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      19 Jan 2011

      Communication Power

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      book: Communication Power - Manuel Castells on amazon.com

       

      We live in the midst of a revolution in communication technologies that affects the way in which people feel, think, and behave. The mass media (including web-based media), Manuel Castells argues, has become the space where political and business power strategies are played out; power now lies in the hands of those who understand or control communication. Over the last thirty years, Castells has emerged as one of the world's leading communications theorists. In this, his most far-reaching book for a decade, he explores the nature of power itself, in the new communications environment. His vision encompasses business, media, neuroscience, technology, and, above all, politics. His case histories include global media deregulation, the misinformation that surrounded the invasion of Iraq, environmental movements, the role of the internet in the Obama presidential campaign, and media control in Russia and China. In the new network society of instant messaging, social networking, and blogging--"mass self-communication"--politics is fundamentally media politics. This fact is behind a worldwide crisis of political legitimacy that challenges the meaning of democracy in much of the world. Deeply researched, far-reaching in scope, and incisively argued, this is a book for anyone who wants to understand the dynamics and character of the modern world.

      links:

        - #tunisie

      - #wikileaks on twitter

       

      video: Castells' keynote at oxford for the release of his new book, "Communication Power" on vimeo.com

       

       

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      8 Dec 2010

      Never waste a good crisis: the Net, the Power and WikiLeaks

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      txt: Live with the WikiLeakable world or shut down the net. It's your choice - John Naughton, guardian.co.uk

       

      The most obvious lesson is that it represents the first really sustained confrontation between the established order and the culture of the internet. There have been skirmishes before, but this is the real thing. And as the backlash unfolds – first with deniable attacks on internet service providers hosting WikiLeaks, later with companies like Amazon and eBay and PayPal suddenly "discovering" that their terms and conditions preclude them from offering services to WikiLeaks, and then with the US government attempting to intimidate Columbia students posting updates about WikiLeaks on Facebook – the intolerance of the old order is emerging from the rosy mist in which it has hitherto been obscured. The response has been vicious, co-ordinated and potentially comprehensive, and it contains hard lessons for everyone who cares about democracy and about the future of the net.

       

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      - How Wikileaks has woken up journalism - Emily Bell, Tow Center Columbia University

      - Il potere digitale - Stefano Rodotà, repubblica.it

      - Why WikiLeaks Is Good for America - Evan Hansen, Editor-in-Chief of Wired.com

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      1 Jul 2010

      Veneziacamp 2010 the digital innovation festival - Venice 1-3 july

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      txt: www.veneziacamp.it Google english translation
      I temi della manifestazione, trattati in oltre 50 sessioni, speech e dibattiti, sono: innovazione ed e-commerce (1 luglio); cultura della rete, scuola e social networking, pubblica amministrazione (2 luglio); barcamp, tourism web 2.0, politica e rete (3 luglio). Ampio spazio verrà inoltre dedicato ai cambiamenti in atto e al futuro dell’editoria, con l’affermarsi di prodotti come iPhone e iPad. Per la prima volta parteciperà alla manifestazione l’Associazione Italiana dei Parchi Scientifici Tecnologici. Tra gli eventi speciali: Facebook developer garage, una full immersion sull’evoluzione di Facebook e della sua piattaforma di sviluppo; WIFI Day a Venezia, un anno di Cittadinanza Digitale, in occasione dell’anniversario dell’offerta della connessione Internet gratuita ai cittadini da parte del Comune di Venezia. Per la prima volta arrivano nel Nord Est le GGD Girl Geek Dinners con l’organizzazione di una cena per donne, ma non solo, appassionate di informatica e cultura digitale. che segnerà l'esordio di una serie di meeting in Veneto, Friuli Venezia Giulia e Trentino Alto Adige. VeneziaCamp si svolgerà nelle Tese di San Cristoforo, nell’Area Nord dell’Arsenale di Venezia. L’ingresso è libero. Nei giorni della manifestazione è prevista la connessione gratuita alla rete Wi-Fi, previa iscrizione on-line nel sito dell’evento: www.veneziacamp.it VeneziaCamp – Festival dell’Innovazione Digitale è organizzato da VEGA Parco Scientifico Tecnologico di Venezia e Expo Venice e gode del patrocinio della Provincia di Venezia, del Comune di Venezia, del Ministero dell’Istruzione dell’Università e della Ricerca con gli Uffici Scolastici Regionali di Veneto e Lombardia, del W3C – World Wide Web Consortium e di Formez PA.
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      24 Mar 2010

