About the Center for Future Civic Media
Civic Media Projects
torstai 27. marraskuuta 2008
tiistai 14. lokakuuta 2008
maanantai 13. lokakuuta 2008
maanantai 6. lokakuuta 2008
Stanford Law School: The Center for Internet and Society
CYBERCRIME:
The Information Revolution in 10 years
by Tom Rubin
The revolution will be televised...on YouTube
by Larry Downes
FUTURE OF IDEAS:
Information Technology and Libraries
Tom Zillner, Editor
Book Review here
The Information Revolution in 10 years
by Tom Rubin
The revolution will be televised...on YouTube
by Larry Downes
FUTURE OF IDEAS:
Information Technology and Libraries
Tom Zillner, Editor
Book Review here
sunnuntai 5. lokakuuta 2008
Nobel Predictions based on ISI Web of Knowledge
How to predict Nobel laureates. The Scientific business of Thomson Reuters says it is the only organization to use quantitative data to make annual predictions of Nobel Prize winners. "A strong correlation exists between citations in literature and peer esteem. Professional awards, like the Nobel Prize, are a reflection of this peer esteem", it argues.
Thomson Reuters: THE SCIENTIFIC BUSINESS OF THOMSON REUTERS PREDICTS NOBEL LAUREATES
See more: Nobel economics prize: time for a focus on finance?
Thomson Reuters: THE SCIENTIFIC BUSINESS OF THOMSON REUTERS PREDICTS NOBEL LAUREATES
See more: Nobel economics prize: time for a focus on finance?
lauantai 20. syyskuuta 2008
News from the Berkman Center
Digital Shadows
August 13, 2008
People leave behind digital dossiers all the time.
The Citizen Media Law Project on Understanding Your Legal Risks When You Blog or Publish Online
August 05, 2008
Citizen Media Law Project Completes Launch of Online Guide to Media Law
July 29, 2008
Cambridge, MA – The Citizen Media Law Project (CMLP) announced today that it has completed the launch of its Citizen Media Legal Guide, located at http://www.citmedialaw.org/legal-guide. The free guide, which is intended for use by bloggers, website operators, and other citizen media creators, focuses on the legal issues that non-traditional and traditional journalists are likely to encounter as they gather information and publish their work online.
The Library in the New Age
June 05, 2008
Robert Darnton, head of the Harvard University library, who helped advocate for open access at the University, has written an essay for the New York Review of Books on "what it means to be a library in the digital age"
August 13, 2008
People leave behind digital dossiers all the time.
The Citizen Media Law Project on Understanding Your Legal Risks When You Blog or Publish Online
August 05, 2008
Citizen Media Law Project Completes Launch of Online Guide to Media Law
July 29, 2008
Cambridge, MA – The Citizen Media Law Project (CMLP) announced today that it has completed the launch of its Citizen Media Legal Guide, located at http://www.citmedialaw.org/legal-guide. The free guide, which is intended for use by bloggers, website operators, and other citizen media creators, focuses on the legal issues that non-traditional and traditional journalists are likely to encounter as they gather information and publish their work online.
The Library in the New Age
June 05, 2008
Robert Darnton, head of the Harvard University library, who helped advocate for open access at the University, has written an essay for the New York Review of Books on "what it means to be a library in the digital age"
torstai 11. syyskuuta 2008
Projects in the Cambridge-MIT Partnership Programme
1. Communications Research Network
The Cambridge-MIT institute recognised the importance of the communications sector to the UK economy. Realising that there was no single organisation acting as a forum for the industry as a whole in the UK, CMI created the Communications Research Network to bring the industry together with a focus on research and how the industry might evolve in the future. The network's research had two main themes: to better understand the value chain of the industry and explore roadmaps to possible futures; and to conceive and demonstrate unexpected and disruptive visions of the future. CRN helped to inform industry about the barriers at which to focus innovation, and to inform academics about the research that would have the greatest impact on industry
2. Intelligent Book
In order to improve the teaching of complex material, and make that material available more widely, a collaborative "Intelligent Book" is being jointly developed by the University of Cambridge and MIT. The Intelligent Book collects data from large numbers of people who read it on the Web, and it uses that data in a modelling system to assess and predict reader progress and provide multimedia information tailored to a given reader’s needs. Educational materials designed for the Intelligent Book will be developed and used to teach introductory electronics at MIT and Discrete Mathematics at the University of Cambridge.
3. Internet Security Group
In the digital knowledge economy, as the value of information increases so does the importance of maintaining the security of that information. Business is becoming ever more dependent on electronic information exchange such as email and the internet, but with that dependency comes the danger of complacency. It is vital therefore that Business recognises not only the efficiency and productivity that electronic communication can deliver, but also the potential risks. We must stay alert and ask – what about security?
4. Smart Media - The Flexible Media Prototype Research Experiment
The Flexible Media Prototype Research Experiment brought together teams from industrial R&D, Creative Media Production Research, Academia and Creative Education. Together they forged a new media content form, new presentation formats for projects, and new tools for creating and exhibiting digital media stories and programmes.
The Cambridge-MIT institute recognised the importance of the communications sector to the UK economy. Realising that there was no single organisation acting as a forum for the industry as a whole in the UK, CMI created the Communications Research Network to bring the industry together with a focus on research and how the industry might evolve in the future. The network's research had two main themes: to better understand the value chain of the industry and explore roadmaps to possible futures; and to conceive and demonstrate unexpected and disruptive visions of the future. CRN helped to inform industry about the barriers at which to focus innovation, and to inform academics about the research that would have the greatest impact on industry
2. Intelligent Book
In order to improve the teaching of complex material, and make that material available more widely, a collaborative "Intelligent Book" is being jointly developed by the University of Cambridge and MIT. The Intelligent Book collects data from large numbers of people who read it on the Web, and it uses that data in a modelling system to assess and predict reader progress and provide multimedia information tailored to a given reader’s needs. Educational materials designed for the Intelligent Book will be developed and used to teach introductory electronics at MIT and Discrete Mathematics at the University of Cambridge.
