the information space
Most people don’t subscribe to media because they can’t get the information anywhere else, rather, they want to support the creator(s) and have access to their POV.
The future of media is a bank
…curators; like a museum curator pulling works together for an exhibition, they organize the avalanche of online content into something coherent and comprehensible, restoring missing context and building narratives. They highlight valuable things that we less-expert Internet surfers are likely to miss.
Kyle Chayka
Curators piece together narratives to create context and coherence from disparate bits of information
The end of consolidated media ownership, took us from few to many, broadcasting paradigm, to many to many communication. Bi-directional, decentralized, enveloping.
If professional editors serve as gatekeepers, determining the importance of various stories before publication, the Internet opens the gates, deciding on the significance of content after it’s published. Hence, it’s not just a collective editor—it’s what I call the Viral Editor. Anyone can post anything, including rubbish. But people then vote with... See more
Andrey Mir • The Viral Inquisitor
platforms as assignment editors
Neural Interpellation
berlinerfestspiele.de
... See moreI see opportunities in curating the best of our conversation and creativity, establishing authority and credibility from expert sources, convening communities in constructive dialogue, and providing leadership adapting to the digital age…I see a for a reinvigorated cultural and social criticism in the press and the academy to listen to what people
Thoughtful mediaTM deserves a home
Anu Atluru • Thoughts For Sale
Google is a tolltaker on the digital roads, not an innovator in the physical world. We don’t call them trade routes anymore, but from Google’s perspective that’s what they are.