Executives: Don’t try to change the Net Generation
10 Recommended Gov 2.0 Blogs
About the Ephemeral Nature of Twitter
A “bear cub” hug, but still a hug
It’s all about adding an ’s’: crafting policies of information TechnologiesDigital divide/s»
Executives: Don’t try to change the Net Generation (0)
Bob Mason and I conducted a study about how executives in organizations perceive the entrance of the “net generation” into the workplace. Researchers (see Tapscott for example) refer to the Net Generation as the generation of people born between 1978-1994. They label them as such because of the researchers’ perceptions of this generation as growing [...]
e-Government»
10 Recommended Gov 2.0 Blogs (1)
Wired to Share posted their recommendations to follow the following 10 Blogs that deal with Gov 2.0 issues:
Maxine Teller – MiXT Media
Ari Herzog – AriWriter
Steve Radick – Social Media Strategery
Jefferey Levy – Government 2.0 Beta
Mark Drapeau – Cheeky Fresh
Gwynne Kostin – On Dot-Gov
Andrew Kryzmarzick – Generation Shift
Nick Charney – CPSRenewal
Craig Newmark – CNewmark
Marylin Clark – [...]
Gatekeeping/Information Control»
About the Ephemeral Nature of Twitter (8)
This week research conversation featured Kathy Gill who talks about Twitter and its integration in the classroom context, but her talk went into lessons learned from usage of Twitter by people and specifically by politicians.
Gill’s motivation to research Twitter is derived from attempt to understand how technology impact society. While looking at the presentation Twitter [...]
Policy»
A “bear cub” hug, but still a hug (1)
ICANN (The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) signed a new affirmation of commitment document with the US government (see the video clip). The document is another milestone in a series of reforms that ICANN started six years ago. The goal of this reform to transform ICANN to a more independent entity (in other words, less dependent on the U.S), more transparent (there were many complaints around this issue), and more egalitarian (i.e., its board will be more global).
Social networks»
Video, Virality and Political Campaigns (0)
One of the hottest topics currently under investigation is in the area of virality and campaigns, or the role of the Internet in political campaigns. Here are several articles from a conference titled “You Tube and the 2008 Election Cycle in the United States” -
Bob Boynton Going Viral
Kevin Wallsten “‘Yes We Can’: How Online Viewership, [...]
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