3. Internet Security Group
In the digital knowledge economy, as the value of information increases so does the importance of maintaining the security of that information. Business is becoming ever more dependent on electronic information exchange such as email and the internet, but with that dependency comes the danger of complacency. It is vital therefore that Business recognises not only the efficiency and productivity that electronic communication can deliver, but also the potential risks. We must stay alert and ask – what about security?
4. Smart Media - The Flexible Media Prototype Research Experiment
The Flexible Media Prototype Research Experiment brought together teams from industrial R&D, Creative Media Production Research, Academia and Creative Education. Together they forged a new media content form, new presentation formats for projects, and new tools for creating and exhibiting digital media stories and programmes.
torstai 4. syyskuuta 2008
Current projects in Oxford Internet Institute
PUBLICATIONS:
Dutton, W.H. and Helsper, E. (2007) Oxford Internet Survey 2007 Report: The Internet in Britain (Oxford Internet Institute).
Guerra, G.A., Zizzo, D.J., Dutton. W.H. and Peltu, M. (2003) Economics of trust in the information economy: issues of identity, privacy and security OII Research Report No. 1 .
Noam, E., Hay, D., Baye, M.R. and Morgan, J. (2003) The Internet: still wide open and competitive? OII Internet Issue Brief No. 1 .
Caldas, A., David, P.A. and Ormanidhi, O. (2005) Digital information network technologies, organisational performance and productivity Report for Cisco-funded project: 'Internet and productivity in public services: innovative pathways for e-government' (Oxford Internet Institute).
Birmingham, P. and Davies, C. (2005) Implementing broadband Internet in the classroom: key issues for research and practice OII Research Report No. 6 .
Nash, V., Dutton, W.H. and Peltu, M. (2004) Innovative pathways to the next level of e-learning OII Forum Discussion Paper No. 2 .
Schroeder, R., Caldas, A., Mesch, G. and Dutton, W. (2005) The World Wide Web of Science: Reconfiguring Access to Information Paper on the 'World Wide Web of Science' project, presented at the annual conference of The National Centre for e-Social Science in 2005, in the session 'Social Shaping of e-Research' .
Schroeder, R., Fry, J. and Virkar, S. (2006) The World Wide Web of Science and Global Expertise: Democratizing Access to Knowledge? Paper presented at the World Wide Web of Science Workshop at the OII in February 2006 .
Yorick Wilks (2006) What is the Semantic Web and what will it do for eScience? OII Research Report No. 12 .
Dutton, W.H. (2004) Social transformation in the information society WSIS Publication Series (UNESCO: Paris).
1. COMPANIONS
COMPANIONS aims to change the way we think about the relationships of people to computers and the Internet by developing a virtual conversational 'Companion'.
PUBLICATIONS:
Benyon, D. and Mival, O. (2008) Landscaping Personification Technologies: from Interactions to Relationships.In: Proceedings of the Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2008).
2. DIGITISED RESOURCES: A USAGE AND IMPACT STUDY
Are digital resources succeeding at reaching their intended users, or are they being missed because of poor information seeking skills among the target users? There are a number of challenges in assessing the use and impact of online digital resources: these include new methods, shifts in the way that people access resources, new audiences, and new forms of information-seeking behaviour among different audiences. The project combines quantitative and qualitative indicators to measure the impact of online scholarly resources.
3. NETWORKS FOR WEB SCIENCE
Web Science brings together computer scientists and engineers, social scientists and policy makers to study complex information systems as personified by the Web. In other words, Web Science is the study of decentralized information systems. Web Science encompasses science, engineering, social understanding and capacity building. The aim of this proposal is to establish networks of researchers from different technical and social science research disciplines to begin to develop a Web Science research agenda through the exchange of PhD students and collaborative workshops, the results of which will be disseminated through detailed review papers.
4. OXFORD INTERNET SURVEYS
Oxford Internet Survey (OxIS) research is designed to offer detailed insights into the influence of the Internet on everyday life in Britain.
Launched in 2003 by the Oxford Internet Institute, OxIS is an authoritative source of information about Internet access, use and attitudes. Some of the areas covered include: digital and social inclusion and exclusion; regulation and governance of the Internet; privacy, trust and risk concerns; social networking and entertainment; and online education.
5. E-LEARNING RESEARCH GROUP
The e-Learning Research group is concerned with a wide range of issues concerning teaching and learning in the digital age. It focuses on the role of new technologies in developing and revolutionising educational theory and practice in a variety of educational contexts in the 21st century.
6. Virtual communities of practice: the open source software community
This is developing and applying new automated data extraction techniques, quantitative methods of analysis and empirical findings about the organisation, governance and performance of the large Internet-connected communities that develop free and open source software, such as the Linux kernel, the Mozilla browser and the Apache Webserver. It is being undertaken by teams at Stanford University and partner institutions in the UK, France and the Netherlands
7. World Internet Project
The World Internet Project (WIP) is a major, international, collaborative project looking at the social, political and economic impact of the Internet and other new technologies. Conceived as the study of the Internet that should have been conducted of television in its early days, the WIP believes that the Internet's influence will ultimately be far greater than television.
8. World Wide Web of Humanities
The World Wide Web is enormous and is in constant flux, with more web content lost to time than is currently accessible via the live Web. The growing body of archived web material available to researchers is immensely valuable as a record of important aspects of modern society, but there is little, if any, supporting infrastructure, processes and trusted methods available to facilitate domain specific Internet research. Humanities researchers are expected to individually assemble research data and e-Research tools needed for analysis. This can be cost-prohibitive in terms of resources and time.
This project aims to begin to address this gap by establishing a framework for e-Humanities (also called Digital Humanities) research using available open source tools and technologies and archived web content to create novel research interfaces to the first of many, scholarly, e-Humanities web collections
Dutton, W.H. and Helsper, E. (2007) Oxford Internet Survey 2007 Report: The Internet in Britain (Oxford Internet Institute).
