Entries from April 2008

Venice Festival of Media considers social media

April 15th, 2008 by Leo Ryan · 1 Comment
In Media · Social media

Our man in Venice, Mark Palmer reported in by SMS this morning from the Venice Festival of Media. A vote was taken yesterday on “How central will social media sites be to your marketing?” The results?
Critical: 10%
Important: 39%
Unsure: 22%
Minimal: 22%
No role: 7%

It is interesting to note that the question was about social media sites, unsure [...]

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Digital Politics: Taking a Stab at Online Democracy

April 4th, 2008 by Ben · 1 Comment
In Politics · Stories

I’ve been chasing a conversation around the internet which has careered off from an article by Anthony Barnett on Comment is Free. Following Gordon Brown’s plans for reforming the Governance of Britain, and the Justice Minister Michael Wills’s further suggestion of taking this debate online, Barnett and his chums at openDemocracy want to have a [...]

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