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Digital World Explorer
The digital ethnographer Michael Wesch on the dark side of social media, what we learned from Iran, and why the future of the web depends on human interests—not market interests.
As a graduate student in Papua New Guinea, Michael Wesch studied how the introduction of books and literacy changed government and society. Now, as a professor of cultural anthropology at Kansas State University, Wesch examines how digital media is changing human interaction. His YouTube video “Web 2.0…
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AYM ’09: Moldova’s “Twitter Revolution”
Interviews from the Alliance of Youth Movements summit: Natalia Morari.
On the 6th of April of this year, 15,000 Moldovans rallied in the streets the day after their national election to protest the Communist Party’s rigged victory. It might have looked like any post-election protest in an emerging democracy but there was an important difference: This protest was organized entirely through new media—Twitter, email and text messages, and social networking sites. The number of peaceful protesters continued…
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AYM ’09: Getting Cuba Connected
Interviews from the Alliance of Youth Movements summit: Roots of Hope.
From Obama’s campaign fundraising to the election protests in Iran, we’ve all heard that Twitter and Facebook are rewriting the rules of public engagement. Guest blogger Erin Mazursky talked to participants at the Alliance of Youth Movements summit in Mexico City to find out how the nonprofit leaders of tomorrow are using technology.
Verónica Nur Valdéz and Felice Gorordo, ages 25 and 26 respectively, are the co-founders…
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The Economist on Rick Rolling and Related Phenomena
The Economist is getting into the web video game. This one’s on the internet’s (second) favorite topic: the internet itself. It’s making the rounds online and it’s actually very engaging, partly because it’s hard to keep up with the pace of the text.
My favorite statistic: “More video was uploaded to YouTube in the last two months than if ABC, NBC, and CBS had been airing new content 24/7/365 since 1948.”
Thanks, Sebastian.
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Did you miss SXSW Interactive? Check out this excellent workshop from Beth Kanter & friends!
I didn’t get to go to Austin this year for the SXSW interactive conference (I’m going to NTEN instead).
I did however get to remotely participate (via Twitter) in Nonprofit Social Media guru Beth Kanter’s excellent workshop on ROI (Return on Investment) for Nonprofit Social Media campaigns. Not only was the presentation formatted as a Poetry Slam (genius!), but it offered excellent perspectives from a number of pioneers in the field of nonprofit tech or social media…
Read & Discuss
AYM ’09: Getting Cuba Connected
Interviews from the Alliance of Youth Movements summit: Roots of Hope.
From Obama’s campaign fundraising to the election protests in Iran, we’ve all heard that Twitter and Facebook are rewriting the rules of public engagement. Guest blogger Erin Mazursky talked to participants at the Alliance of Youth Movements summit in Mexico City to find out how the nonprofit leaders of tomorrow are using technology.
Verónica Nur Valdéz and Felice Gorordo, ages 25 and 26 respectively, are the co-founders…
Read & Discuss
The Economist on Rick Rolling and Related Phenomena
The Economist is getting into the web video game. This one’s on the internet’s (second) favorite topic: the internet itself. It’s making the rounds online and it’s actually very engaging, partly because it’s hard to keep up with the pace of the text.
My favorite statistic: “More video was uploaded to YouTube in the last two months than if ABC, NBC, and CBS had been airing new content 24/7/365 since 1948.”
Thanks, Sebastian.
…Read & Discuss
Did you miss SXSW Interactive? Check out this excellent workshop from Beth Kanter & friends!
I didn’t get to go to Austin this year for the SXSW interactive conference (I’m going to NTEN instead).
I did however get to remotely participate (via Twitter) in Nonprofit Social Media guru Beth Kanter’s excellent workshop on ROI (Return on Investment) for Nonprofit Social Media campaigns. Not only was the presentation formatted as a Poetry Slam (genius!), but it offered excellent perspectives from a number of pioneers in the field of nonprofit tech or social media…
Read & Discuss
Digital World Explorer
The digital ethnographer Michael Wesch on the dark side of social media, what we learned from Iran, and why the future of the web depends on human interests—not market interests.
As a graduate student in Papua New Guinea, Michael Wesch studied how the introduction of books and literacy changed government and society. Now, as a professor of cultural anthropology at Kansas State University, Wesch examines how digital media is changing human interaction. His YouTube video “Web 2.0…
Read & Discuss
AYM ’09: Moldova’s “Twitter Revolution”
Interviews from the Alliance of Youth Movements summit: Natalia Morari.
On the 6th of April of this year, 15,000 Moldovans rallied in the streets the day after their national election to protest the Communist Party’s rigged victory. It might have looked like any post-election protest in an emerging democracy but there was an important difference: This protest was organized entirely through new media—Twitter, email and text messages, and social networking sites. The number of peaceful protesters continued…
Read & Discuss
AYM ’09: Getting Cuba Connected
Interviews from the Alliance of Youth Movements summit: Roots of Hope.
From Obama’s campaign fundraising to the election protests in Iran, we’ve all heard that Twitter and Facebook are rewriting the rules of public engagement. Guest blogger Erin Mazursky talked to participants at the Alliance of Youth Movements summit in Mexico City to find out how the nonprofit leaders of tomorrow are using technology.
Verónica Nur Valdéz and Felice Gorordo, ages 25 and 26 respectively, are the co-founders…
Read & Discuss
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