Guerra, G.A., Zizzo, D.J., Dutton. W.H. and Peltu, M. (2003) Economics of trust in the information economy: issues of identity, privacy and security OII Research Report No. 1 .
Noam, E., Hay, D., Baye, M.R. and Morgan, J. (2003) The Internet: still wide open and competitive? OII Internet Issue Brief No. 1 .
Caldas, A., David, P.A. and Ormanidhi, O. (2005) Digital information network technologies, organisational performance and productivity Report for Cisco-funded project: 'Internet and productivity in public services: innovative pathways for e-government' (Oxford Internet Institute).
Birmingham, P. and Davies, C. (2005) Implementing broadband Internet in the classroom: key issues for research and practice OII Research Report No. 6 .
Nash, V., Dutton, W.H. and Peltu, M. (2004) Innovative pathways to the next level of e-learning OII Forum Discussion Paper No. 2 .
Schroeder, R., Caldas, A., Mesch, G. and Dutton, W. (2005) The World Wide Web of Science: Reconfiguring Access to Information Paper on the 'World Wide Web of Science' project, presented at the annual conference of The National Centre for e-Social Science in 2005, in the session 'Social Shaping of e-Research' .
Schroeder, R., Fry, J. and Virkar, S. (2006) The World Wide Web of Science and Global Expertise: Democratizing Access to Knowledge? Paper presented at the World Wide Web of Science Workshop at the OII in February 2006 .
Yorick Wilks (2006) What is the Semantic Web and what will it do for eScience? OII Research Report No. 12 .
Dutton, W.H. (2004) Social transformation in the information society WSIS Publication Series (UNESCO: Paris).
1. COMPANIONS
COMPANIONS aims to change the way we think about the relationships of people to computers and the Internet by developing a virtual conversational 'Companion'.
PUBLICATIONS:
Benyon, D. and Mival, O. (2008) Landscaping Personification Technologies: from Interactions to Relationships.In: Proceedings of the Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2008).
2. DIGITISED RESOURCES: A USAGE AND IMPACT STUDY
Are digital resources succeeding at reaching their intended users, or are they being missed because of poor information seeking skills among the target users? There are a number of challenges in assessing the use and impact of online digital resources: these include new methods, shifts in the way that people access resources, new audiences, and new forms of information-seeking behaviour among different audiences. The project combines quantitative and qualitative indicators to measure the impact of online scholarly resources.
3. NETWORKS FOR WEB SCIENCE
Web Science brings together computer scientists and engineers, social scientists and policy makers to study complex information systems as personified by the Web. In other words, Web Science is the study of decentralized information systems. Web Science encompasses science, engineering, social understanding and capacity building. The aim of this proposal is to establish networks of researchers from different technical and social science research disciplines to begin to develop a Web Science research agenda through the exchange of PhD students and collaborative workshops, the results of which will be disseminated through detailed review papers.
4. OXFORD INTERNET SURVEYS
Oxford Internet Survey (OxIS) research is designed to offer detailed insights into the influence of the Internet on everyday life in Britain.
Launched in 2003 by the Oxford Internet Institute, OxIS is an authoritative source of information about Internet access, use and attitudes. Some of the areas covered include: digital and social inclusion and exclusion; regulation and governance of the Internet; privacy, trust and risk concerns; social networking and entertainment; and online education.
5. E-LEARNING RESEARCH GROUP
The e-Learning Research group is concerned with a wide range of issues concerning teaching and learning in the digital age. It focuses on the role of new technologies in developing and revolutionising educational theory and practice in a variety of educational contexts in the 21st century.
6. Virtual communities of practice: the open source software community
This is developing and applying new automated data extraction techniques, quantitative methods of analysis and empirical findings about the organisation, governance and performance of the large Internet-connected communities that develop free and open source software, such as the Linux kernel, the Mozilla browser and the Apache Webserver. It is being undertaken by teams at Stanford University and partner institutions in the UK, France and the Netherlands
7. World Internet Project
The World Internet Project (WIP) is a major, international, collaborative project looking at the social, political and economic impact of the Internet and other new technologies. Conceived as the study of the Internet that should have been conducted of television in its early days, the WIP believes that the Internet's influence will ultimately be far greater than television.
8. World Wide Web of Humanities
The World Wide Web is enormous and is in constant flux, with more web content lost to time than is currently accessible via the live Web. The growing body of archived web material available to researchers is immensely valuable as a record of important aspects of modern society, but there is little, if any, supporting infrastructure, processes and trusted methods available to facilitate domain specific Internet research. Humanities researchers are expected to individually assemble research data and e-Research tools needed for analysis. This can be cost-prohibitive in terms of resources and time.
This project aims to begin to address this gap by establishing a framework for e-Humanities (also called Digital Humanities) research using available open source tools and technologies and archived web content to create novel research interfaces to the first of many, scholarly, e-Humanities web collections
torstai 28. elokuuta 2008
News from the Wall Street Journal
[The Wall Street Journal, August 25 2008] Privacy? We Got Over It.
There is no privacy in the internet.
There is no privacy in the internet.
News from the Economist
[The Economist, August 21 2008] If you build it… Lively, Google’s virtual world, has been a flop
[The Economist, August 14 2008] Flickring here, twittering there
Politicians use the internet in their campains and try to control the new media.
[The Economist, August 5 2008] The computer says no
Digital image processing could help to authenticate works of art.
[The Economist, July 24 2008] The brave new world of e-hatred
Internet can enhance hatred between people and nations.
[The Economist, July 17 2008] Great minds think (too much) alike
Accordig to research the more journals there are online, fewer articles are being cited in the reference list.
[The Economist, July 3 2008] Valete
Electronic media replaces yearbooks.
[The Economist, June 26 2008] Blog standard
Bloggers are hard to control.
[The Economist, August 14 2008] Flickring here, twittering there
Politicians use the internet in their campains and try to control the new media.
[The Economist, August 5 2008] The computer says no
Digital image processing could help to authenticate works of art.
