Posted on October 3, 2009 by Juanhijo
Love this interview with Levar Burton on Building 43 – Communities without Gatekeepers
Broadcast media & commercial communication are one-way conversations bundled with sales messages, actors, branding, and entertainers. Often it is marketing made to look like authentic human interaction.
he goal of most mass media communication is to generate revenue.
When you unpack Broadcast media messaging we find [...]
Filed under: Stories of Being Human | Tagged: Communication, culture, Marshall McLuhan, mass media, power, Social Media, Socratic method | 1 Comment »
Posted on September 7, 2009 by Juanhijo
Over dinner conversation with a diverse group of thinkers – the questions was posed “what is a Meme?” I struggled with a concise definition along the lines of … “it’s an evolving mass of like-thoughts that a group of people subscribe to, add to, and riff on.” What make it different from culture? um …. [...]
Filed under: Communication as Power, Stories of Being Human | Tagged: culture, evolution, meme | Leave a Comment »
Posted on September 14, 2008 by Juanhijo
October 21, 2007 – Sunday
Wandering observations on a Sunday morning…
Computing is moving from something you own to a service you subscribe to. We are witnessing, and are a part of, a transformation in business, society, and culture. This is a fundamental shift in how society is organized that we will look back upon 50-100 years [...]
Filed under: Stories of Being Human, Utility Computing | Tagged: Brian Johnson, culture, Nicholas Carr, Ted Stevens, Utility Computing | Leave a Comment »
