Tag Archives: corporate

The Customer is Always Right (or at least able to convince the Internet masses they are)

Ronen Shay | 26 September 2010, 9:23 pm | 2 comments | tags: , , , , , , , , , ,

With the dominance of social networking, user generated content, and the ability to comment on just about anything, web 2.0 has changed the way consumers interact with corporations, especially when they are pissed off. Many corporations are performing the role of laggards, as they do not realize the impact of web 2.0 on their business models until it is brought…

The great power of a Wikipedia sysop

Yu-Fen Chen | 20 September 2009, 4:08 am | 3 comments | tags: , , , , , , ,

A sysop (as a system operator) is a controversial actor in Wikipedia. The term sysop means an administrator of a multi-user computer system, such as a bulletin board system (BBS) or an online virtual community. In the Wikipedia world, Sysops are known as editors who have been trusted with access to restricted technical features. There are no official requirements for…

Come Have a Corporate PICNIC!

Marijn de Vries Hoogerwerff | 28 September 2008, 8:29 pm | 1 comment | tags: , ,

Collaboration…If there’s one word I would suggest to compress PICNIC’08 into, this would be it. To be perfectly honest, the whole concept has gotten a bit hollow after three days of this greenly, grassy, commy conference. A small impression of my corporate PICNIC experience…

Digital Media and Democracy. “Bush Bashing in Academia”

Wouter Dijkstra | 15 September 2008, 10:36 am | tags: , , , , , , , ,

Digital Media and Democracy

Tactics in Hard Times

Edited by Megan Boler
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Structure of the book:

434 Pages/ 19 chapters/ 3 parts

Collection of essays and interviews

Different authors: Scholars, Journalist and business people.

Main question: How does the contemporary media landscape influence the democratic process?

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Summary

In this collection of essays and interviews with different media actors, contemporary corporate U.S. media is challenged by upcoming alternatives like new Media, the influence of the internet, citizen journalism and social movements. In the first part the shape of the public is sketched and a history of media in the U.S. is described. The second part deals with the changing face of new media, where the first part is narrowed down to analyze the changes in news production we see today. The third part offers us direct knowledge of how web 2.0 can be used to shape social movements and how one can use web practices and tactical media.