[The Economist, July 24 2008] The brave new world of e-hatred
Internet can enhance hatred between people and nations.
[The Economist, July 17 2008] Great minds think (too much) alike
Accordig to research the more journals there are online, fewer articles are being cited in the reference list.
[The Economist, July 3 2008] Valete
Electronic media replaces yearbooks.
[The Economist, June 26 2008] Blog standard
Bloggers are hard to control.
keskiviikko 27. elokuuta 2008
News from DMW: Law
[Digital Media Wire, Law, August 18 2008] Publishers Likely to Target Free Magazine-Trading Site
[Digital Media Wire, Law, July 25 2008] Facing Lawsuit, Redlasso Suspends Web Video Clip Service
[Digital Media Wire, Law, July 24 2008] NBC Universal, Fox Sue Web Video Clip Service Redlasso
[Digital Media Wire, Law, July 9 2008] Lulu Partners with Carnegie Mellon's ETC Press
[Digital Media Wire, Law, June 20 2008] AP Settles Dispute with Blogger; "Fair Use" Guidelines in Works
[Digital Media Wire, Law, June 16 2008] Associated Press Looks to Corral Use of Content on Blogs
[Digital Media Wire, Law, June 13 2008] Big Redlasso Clients Depart in Wake of Network Demands
[Digital Media Wire, Law, July 25 2008] Facing Lawsuit, Redlasso Suspends Web Video Clip Service
[Digital Media Wire, Law, July 24 2008] NBC Universal, Fox Sue Web Video Clip Service Redlasso
[Digital Media Wire, Law, July 9 2008] Lulu Partners with Carnegie Mellon's ETC Press
[Digital Media Wire, Law, June 20 2008] AP Settles Dispute with Blogger; "Fair Use" Guidelines in Works
[Digital Media Wire, Law, June 16 2008] Associated Press Looks to Corral Use of Content on Blogs
[Digital Media Wire, Law, June 13 2008] Big Redlasso Clients Depart in Wake of Network Demands
News from DMW: Mobile
Digital Media Conference
[Digital Media Wire, Mobile, August 22 2008] WSJ: Verizon Nearing Mobile Search Deal With Google
[Digital Media Wire, Mobile, August 21 2008] Mobile Web Publishing Firm MoFuse Raises Funding
[Digital Media Wire, Mobile, July 15 2008] Mobile News Aggregator Mobispine Acquires NewsAlloy
[Digital Media Wire, Mobile, August 22 2008] WSJ: Verizon Nearing Mobile Search Deal With Google
[Digital Media Wire, Mobile, August 21 2008] Mobile Web Publishing Firm MoFuse Raises Funding
[Digital Media Wire, Mobile, July 15 2008] Mobile News Aggregator Mobispine Acquires NewsAlloy
keskiviikko 13. elokuuta 2008
News from DMW: Video
[Digital Media Wire, Video, August 27 2008] Lifetime Acquires Social Media Firm ParentsClick Network
[Digital Media Wire, Video, August 25 2008] C-SPAN Launches Online Political Convention Hubs
[Digital Media Wire, Video, August 19 2008] News Corp. Buys Stake in Student Journalism Firm Palestra
[Digital Media Wire, Video, August 18 2008] Web News Consumption Up, But TV Still Top U.S. News Source
[Digital Media Wire, Video, August 12 2008] Yahoo, Politico to Host Online Forums During Conventions
[Digital Media Wire, Video, August 11 2008] Analysis: Media Companies like Time Warner Need To Become Enablers Of Content
[Digital Media Wire, Video, August 6 2008] MySpace to Stream Presidential Debates, Add Interactivity
[Digital Media Wire, Video, August 5 2008] Analysis: Top 20 Web 2.0 Websites
[Digital Media Wire, Video, July 29 2008] Anvato Introduces Video Anti-Piracy Technology
[Digital Media Wire, Video, July 29 2008] U.K. Broadcaster Sky Taps Pluck for Social Media Tools
[Digital Media Wire, Video, July 29 2008] PBS Launches "Vote 2008" Site
[Digital Media Wire, Video, July 25 2008] Studios Developing Legal Online Movie Search Engine
[Digital Media Wire, Video, July 22 2008] eMusic Adds Web Content to Store, Expands Social Media Sharing
[Digital Media Wire, Video, July 22 2008] TiVo Enables On-Screen Product Purchases via Amazon.com
[Digital Media Wire, Video, July 22 2008] Mark Cuban: My Pittsburgh FCC Presentation on the Future of Digital Media
[Digital Media Wire, Video, July 17 2008] TiVo Enables YouTube Access via Digital Video Recorders
[Digital Media Wire, Video, June 30 2008] U.S. Copyright Office Launching Online Registration Service
[Digital Media Wire, Video, June 27 2008] YouTube Expands Ad-Share Program to France, Germany
[Digital Media Wire, Video, June 11 2008] Delve Networks Introduces Internet TV Publishing Platform
[Digital Media Wire, Video, June 10 2008] AOL Launches Retooled Radio Service Powered by CBS
[Digital Media Wire, Video, August 25 2008] C-SPAN Launches Online Political Convention Hubs
[Digital Media Wire, Video, August 19 2008] News Corp. Buys Stake in Student Journalism Firm Palestra
[Digital Media Wire, Video, August 18 2008] Web News Consumption Up, But TV Still Top U.S. News Source
[Digital Media Wire, Video, August 12 2008] Yahoo, Politico to Host Online Forums During Conventions
[Digital Media Wire, Video, August 11 2008] Analysis: Media Companies like Time Warner Need To Become Enablers Of Content
[Digital Media Wire, Video, August 6 2008] MySpace to Stream Presidential Debates, Add Interactivity
[Digital Media Wire, Video, August 5 2008] Analysis: Top 20 Web 2.0 Websites
[Digital Media Wire, Video, July 29 2008] Anvato Introduces Video Anti-Piracy Technology
[Digital Media Wire, Video, July 29 2008] U.K. Broadcaster Sky Taps Pluck for Social Media Tools
[Digital Media Wire, Video, July 29 2008] PBS Launches "Vote 2008" Site
[Digital Media Wire, Video, July 25 2008] Studios Developing Legal Online Movie Search Engine
[Digital Media Wire, Video, July 22 2008] eMusic Adds Web Content to Store, Expands Social Media Sharing
[Digital Media Wire, Video, July 22 2008] TiVo Enables On-Screen Product Purchases via Amazon.com
[Digital Media Wire, Video, July 22 2008] Mark Cuban: My Pittsburgh FCC Presentation on the Future of Digital Media
