1. 121310

    The Age Of The Right-Brainers

    “describes a seismic -though as yet undetected -
    shift now under way in much of the advanced
    world. We are moving from an economy and
    a society built on the logical, linear, computer-
    like capabilities of the     Information Age to an
    economy and a society built on the inventive,
    empathic, big-picture capabilities of what’s rising
    in its place, the     Conceptual Age.”

    Daniel H. Pink

    (Source: tumblrlucy)

     

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  2. 101010

    We call it digitally assisted LARP - for marketers.

    practicallymedia:

    I want to produce an anti-mega narrative!  

     

     digital  media  technology  prospective  anthropology  interaction 

  3. 090910

    Social Media Blackout

    infoneer-pulse:

    Eric Darr recently had a moment that a lot of modern parents can relate to. He was watching his 16-year-old daughter click around frenetically on Facebook while juggling several conversations on her iPhone.

    “I was frankly amazed,” says Darr, the provost at Harrisburg University of Science and Technology. “I thought, ‘How do you live like this?’ It struck me to think, ‘What if all this wasn’t there?’ ”

    So Darr conceived an experiment designed to parse how one lives with social media — precisely by examining how one lives without it. He decided to pull the plug on Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, and AOL Instant Messenger for one week. But rather than conduct the experiment within his own home, Darr decided to take advantage of his position as Harrisburg’s provost to tap a much larger sample: his institution’s entire student body, faculty, and staff.

    On Monday, information technology officials at Harrisburg will block access to those popular social media tools from computers using the campus network. They will also disable the wiki and chat features in the university’s Moodle-based learning management system. The barriers will remain in place for one week.

    Students, who will be asked to write essays reflecting on their time in social-media exile, will not be the only ones affected. Faculty and staff will also be unable to visit the sites — at least not through the campus network.

    » via Inside Higher Ed

     

     social  digital  media  internet  interaction 

  4. 090610

    laphamsquarterly:

    Reminds us that there’s an essay in the upcoming City issue about the sociologist Erving Goffman, author of the 1959 book The Presentation of the Self in Everyday Life.

    (via madregale from Cities as Interaction Machines)

     

     sociology  erving goffman  persona  social stage  interaction 

  5. 080410
    newyorker: politico: markcoatney: tanya77: soupsoup: Facebook and Twitter’s New Rival For publishers, services like Tumblr reflect a broader shift in their relationship with their audience, said James E. Katz, a professor of communications at Rutgers University. “Going back 20 years, publications like Rolling Stone didn’t interact with readers except for letters to the editor,” Mr. Katz said. “One of the realizations that cultural leaders and publishers have had is that there is a lot of expertise, wisdom and ideas in their readership.” The ability to respond online turns readers into co-creators, he said, which can give them a sense of ownership. “That is an extremely valuable commodity for publishers these days, even if it does not yet translate to revenue,” Mr. Katz said. TUMBLR/NY Times FTW! Apparently, they found some other news to also print in the NYT, but none so important as this. Seriously, this was really nice; thanks, Jenna. Interesting (and inevitable) trend piece from the NYT, that should have just been titled Why Tumblr Is Awesome.

    newyorker:

    politico:

    markcoatney:

    tanya77:

    soupsoup:

    Facebook and Twitter’s New Rival

    For publishers, services like Tumblr reflect a broader shift in their relationship with their audience, said James E. Katz, a professor of communications at Rutgers University.

    “Going back 20 years, publications like Rolling Stone didn’t interact with readers except for letters to the editor,” Mr. Katz said. “One of the realizations that cultural leaders and publishers have had is that there is a lot of expertise, wisdom and ideas in their readership.”

    The ability to respond online turns readers into co-creators, he said, which can give them a sense of ownership.

    “That is an extremely valuable commodity for publishers these days, even if it does not yet translate to revenue,” Mr. Katz said.

    TUMBLR/NY Times FTW!

    Apparently, they found some other news to also print in the NYT, but none so important as this. Seriously, this was really nice; thanks, Jenna.

    Interesting (and inevitable) trend piece from the NYT, that should have just been titled Why Tumblr Is Awesome.

     

     social media  interaction  creation  production  distribution  readership  tumblr 

  6. 072910

    Facebook beta joins web Q&A craze

    culturehoover:

    The service is dubbed, yes, Facebook Questions.

    “Millions of people ask their friends questions on Facebook every day. What new music should I listen to? Where’s the best sushi place in town? How do I learn to play the piano?” reads a blog post from the company, which now boasts 500 million users.

    “Facebook Questions…lets you pose questions like these to the Facebook community. With this new application, you can get a broader set of answers and learn valuable information from people knowledgeable on a range of topics”

    READ MORE at The Register

     

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