distribution, Economics, Engagement Civil Society, Engagement Education, Engagement Marketing, Engagement Organisations, Engagement Politics, Ethics, Generation C, Government & Politics, Identity, Law, Marketing, Media, Music, Networks, News, Philosophy, Social Networks, Society, Strategy, Television, Trends, Web/Tech | 1 Comment »The value in the cheese is in the holes is an old Dutch saying And we are at the beginning, not the end of the journey into the networked society. Which is why YouTube has received a "flurry" like snow, of offers ...
BT goes to Hollywood with universal deal
Tuesday, July 25th, 2006 Posted in Convergence, Darwin, Distribution, Economics, Law, Media, News, Society, Strategy, Television, Trends, Web/Tech | No Comments »BT's television arm, BT Vision, is set to unveil a groundbreaking deal with leading Hollywood studio Universal films. It will allow the telecoms company to make Universal's films available over its new TV service when it launches later this ...
French Parliament approves the worst copyright law in Europe
Monday, July 17th, 2006 Posted in Culture, Data, Ethics, Government & Politics, Law, Media, Society, Trends | Comments OffThe French Parliament has voted Friday, June 30th 2006 to approve the DRM bill called DADVSI (droit d'auteur et droits voisins dans la société de l'information). This bill was voted by raised hands instead of the electronic voting system ...