[Digital Media Wire, Video, July 17 2008] TiVo Enables YouTube Access via Digital Video Recorders
[Digital Media Wire, Video, June 30 2008] U.S. Copyright Office Launching Online Registration Service
[Digital Media Wire, Video, June 27 2008] YouTube Expands Ad-Share Program to France, Germany
[Digital Media Wire, Video, June 11 2008] Delve Networks Introduces Internet TV Publishing Platform
[Digital Media Wire, Video, June 10 2008] AOL Launches Retooled Radio Service Powered by CBS
tiistai 5. elokuuta 2008
News from DMW: Mobile
[Digital Media Wire, Mobile, June 18 2008] Sprint Nextel to Launch WiMax Service in Baltimore in September
[Digital Media Wire, Mobile, June 23 2008] Nokia Acquires Location-based Mobile Social Network Plazes
[Digital Media Wire, Mobile, June 24 2008] Kodak Details Plans to Enter Mobile Device Photo Market
[Digital Media Wire, Mobile, June 23 2008] Nokia Acquires Location-based Mobile Social Network Plazes
[Digital Media Wire, Mobile, June 24 2008] Kodak Details Plans to Enter Mobile Device Photo Market
tiistai 1. heinäkuuta 2008
News from the Financial Times
[The Financiel Times, Technology, June 17 2008] Mobile internet is taking off
maanantai 30. kesäkuuta 2008
News from The Economist
[The Economist, June 13 2008] Ripe for picking
Apple's iPhone is developing.
[The Economist, June 5 2008] Rummaging through the internet
Three-dimensional web browsing (3b rooms, cities and stores).
[The Economist, June 5 2008] Watching while you surf
On-line advertisers are monitoring what websites internet users visit so that they can target advertisements individually and more accurately (behavioural-targeting).
[The Economist, June 5 2008] Telemedicine comes home
Telecommunications and medicine are being combined: long distance medical treatment is possible. Furhter, technology is moving from telemedicine to telehealth and teleprevention.
[The Economist, June 5 2008] From blueprint to database
Digital models are being used to design buildings.
[The Economist, June 25 2008] Speak up
Translating languaes with the help of devices and programs.
Paper is no longer needed:
[The Economist, June 5 2008] Who needs paper?
Transportation tickets in digital form.
[The Economist, June 5 2008] Unbound
Books on the verge of going digital (Amazon's Kindle e-books and Print on Demand, POD-system).
Apple's iPhone is developing.
[The Economist, June 5 2008] Rummaging through the internet
Three-dimensional web browsing (3b rooms, cities and stores).
[The Economist, June 5 2008] Watching while you surf
On-line advertisers are monitoring what websites internet users visit so that they can target advertisements individually and more accurately (behavioural-targeting).
[The Economist, June 5 2008] Telemedicine comes home
Telecommunications and medicine are being combined: long distance medical treatment is possible. Furhter, technology is moving from telemedicine to telehealth and teleprevention.
[The Economist, June 5 2008] From blueprint to database
Digital models are being used to design buildings.
[The Economist, June 25 2008] Speak up
Translating languaes with the help of devices and programs.
Paper is no longer needed:
[The Economist, June 5 2008] Who needs paper?
Transportation tickets in digital form.
[The Economist, June 5 2008] Unbound
Books on the verge of going digital (Amazon's Kindle e-books and Print on Demand, POD-system).
maanantai 16. kesäkuuta 2008
News from DMW: Mobile and Video
[Digital Media Wire, Video, June 10 2008] RadioShack Teams with Libraries on DTV Transition Campaign
[Digital Media Wire, Video, June 10 2008] MySpace, "Alchemist" Author Team on User-Generated Film
[Digital Media Wire, Video, June 9 2008] YouTube Allows Pro Content Producers to Sell Their Own Ads
[Digital Media Wire, Video, June 9 2008] Tribeca Debuts Reframe Film Digitization & Retail Service
[Digital Media Wire, Video, June 9 2008] Amazon Invests in User-Generated TV Shopping Channel
[Digital Media Wire, Video, June 6 2008] YouTube Debuts New "Reporter" Channel Category
[Digital Media Wire, Video, June 6 2008] CBS to Launch New Digital Record Label in January
[Digital Media Wire, Video, June 5 2008] Verizon, Screenvision Team on Interactive Text Polls in Cinemas
[Digital Media Wire, Video, June 5 2008] BBC to Place All TV Channels Online in U.K. by Year's End
[Digital Media Wire, Video, June 5 2008] Report: Disney to Merge Internet Group, Video Game Business
[Digital Media Wire, Video, June 4 2008] YouTube Debuts Video Annotations Feature
[Digital Media Wire, Video, June 4 2008] CBS's Last.fm Allows Web Radio Access on Partner Sites
[Digital Media Wire, Video, June 3 2008] NBCU, Nielsen to Measure Across TV, Web Video, Buying Habits
[Digital Media Wire, Video, June 2 2008] Springer, Philips Partner on Personalized TV Service
[Digital Media Wire, Video, June 2 2008] AccessIT to Enable Live Event Broadcasts in 150 U.S. Theaters
[Digital Media Wire, Mobile, June 6 2008] Greystripe Offers Demographics on Free Mobile Game Players
[Digital Media Wire, Mobile, June 5 2008] Verizon, Screenvision Team on Interactive Text Polls in Cinemas
[Digital Media Wire, Mobile, June 3 2008] Online Ad Network Collective Media Acquires Personifi
[Digital Media Wire, Mobile, June 2 2008] Analysis: How to Speak at a Conference Without Getting Skewered on Twitter
[Digital Media Wire, Video, June 10 2008] MySpace, "Alchemist" Author Team on User-Generated Film
[Digital Media Wire, Video, June 9 2008] YouTube Allows Pro Content Producers to Sell Their Own Ads
[Digital Media Wire, Video, June 9 2008] Tribeca Debuts Reframe Film Digitization & Retail Service
