social media
Interview with Sasha Costanza-Chock
In these first two months of 2011, we have witnessed an extraordinary sequence of events demonstrating the transformative possibilities of social media when employed in the area of social change. While it is crucial that we not erase the specific contexts of activist engagement or the diverse organizing elements involved in particular political movements and protests, it is also clear that the tools of social media have played a vital role in an ongoing series of upheavals in Northern Africa and the Middle East. Closer to home, I was intrigued by ongoing references to connections between events in Cairo and the labor protests in Madison, which circulated though a variety of social media from Flickr to Facebook to Twitter. The continued linkage of these two very different political events, albeit tenuous or indeed maladroit, illustrates both the power of the new media forms as well as the global reach of the conversation around questions of democracy and social justice.
Where the Old and New Collide: IBM Place Summit 2010
The IBM Center for Social Software hosts the first ever Place Summit in Cambridge, MA and I am one of over 100 people invited to the event. The Social and the Spacial: Occupying Place and Space is a two-day extended conversation held in un-conference style which is a facilitated, participant-driven event centered on a theme or purpose. We are sent an announcement that poses the following questions for thought:
Where the Old and the New Collide: FutureMedia Fest 2010
Storytelling is at the forefront of every stage of content creation and it is the theme of my second NAMAC blog 'travelogue'. Here I begin exactly one day after the SIEGE 2010 Expo concluded when the FutureMedia Fest kicks off at Georgia Tech. I offer my personal experience with computer-based media as a backstory.
Mobilizing Online Communities Offline: A Case Study
In order to foster online communities, arts and cultural organizations must first foster their physical communities, or vice versa.
Online Networking Fundraisers: Are They Too Exclusive?
Best and Worst of 2009 in Art and Public Media
NAMAC members weigh in on the best and worst of 2009: from work ethic to public media, web 2.0 projects to local organizing efforts.
Hear from Julia Kirt of the Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition on the 10 Worst Artist Excuses for Turning Proposals or Artwork in Late, read up on the top 10 download folder items that Belinda Rawlins of the Transmission Project keeps coming back to, and check out Patty Zimmerman's list of the best international multi-platform Web 2.0 projects of 2009.
A Nerd's Take On The Future Of News Media
However, the tech is secondary, not nearly as important as repairing some current issues with trust and curation.
As a news media guy, I'm an amateur, relying on large part on people who really know the business. Frequent engagement in social media helps, and most importantly, 14 years in online customer service gives me a good feel for the ground truth and attitude online.
Come Check Out NAMAC's Social Network Activity
While working at NAMAC as their Online Community Manager, I built a social media monitoring 'dashboard' for them. I used it to monitor online activity 'about' NAMAC across online social networks - this included Twitter, del.icio.us, blogs as well as NAMAC Member sites.
Art Houses Unite!
How do art house cinemas survive in the 21st century with a business model that appears to be quixotic at best and suicidal at worst?
Transmedia Activism: Telling Your Story Across Media Platforms to Create Effective Social Change
Transmedia storytelling, a concept identified by Henry Jenkins, is storytelling by a number of decentralized authors who share assets and create content for distribution across multiple forms of media.