      The Future of Publishing

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      txt: PenguinGroup - The Future of Publishing on youtube.com
      This video was prepared by the UK branch of Dorling Kindersley Books and produced by Khaki Films. Originally meant solely for a DK sales conference, the video was such a hit internally that it is now being shared externally. We hope you enjoy it (and make sure you watch it up to at least the halfway point, there's a surprise!). Read an interview with the creator of the video on the Penguin Blog: The clip was inspired by a video created by an Argentinian agency, Savaglio/TBWA entitled Truth
      [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Weq_sHxghcg]
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      17 Mar 2010

      The Internet of things

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      video+txt: IBMSocialMedia on youtube.com
      When we talk about a smarter planet, you can say that it has two dimensions. One is to be more efficient, be less destructive, to connect different aspects of life which do affect each other in more conscience and deliberate and intelligent ways. But the other is also to generate fundamentally new insights, new activity, new forms of social relations. So you could look at the planet as an information, creation and transmission system, and the universe was hearing its information but we werent. But increasingly now we can, early days, baby steps days, but we can actually begin to hear the planet talking to us.
      [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfEbMV295Kk]
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      13 Mar 2010

      A digital Googlenaissance

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      txt: A digital renaissance: partnering with the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage
      The Renaissance, Europe's period of cultural, political and scientific rebirth, began in Florence around 600 years ago. At Google we're interested in a (small “r”) renaissance of a different kind — a digital one. Since the launch of Google Books, we’ve been working with libraries and publishers around the globe to bring more of the world's books to more readers around the globe. Any school child should be able to access the works of Petrarch, Dante or Vico (or, if they're so inclined, Machiavelli). In the case of these more famous authors, this is already largely possible, but what about the work of Guglielmo il Giuggiola or Coluccio Salutati? We want all of the great literature and writings of Italy to be accessible to the general public.
      links: - MiBAC / Google: Conferenza Stampa di presentazione di uno storico accordo - Europeana
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      13 Mar 2010

      Internet as a tool (of freedom)

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      txt: March 11, 2010: Lawrence Lessig speech at Italian Parliament: Internet is Freedom [blip.tv ?posts_id=3351759&dest=-1]
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      12 Mar 2010

      A random place in the world: Carnarvon Rd, Hong Kong

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      Google maps is an impressive way to look the world. Like when the childs point a finger random on the globe, and dream about it. [googlemaps http://maps.google.it/maps?f=q&source=embed&hl=it&geocode=&q=...,12.392578&sspn=16.458104,39.506836&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Hong+Kong&layer=c&cbll=22.298978,114.173659&panoid=wzNIV23efnG8MhKFy6dKEw&cbp=13,203.24,,0,6.9&ll=22.396428,114.109497&spn=0,359.951763&z=14&output=svembed&w=500&h=400]
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      27 Feb 2010

      Like a customer (with rights that are respected)

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      txt: Big change in the tech world - Dave Winer www.scripting.com
      Think about how you're treated by airlines. By insurance companies. If you have to go to a hospital. That's the kind of relationship you have with Apple, Google, Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft, Oracle, IBM, etc. Sooner or later there will be a massive oil spill or a massive network-wide security breach. Expect these companies to be every bit as bad as the ones in other industries. Probably worse because they've come so far without much oversight or scrutiny. Recently Google was given permission to trade energy. Who are these companies? We have no idea. If you want to know what you can do, great -- there are things you can do. Buy your own services and put your content in places where you are treated like a customer with rights that are respected. That's still possible. In many industries it's no longer possible, but you can get that kind of service on the Internet now, but you have to pay for it.
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      7 Feb 2010

      Question: how has the internet transformed our lives for the worse?

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      txt: You Are Not a Gadget: A Manifesto - A Q&A with Author Jaron Lanier - amazon.com
      Question: You argue the web isn’t living up to its initial promise. How has the internet transformed our lives for the worse? Jaron Lanier: The problem is not inherent in the Internet or the Web. Deterioration only began around the turn of the century with the rise of so-called "Web 2.0" designs. These designs valued the information content of the web over individuals. It became fashionable to aggregate the expressions of people into dehumanized data. There are so many things wrong with this that it takes a whole book to summarize them. Here’s just one problem: It screws the middle class. Only the aggregator (like Google, for instance) gets rich, while the actual producers of content get poor. This is why newspapers are dying. It might sound like it is only a problem for creative people, like musicians or writers, but eventually it will be a problem for everyone. When robots can repair roads someday, will people have jobs programming those robots, or will the human programmers be so aggregated that they essentially work for free, like today’s recording musicians? Web 2.0 is a formula to kill the middle class and undo centuries of social progress.
      link: www.jaronlanier.com
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