[Digital Media Wire, Video, June 9 2008] Amazon Invests in User-Generated TV Shopping Channel
[Digital Media Wire, Video, June 6 2008] YouTube Debuts New "Reporter" Channel Category
[Digital Media Wire, Video, June 6 2008] CBS to Launch New Digital Record Label in January
[Digital Media Wire, Video, June 5 2008] Verizon, Screenvision Team on Interactive Text Polls in Cinemas
[Digital Media Wire, Video, June 5 2008] BBC to Place All TV Channels Online in U.K. by Year's End
[Digital Media Wire, Video, June 5 2008] Report: Disney to Merge Internet Group, Video Game Business
[Digital Media Wire, Video, June 4 2008] YouTube Debuts Video Annotations Feature
[Digital Media Wire, Video, June 4 2008] CBS's Last.fm Allows Web Radio Access on Partner Sites
[Digital Media Wire, Video, June 3 2008] NBCU, Nielsen to Measure Across TV, Web Video, Buying Habits
[Digital Media Wire, Video, June 2 2008] Springer, Philips Partner on Personalized TV Service
[Digital Media Wire, Video, June 2 2008] AccessIT to Enable Live Event Broadcasts in 150 U.S. Theaters
[Digital Media Wire, Mobile, June 6 2008] Greystripe Offers Demographics on Free Mobile Game Players
[Digital Media Wire, Mobile, June 5 2008] Verizon, Screenvision Team on Interactive Text Polls in Cinemas
[Digital Media Wire, Mobile, June 3 2008] Online Ad Network Collective Media Acquires Personifi
[Digital Media Wire, Mobile, June 2 2008] Analysis: How to Speak at a Conference Without Getting Skewered on Twitter
perjantai 23. toukokuuta 2008
News from The Economist
[The Economist, April 22 2008] Finding the right picture
[The Economist, May 14 2008] Cores of the problem
[The Economist, April 10 2008] Nomads at last
[The Economist, April 9 2008] Start making sense
[The Economist, April 24 2008] Pain in the aaS
[The Economist, May 16 2008] From literacy to digiracy
[The Economist, May 15 2008] Doctor on call
[The Economist, May 15 2008] The final chapter?
[The Economist, May 22 2008] Dial I for internet
[The Economist, February 14 2008] The electronic bureaucrat
[The Economist, May 14 2008] Cores of the problem
[The Economist, April 10 2008] Nomads at last
[The Economist, April 9 2008] Start making sense
[The Economist, April 24 2008] Pain in the aaS
[The Economist, May 16 2008] From literacy to digiracy
[The Economist, May 15 2008] Doctor on call
[The Economist, May 15 2008] The final chapter?
[The Economist, May 22 2008] Dial I for internet
[The Economist, February 14 2008] The electronic bureaucrat
sunnuntai 18. toukokuuta 2008
Sources
7. The Economist
6. Stanford Center for Internet and Society
In the heart of the Silicon Valley, legal doctrine is emerging that will determine the course of civil rights and technological innovation for decades to come. The Center for Internet and Society (CIS), housed at Stanford Law School and a part of the Law, Science and Technology Program, is at the apex of this evolving area of law.
5. Lessig Blog
Lawrence Lessig is a Professor of Law at Stanford Law School and founder of the school's Center for Internet and Society. Prior to joining the Stanford faculty, he was the Berkman Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, and a Professor at the University of Chicago. He clerked for Judge Richard Posner on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals and Justice Antonin Scalia on the United States Supreme Court.
6. Stanford Center for Internet and Society
In the heart of the Silicon Valley, legal doctrine is emerging that will determine the course of civil rights and technological innovation for decades to come. The Center for Internet and Society (CIS), housed at Stanford Law School and a part of the Law, Science and Technology Program, is at the apex of this evolving area of law.
5. Lessig Blog
Lawrence Lessig is a Professor of Law at Stanford Law School and founder of the school's Center for Internet and Society. Prior to joining the Stanford faculty, he was the Berkman Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, and a Professor at the University of Chicago. He clerked for Judge Richard Posner on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals and Justice Antonin Scalia on the United States Supreme Court.
lauantai 17. toukokuuta 2008
Massachussets Institute of Technology
Cambridge- MIT Partnership Programme (see before)
Center for Information Systems Research (CISR)/ MIT Sloan Center for Information Systems
Comparative Media Studies
MIT Center for Digital Business
MIT Media Lab News
MIT Media Lab
Projects in Media Lab MIT Center for Future Civic Media , MIT Communications Futures Program , Digital Life (plus related research groups) , Next Billion Network etc.
Center for Information Systems Research (CISR)/ MIT Sloan Center for Information Systems
Comparative Media Studies
MIT Center for Digital Business
MIT Media Lab News
MIT Media Lab
Projects in Media Lab MIT Center for Future Civic Media , MIT Communications Futures Program , Digital Life (plus related research groups) , Next Billion Network etc.
tiistai 13. toukokuuta 2008
Cars as Media Centers
Stanford professor Clifford Nash is creating the future of communication, once again, with his research. This time it is not only about computer-human relationships, but also cars as media centers.
Stanford Report: Professor studies what cars can learn from drivers’ words
See the clip: Stanford's Nass simulates crashes, sees the car as a media center
By Turo Uskali @ Stanford
Stanford Report: Professor studies what cars can learn from drivers’ words
See the clip: Stanford's Nass simulates crashes, sees the car as a media center
By Turo Uskali @ Stanford
lauantai 10. toukokuuta 2008
Open Access Publishing/Harvard
Once again, Harvard is leading the way.
