"The greatest problem in communication is the illusion that it has been accomplished"
George Bernard Shaw

Aus der Corante-Serie The Future of Digital Media: Nicht mehr ganz neu aber nicht minder interessant ein Interview mit Jeff Jarvis:

Jarvis' First Law of Media: Give the people control of media, they will use it. The corollary: Don't give the people control of media, and you will lose.

Big media has a great deal to learn from citizens' media. First and foremost, old media lost its humanity. It no longer knows how to talk to us eye-to-eye and it certainly doesn't know how to listen. It refuses to admit that it could be human and make mistakes (see Dan Rather, see Howell Raines). Big media must learn that news isn't over when it's printed and fishwrap; that is when the real story cycle begins, when the public asks questions and adds facts and corrects mistakes and adds perspective and helps get closer to the truth. Big media has to learn to be more honest -- that is, to level with its public, to reveal its prejudices and process as citizen journalists do. (...)

Whenever citizens can exercise control, they will. Today they are challenging and changing media -- where bloggers now fact-check Dan Rather's ass -- but tomorrow they will challenge and change politics, government, marketing, and education as well. This isn't just a media revolution, though that's where we are seeing the impact first. This is a chain-reaction of revolutions. It has just begun.

Das vollständige Interview zum Nachlesen. (inkl. Kommentaren)

[Via: http://wethemedia.oreilly.com/ ]

Die Zukunfts-Visions-Präsentation von Robin Sloan and Matt Thompson "EPIC 2014" verbreitete sich in Windeseile im Netz. Eine wahre Epidemie mit entsprechenden Nachwehen:

Whoah dudes! EPIC is popular! Right now you can see it at these fine sites: http://www.robinsloan.com/epic/

If you've got some bandwidth to share, give me a shout -- robin at robinsloan dot com. The future needs your help!

Dazu schreibt Robin Sloan bei poynter.org:

First, the ecology of the internet is amazing: One week after posting it, this link has zapped around the world and been seen by thousands of people, some of whom write in Spanish, in Belgian, and in Asian languages this Chaser cannot identify. It's been fascinating to see it get lost within chains of recommendation: This Chaser saw the phrase "I can't remember where I got this link" more times than he is, to be honest, quite comfortable with.

Second: For all our techno-triumphalism, the blogosphere still leaves a bit to be desired. EPIC earned thousands of links but only a few really engaged comments. It was sites like MetaFilter that generated discussion; most blogs were content to link and say "looky here."

So that's how you follow an idea, Chasers. Have you tracked your news organization's work through the web recetly?

.... Traum.