MediaPublics

Meant to be funny, but interesting to consider. Could probably spend all term on this binary.

a behind-the-scenes look at "truth" and "reality" in popular media production courtesy of Stargate Studios (http://www.stargatestudios.net/)

Book about copying culture...released under CC offered up for more copying.

An NBC news report from the eighties that explores "Telefuture," the predicted world of future television in the US.

Browsing this site the other week made me go buy way too many ingredients and make late-night cheesecake bites. So, it kind of did "sell" something...

Blakley, director of a media-focused think tank, discusses the open-source model of the fashion world and how permitting copying spurs innovation and strengthens the public expression/high art cycle.

The Chillout Song project was discussed at the end of Ze's 2010 Ted Talk. He enlisted some of his audience to help him create a supportive song requested by a fan. This page discusses the development of the project, provides some raw user-submitted clips, and a streaming version of the finished product.

A serious blog on Ze's process, which unfortunately did not become a steady feature. The comments are also very insightful, including an extensive response to the "Digital Natives" post from one Howard Rheingold. See especially the posts on "Setting Expectations for Contribution-Based Projects."

Ze Frank's 2004 TED Talk is a discussion of online networking, social toys, and digital audience interaction in standup comedy format. It starts in a humorous, disjointed format similar to The Show, the vlog-a-day project which he created 2 years later. For a shorter, more serious discussion of the potential of online social spaces to give people novel opportunities to creatively express themselves, start at 14:00.

Ze Frank's more serious 2010 TED Talk, in which he discusses a number of past and recent projects and talks about the "life" lived in technological interactions, and the great potential for creating real social and emotional connections through online networks.

1959 video describing "polymorphic computing" a pre-dated idea for the internet.

Images from a 1962 book about what 1975 technology would look like.

The down side to Google owning everything..

"www.whatthefuckismytransmediastrategy.com is a project from Dan Hon and friends to generate random "transmedia" strategies for your business. "

The Internet can be a hostile place, with powerful companies paying handsome sums to hide negative content in Google search results or any quest for information that might hurt their bottom line. Unseen battles are waged every day to protect and destroy brands and reputations.