Harvard Law School, is the next in the line of transforming the old, and almost sacred principles of academic publishing: peer-reviewing, long-waiting-times, and expensive. Now on, Harvard Law's papers are delivered fast, and - free on the web. To be sure, this will create new pressures to traditional academic publishing houses, but also, and happily, this will clearly boost scholarly communication among the best researchers in the world.
"The Harvard Law School faculty produces some of the most exciting, groundbreaking scholarship in the world," said Dean Elena Kagan in Harvard Law School's website. And, she is right.
In addition, Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet and Society is celebrating already its first 10 years. This fine institution is creating the future for media, and journalism as well. You can participate the seminars online by webcasts, and live videoblogging, May 15, and 16, from here.
By Turo Uskali
Harvard Law School, is the next in the line of transforming the old, and almost sacred principles of academic publishing: peer-reviewing, long-waiting-times, and expensive. Now on, Harvard Law's papers are delivered fast, and - free on the web. To be sure, this will create new pressures to traditional academic publishing houses, but also, and happily, this will clearly boost scholarly communication among the best researchers in the world.
"The Harvard Law School faculty produces some of the most exciting, groundbreaking scholarship in the world," said Dean Elena Kagan in Harvard Law School's website. And, she is right.
In addition, Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet and Society is celebrating already its first 10 years. This fine institution is creating the future for media, and journalism as well. You can participate the seminars online by webcasts, and live videoblogging, May 15, and 16, from here.
By Turo Uskali
lauantai 26. huhtikuuta 2008
The Cambridge-MIT Partnership Programme
perjantai 25. huhtikuuta 2008
Sources
3. Oxford:
Internet Institute , an academic centre for the study of the societal implications of the Internet.
e-Horizons Project is focused on critically assessing competing visions of the future of media, information and communication technologies and their societal implications. The project’s key strategy is to examine leading-edge developments in the use of information and communication technologies in the sciences and humanities as a window on the future of technology in everyday life.
4. Cambridge:
Communications Research Network: The Cambridge- MIT Institute (Partnership Programme). The communications revolution has engulfed the developed world in the last 20 years. We have moved from a world where communications was dominated by fixed voice communications to a world of mobile communications and widespread data communications for business and leisure use. The pace of change in communications has been breath-taking and shows no signs of letting up.
Internet Institute , an academic centre for the study of the societal implications of the Internet.
e-Horizons Project is focused on critically assessing competing visions of the future of media, information and communication technologies and their societal implications. The project’s key strategy is to examine leading-edge developments in the use of information and communication technologies in the sciences and humanities as a window on the future of technology in everyday life.
4. Cambridge:
Communications Research Network: The Cambridge- MIT Institute (Partnership Programme). The communications revolution has engulfed the developed world in the last 20 years. We have moved from a world where communications was dominated by fixed voice communications to a world of mobile communications and widespread data communications for business and leisure use. The pace of change in communications has been breath-taking and shows no signs of letting up.
perjantai 18. huhtikuuta 2008
Interesting News from Korea
[Korea.net News, Society, April 13 2008] Seoul to host 2009 assembly on news dissemination technology
Korea will host next year's annual assembly of the International Press Telecommunications Council (IPTC) on technical standards for the dissemination of news by news organizations, the Korea NewsML Forum said Sunday (Apr. 13).
The decision was made at a meeting Saturday of executives of the IPTC secretariat based in Windsor, United Kingdom. The IPTC is a consortium of 68 news media across the world organized for the development of news-related technology, the forum said.
Korea will be the second Asian country to host the assembly after Japan.
The forum hoped that the Seoul assembly would help boost the information technology of Korea in the world's news industry.
[The Hankyoreh, May 2 2008] U.S. scholar urges Korean media to diversify, and quickly
Korean media can’t keep up with rapidly changing media environment, professor says
Randy Covington, an assistant professor in the School of Journalism at the University of South Carolina in the United States, speaking at a recent seminar in Korea, remarked that changes in the South Korean media are slow compared with changes in its rapidly-developing IT industry. He was in Korea on April 30 at the invitation of The Hankyoreh Economic Research Institute.
Professor Covington observed that the Korean media was unable to keep up with the demands of the general public. Traditional media, including newspapers and television, should change their newsrooms to survive in today’s rapidly changing media environment, the professor added.
[The Chosun Ilbo, April 18 2008] FCC Approves Cell Phone Alert System
Federal regulators in Washington have approved plans to upgrade the nation's Emergency Alert System to include text messages to cellphones and other mobile devices. VOA's Paul Sisco has more in this Searching for Solutions report.
When disaster strikes, the Federal Communications Commission wants to make sure that as many Americans as possible know about it. The Emergency Alert System just approved by the FCC would send out warnings to cell phones about terrorist threats and imminent natural disasters. Law enforcement agencies could also use the system to help find missing children.
Korea will host next year's annual assembly of the International Press Telecommunications Council (IPTC) on technical standards for the dissemination of news by news organizations, the Korea NewsML Forum said Sunday (Apr. 13).
The decision was made at a meeting Saturday of executives of the IPTC secretariat based in Windsor, United Kingdom. The IPTC is a consortium of 68 news media across the world organized for the development of news-related technology, the forum said.
Korea will be the second Asian country to host the assembly after Japan.
The forum hoped that the Seoul assembly would help boost the information technology of Korea in the world's news industry.
[The Hankyoreh, May 2 2008] U.S. scholar urges Korean media to diversify, and quickly
Korean media can’t keep up with rapidly changing media environment, professor says
Randy Covington, an assistant professor in the School of Journalism at the University of South Carolina in the United States, speaking at a recent seminar in Korea, remarked that changes in the South Korean media are slow compared with changes in its rapidly-developing IT industry. He was in Korea on April 30 at the invitation of The Hankyoreh Economic Research Institute.
Professor Covington observed that the Korean media was unable to keep up with the demands of the general public. Traditional media, including newspapers and television, should change their newsrooms to survive in today’s rapidly changing media environment, the professor added.
