Reblogged from GigaOM: For the past few days, I have been thinking about the evolution of what media is and its expanded role in the information ecosystem. What got me thinking was Twitter co-founder and Square CEO Jack Dorsey’s decision to blog his side of the story about his reduced role at Twitter. A few months ago, when […]
Amplification & the changing role of media
by Cameron D. Norman • October 13th, 2012
The Business Model of Social Media: Who Owns the Presses?
by Cameron D. Norman • October 1st, 2012
When Karl Marx asked: Who owns the presses? he was referring to the ability of wealthy private individuals to control the means of knowledge production and dissemination and thus, influence society as capital owners, not as citizens. The unequal voice of the bourgeoisie over the proletariat was what gave them undue social power. But what happens when the owners and generators of wealth (knowledge, information) shift and the result is a community that relies on the medium of production without the control of it?
Too Much Social Media, Not Enough Social Message
by Cameron D. Norman • July 30th, 2012
Social media is any networked information technology, tool or platform that derives its content and principal value from user engagement and permits those users to interact with that content. But last time I checked (in), the content stream being produced through my media stream was becoming a lot less social (Web 2.0) and more of […]
Designing a Social Innovation Wonderwall
by Cameron D. Norman • July 22nd, 2012
Paying attention to the social, technological, economic and environmental stresses and challenges we face isn’t always conducive to positive thinking and sometimes its useful to look at where problems are being addressed rather than created. Where to go for such inspiration is question is where this post begins. And all the roads that lead you […]
Facebook’s new roles for pages
by Cameron D. Norman • June 2nd, 2012
Reblogged from Social media in the public sector: Facebook has introduced new roles for pages (see graphic). The manager of a page can assign the following roles: Content Creator Moderator Advertiser Insight Analyst What is unclear to me is that the manager of the page does not have the same rights as the other roles and is […]
Wet and Dry Design for Social Innovation
by Cameron D. Norman • May 28th, 2012
Create systems that are too bounded (dry) and we risk sucking the moisture from the human elements (the wet) that make real social innovation happen. Our challenge is finding the right balance between the controlled, stable environments that these new technologies afford and the self-organized, emergent and innovative environments needed to implement and scale our initiatives more effectively. 
Social Media and Health: Leaders(hip) and Followers(hip)
by Cameron D. Norman • May 18th, 2012
Systems thinking, design thinking, developmental evaluation, creativity, networks and innovation: these are the keywords for health in the coming years. They are as author Eric Topol calls the dawning of the creative destruction of medicine. The public is already using social media for health and now the time has come for health (care, promotion and protection) systems to get on board and make the changes necessary to join them. 
Gawker Reports Mark Zuckerberg’s Engaged, Which Leads To A Discussion Of What’s Wrong With Asian Women, Naturally
by Guest Contributor • June 22nd, 2011
By Guest Contributor Jen Wang, cross-posted from Disgrasian
Mark Zuckerberg is engaged! Maybe. Bill Gates seems to think so anyway, calling Zuckerberg’s longtime girlfriend, med student Priscilla Chan, Zuck’s “fiancee” in a recent interview. Gawker picked up on this, and naturally, naturally, a conversation ensued in the comments section concerning why someone like Cilla would be…
Read MoreThe Future of Facebook and Digital Graveyards
by Joshua S. Fouts • April 26th, 2011
“The future lies in the creation of thriving small businesses”The Future of Facebook Project, which we blogged about earlier when it was seeking funding on Kickstarter, made its funding goal and has begun to release longer videos of some of the intervi…
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