emerging media as a mind amplifier
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as a mind amplifierThe influence of social media on our changing world
Dr. Cynthia Calongne, The Institute for Advanced Studies
Emerging Media
What is Emerging Media?
Social networks – global, people communicating
Social media – broadcasting ideas using media rich tools that are easy to use and often free: podcasts, videos
Virtual worlds – places to interact & share experiences & 3D content with a sense of presence via your avatar
Technologies: cloud computing, semantic web, mobile computing, accessibility tools, info accountability
Tools: Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, Flickr, & many more!
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William Kamkwamba’s windmill – Ted Talks [1]
At age 14, W. Kamkwamba built a windmillfrom a library book, increasing it to 4 blades
It powers 4 bulbs and 2 radios with 12 watts
Next step: to build a 20-watt irrigation system
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Social Media
Sustainability
Stewart Brand on the 4 environmental heresies [2]
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Bangkok train – co-existing with the marketplace [2]
1) A train approaches
and
2) Travelsthrough the city
3) As the train passes , the marketplace
4) Unfolds over the tracks
5) To resume business
Cities are green
Stewart Brand onTed Talks [2]
Before After
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Social MediaVirtual Worlds & Twitter
The back channel view of a TCC conference 2008 reception in Second Life using two
monitors [3]
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News in China
May 2008 earthquake - Many school buildings collapsed
Buildings not built to code [4]
Twitter and Flickr
The loss of a single child
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The Great Firewall of China – successful censorship of social media [4]
Media is global, social, ubiquitous & cheapMost of the media is no longer produced by professionals [4]
-Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, Facebook
- The influence of social media
Photos and Twitter’s micro bloggingnews broadcast real-time information on the aftermath of China’s earthquakes
June 2, 2009 - China blocked access to Twitter, Flickr, and Hotmail two days before the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests
“The tools don’t get socially
interesting until they get technologically boring.”
[4]Consumers become producers
The same tools support them. People listening all over the world
Twitter announced the quake first
During the previous quake, China announced it 3 months
after it happened.
Clay Shirky – How social media can make history
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This is not your grandmother’s internetScene from the GLF tour in Second Life
Researchers and game designers
- Explore the potential
- Imagine breakthrough ideas
- Create transformations
New horizons in game simulationand virtual world research
Blending social media and virtual worlds
Research consortium
Global Learning Forum
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Colorado Technical University students study futuring and innovation in Second Life [6]
Social communitiesin virtual worlds
DiscussionPresenceEngagementExplorationCollaborationContent CreationOwnershipCulture
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Meeting minds - the value of social media, futuring and innovation in a virtual world
Web Science Initiative
Multidisciplinary approach to emerging media Brings together scholars, researchers, scientists, and
professionals from everywhere Focuses on technology, tools, behavior and Web
engineering
For more information, visit: What is the Web Science Initiative
http://webscience.org/
Proposed curriculum and courses offered around the world http://webscience.org/wiki/Curriculum
The Tetherless World & TW Research Constellation http://tw.rpi.edu/wiki/Main_Page http://tw.rpi.edu/launch/
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Emerging Media in Business
1. Business Strategies for Social Media
2. Strategic Use of Virtual Worlds (business use)
1. Virtual Economy and Business
2. Information Accountability and Web Privacy Strategies
1. Leveraging the power of global broadcasting & social networks
2. New horizons for eCommerce, training, meetings, simulation
3. Global economy & marketplace
4. The new face of security with data centralization on the Web
Focus Areas Benefits
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Resources
Teaching using emerging media http://ctusoftware.blogspot.com/
Visual tour of social media & virtual worlds http://www.slideshare.net/lyrlobo/presentations
Animoto videos from CTU classes & research http://ctusoftware.blogspot.com/2009/09/game-simulation-tour-in-second-lif
e.html http://ctusoftware.blogspot.com/2009/09/animoto-video-second-life-summer
-09.html http://ctusoftware.blogspot.com/2009/09/global-learning-forum-event-tour.h
tml http://animoto.com/play/giF9IkshVTXZ3bewYUsXnA?from=player http://animoto.com/play/z2TLLCwEoOt2qonSa5S5Gw?from=player
Questions? Contact Cynthia Calongne on Facebook & at 719-337-1526 (cell); email
calongne@pcisys.net Lyr Lobo in Second Life; Twitter: lyrlobo; Skype: Lyr Lobo; Slideshare: lyrlobo
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The author in Second Life
[1] William Kamkwamba on building a windmill http://www.ted.com/talks/william_kamkwamba_on_building_a_windmill.html
[2] Stewart Brand proclaims 4 environmental ‘heresies’ http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/
stewart_brand_proclaims_4_environmental_heresies.html
1.3 million people around the world – move to town each week!
[3] Cynthia Calongne on Beyond the Backchannel http://www.slideshare.net/lyrlobo/beyond-the-backchannel-by-cynthia-calongne-
presentation
[4] Clay Shirky how social media can make history http://www.ted.com/talks/
clay_shirky_how_cellphones_twitter_facebook_can_make_history.html
[5] Cynthia Calongne on evaluating a Game Simulation Kit in Second Life http://www.slideshare.net/lyrlobo/evaluating-a-game-simulation-kit-in-second-life
[6] Cynthia Calongne on futuring and innovation in a virtual world http://ctusoftware.blogspot.com/2009/09/animoto-video-second-life-summer-09.html
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