[The Chosun Ilbo, April 18 2008] FCC Approves Cell Phone Alert System
Federal regulators in Washington have approved plans to upgrade the nation's Emergency Alert System to include text messages to cellphones and other mobile devices. VOA's Paul Sisco has more in this Searching for Solutions report.
When disaster strikes, the Federal Communications Commission wants to make sure that as many Americans as possible know about it. The Emergency Alert System just approved by the FCC would send out warnings to cell phones about terrorist threats and imminent natural disasters. Law enforcement agencies could also use the system to help find missing children.
keskiviikko 16. huhtikuuta 2008
Book Publishing Business
With the help of algorithms one can create easily, let´s say 200 000 books. No kidding, Philip M. Parker just did that. As The New York Times argues, it is better to call Mr. Parker compiler than an author.
YouTube: Patent on "Long Tail" for automated content authorship
YouTube: Patent on "Long Tail" for automated content authorship
Sources
1. Digital Media Wire (Mobile): http://www.dmwmedia.com
A daily briefing of the most important news stories about the business of digital media & entertainment.
2. Nicholas Carr's blog on technology, business and culture: http://roughtype.com
A former executive editor of the Harvard Business Review, Nicholas Carr writes and speaks on technology, business, and culture. His 2004 book Does IT Matter?, published by Harvard Business School Press, set off a worldwide debate about the role of computers in business. His widely acclaimed new book, The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google, examines the rise of "cloud computing" and its implications for business, media and society. (http://www.nicholasgcarr.com/info.shtml)
A daily briefing of the most important news stories about the business of digital media & entertainment.
2. Nicholas Carr's blog on technology, business and culture: http://roughtype.com
A former executive editor of the Harvard Business Review, Nicholas Carr writes and speaks on technology, business, and culture. His 2004 book Does IT Matter?, published by Harvard Business School Press, set off a worldwide debate about the role of computers in business. His widely acclaimed new book, The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google, examines the rise of "cloud computing" and its implications for business, media and society. (http://www.nicholasgcarr.com/info.shtml)
perjantai 4. huhtikuuta 2008
World's Best Universities
The U.S. is the world's leading higher education super power, and the U.K. follows. This Anglo-American dominance is clear. However, nowadays all the other countries want to build their own harvards, and oxfords, but the task is not that easy. Oxford has its over 800 years of tradition to educate the world´s leaders, and its tutorial system; Harvard has $ 37 billion extra money to invest new initiatives, and scholars.
Here is more about different ranking systems, and their problems:
Wikipedia: Academic Rankings of World's Universities'
The Times: The Top 200 World's Universities
The Economist: Measuring mortarboards
By Katja Heinonen & Turo Uskali
keskiviikko 2. huhtikuuta 2008
Online Newspapers
The Economist, http://www.economist.com/
The Financial Times, http://www.ft.com/home/europe
The Wall Street Journal, http://online.wsj.com/public/us
The Financial Times, http://www.ft.com/home/europe
The Wall Street Journal, http://online.wsj.com/public/us
University Publications
Oxford, http://www.ox.ac.uk
Cambridge, http://www.cam.ac.uk/
Stanford, http://www.stanford.edu/
Harvard, http://www.harvard.edu/
MIT, http://web.mit.edu/
Oxford Internet Institute:
http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/
Berkman Center for Internet and Society:
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/
Stanford Center for Internet and Society
http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/
Cambridge, http://www.cam.ac.uk/
Stanford, http://www.stanford.edu/
Harvard, http://www.harvard.edu/
MIT, http://web.mit.edu/
Oxford Internet Institute:
http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/
Berkman Center for Internet and Society:
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/
Stanford Center for Internet and Society
http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/
tiistai 26. helmikuuta 2008
The Future of the Information: "Free?"
Interestingly, the author of the best seller, The Long Tail, is now writing a new, updated version about the economics of the digitalized world.
The conclusion: If it's free, it sells the best.
Anderson, Chris: Free! Why $0.00 Is the Future of Business
The further question: Should we next start charging, when consuming media, because the time is our most valuable asset.
by Turo Uskali
The conclusion: If it's free, it sells the best.
Anderson, Chris: Free! Why $0.00 Is the Future of Business
The further question: Should we next start charging, when consuming media, because the time is our most valuable asset.
by Turo Uskali
keskiviikko 20. helmikuuta 2008
Some books to start from
* Anderson, Chris: The Long Tail
http://www.amazon.com/Long-Tail-Future-Business-Selling/dp/1401302378
http://longtail.typepad.com/the_long_tail/
http://www.longtail.com/the_long_tail/2008/01/what-does-the-m.html
http://leighbureau.com/speaker.asp?id=373
See discussion about long tail phenomenon:
Elberse, Anita. "A Taste For Obscurity: An Individual-Level Examination of 'Long Tail' Consumption." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 08-008, August 2007
Elberse, Anita, and Felix Oberholzer-Gee. "Superstars and Underdogs: An Examination of the Long Tail Phenomenon in Video Sales." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 07-015, 2006.
* Hamilton, James T. All the News That's Fit to Sell: How the Market Transforms Information into News
http://press.princeton.edu/titles/7604.html
http://www.amazon.com/Long-Tail-Future-Business-Selling/dp/1401302378
http://longtail.typepad.com/the_long_tail/
http://www.longtail.com/the_long_tail/2008/01/what-does-the-m.html
http://leighbureau.com/speaker.asp?id=373
See discussion about long tail phenomenon:
Elberse, Anita. "A Taste For Obscurity: An Individual-Level Examination of 'Long Tail' Consumption." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 08-008, August 2007
Elberse, Anita, and Felix Oberholzer-Gee. "Superstars and Underdogs: An Examination of the Long Tail Phenomenon in Video Sales." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 07-015, 2006.
* Hamilton, James T. All the News That's Fit to Sell: How the Market Transforms Information into News
http://press.princeton.edu/titles/7604.html
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