interactivecultures » The Digest http://interactivecultures.org research. knowledge transfer. consultancy. Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:37:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Interactive Cultures is the research centre of Birmingham School Media. The centre brings together senior academics from the Birmingham School of Media who are actively involved in understanding how communities are built through new and emerging media channels. We explore the ways in which groups utilise interactive technologies, and use that knowledge to help professional, commercial and community bodies extend their work online. Interactive Cultures, Birmingham School of Media, BCU no Interactive Cultures, Birmingham School of Media, BCU jon.hickman@bcu.ac.uk jon.hickman@bcu.ac.uk (Interactive Cultures, Birmingham School of Media, BCU) Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 UK research. knowledge transfer. consultancy. research, creative industries, music industries, cultural studies, media studies interactivecultures » The Digest http://interactivecultures.org/wp-content/podcasts/podcastbadge2.gif http://interactivecultures.org/category/the-digest The Digest for February 2nd http://interactivecultures.org/the-digest/the-digest-for-february-2nd http://interactivecultures.org/the-digest/the-digest-for-february-2nd#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:01:00 +0000 Interactive Cultures http://interactivecultures.org/the-digest/the-digest-for-february-2nd Our digest of links for February 2nd:

  • British politicians engage in modern warfare – Interesting artcile re the old media effects debates as it relates to computer game violence. Tom Watson's position as presented here is an increasingly common one. I've heard a number of commentators come up with the same points in news articles (though I have never heard an MP come out against the moral backlash before). What is particularly interesting is that it is now possible to take a moral position that supports the development of any computer game, including violent ones, but which is always located with in a discussion about the creative industries and the value of the computer games market: the text itself is seen as subordinate to the industry.
  • Hashtags and the desire to own and organise – jon bounds – When two tribes (both self professed "social media experts") went to war over a hashtag, we saw a breakdown in folksonomy, a drive to own in the intangible, and a final denouement of ridicule heaped on all parties.
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  • Twitterfall becomes TwitterFAIL for Telegraph’s budget coverage | Media | The Guardian
    (tags: twitter)
  • Blackwell’s unveils Espresso Book Machine that prints any book while you wait | Books | The Guardian
    Print on demand for books: we thought this had been around for a while. A shame that copyright laws prevent a service like this for music: not everyone is comfortable with downloading music, and a service like this would open up long tail products to them.
    (tags: technology)
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  • The death of the microsite, act IV / we are social
    Are social media trends affecting the way agencies put websites together and the advice they give?
    (tags: social media)
  • BBC – Today
    Our BCU colleague Paul Bradshaw discussing whether anything can be done to save the local newspaper on the Today programme.
    (tags: newspapers local)
  • BBC – BBC Radio 4 Programmes – Archive on 4, For One Night Illegally – The History of the Bootleg
    Popular music as culture vs. music as a commodity, explored through the history of the bootleg and popular music heritage.
    (tags: popular music culture archive heritage)
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  • Professor Encourages Students to Pass Notes During Class — via Twitter
    Twitter, twitter, twitter: the media are obsessed with it at the moment. Here a journalist gets excited about a Twitter back channel in a classroom environment. Wouldn’t it be better to break away from that lectern, and stop talking at people non-stop for an hour? Get human interaction working, don’t bypass it with technology. What do you think? (And yes, we do use Twitter in classes when appropriate but not as a replacement for dialogue).
    (tags: twitter teaching learning technology)
  • Wolverine review leads to Fox News writer’s dismissal | Film | guardian.co.uk
    Lots of us download things, but a Fox employee has been fired for downloading movies from a sister company.
    (tags: copyright movies wolverine fox newscorp)
  • Anti-Terrorism Billboard Bust by Dubber
    Jon’s Twitter stream was awash with Ad-Busted Anti-Terror billboard designs. This is one of his favourites by Dubber. Make your own at http://jamesholden.net/billboard/
    (tags: adbust billboard generator)
  • YouTube – Did You Know?
    Andrew Dubber tweeted this the other day, as he says “Flawed on a number of important levels – but astonishing nevertheless”.
    (tags: technology statistics video)
  • (Towards a) West Midlands Digital Strategy
    Dave Harte is putting together a brief strategy paper about the economic opportunities available for West Midlands businesses wishing to work in the digital sector. He says “I’ve put up all the words of this report at last. It’s there for anyone to comment on: “in avoiding a technologically determinist approach the region can instead focus on creating the right conditions for innovation to flourish.”
    (tags: westmidlands strategy digital)
  • Digital Inclusion Conference Fringe | We Share Stuff
    The National Digital Inclusion Conference is in London at the end of April. A group of Birmingham bloggers (and our own Jon Hickman) are running fringe events around the main conference, including an informal evening “Tweet Up” style meeting (tickets are FREE – just follow the link for more info.
    (tags: digital inclusion fringe birmingham bloggers)
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