Four factors critical to journalism and publishing October 23, 2009
Posted by Jonathan Hewett in : delicious links , trackbackAdam Tinworth flags up social, mobile, real-time, and location-aware technology:
"I think it [this graphic] neatly encapsulated the four issues that will effect the web, and which the publishing business needs to get its head around. I talk a lot about social on here, and the whole hyper-local journalism movement is, to some degree, predicated on the idea of geo-centric technology, even if the potential benefits of geocoding information haven't really been discussed.
The whole mobile environment has been changed by the new breed of smart phones, led by the iPhone, which are turning users into voracious data consumers on the move, and the Real Time web is becoming, in a technological sense, a very real proposition (and, if fact, I should write a post about that).
This graphic is the sort of thing every publisher and journalist should be looking at and thinking "what does this mean for what I do?" "
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My name is Jon Ornoy, I’m a Vancouver-based documentary producer (Animal Mother Films) currently in production on a film called With Glowing Hearts. WGH uses the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics as a backdrop for an exploration of the power of social media to tell stories, empower citizens, and break down the digital divide. The film focuses on four stories of citizen journalists and media collectives working in the city’s impoverished Downtown Eastside who challenge the negative image of the community using social media and affordable technology to bring the power of digital storytelling into their neighbour’s hands.
Having spent a bit of time on your blog, I think you’d be interested in the stories that are unfolding before our cameras as we examine the very real sense of power which comes from making the transition from just being a consumer of media to being a producer as well. Vancouver is a leading center in the social media world, and it’s been fascinating to see how it’s being embraced and employed here across the board from protests to hospitality houses in what many here are calling “The Twitter Olympics”. I hope you’ll check us out online (or @wghthemovie) to see a bit more about what the project looks like (including some webisodes) and encourage your readers to do the same.