This is a blog about the emergence of a digital culture. What might it look like? What can we see already?
And all my other details are kept at benmason.org.
From The Guardian:
The actual amount being consumed is even higher, Ofcom believes, withthe boom in mobile computing helping Britons to multitask. "The ability of people to surf the web on their laptop while also watching TV has given people a licence to roam while staying connected," said Peter Phillips, Ofcom's strategy and market developments partner. A fifth of our media time is this kind of "simultaneous" consumption.
Those aged between 16 and 24 are particularly adept at this juggling act, and are mopping up more media than any other age group. They cram nine and a half hours worth of media into six and a half hours of actual time – data that suggests the cliche of the youngster loafing in the lounge is an unfair one."
The negative reactions to the page are as interesting as the page itself.
In era of complicated plans, massively subsidised handsets and 'unlimited data' plans with a cap on them, this was bound to happen: giffgaff, a mobile network with a straightforward, low-cost offering that relies on, and rewards its members for their support in the business. It's surprising there aren't more young businesses built expressly for this more connected, collaborative, digital world. One to watch, I'd say.
In fact, James and I have looked at the phenomenon of Facebook friends -- and here the word “friends” is weird, we should probably say “acquaintance.” We use the word “friends” but it doesn’t mean they’re really your friends. If a random Facebook acquaintance of yours expresses interest in a movie or a book or music, it doesn’t modify your own taste in those things. But, when a real friend of yours does, among your Facebook acquaintances, you are influenced and you do change. So, these fleeting, minor online interactions may not be as influential as we think. But, online interactions can indeed facilitate an influence process among people who are actually truly connected or who have meaningful relationships with each other.
Also, the person who accumulates 10,000 followers on Twitter is unlikely to be affected by everything else that everyone else is saying -- you can’t possibly be monitoring the tweets of the other 10,000. And, if the person is sending out tweets to 10,000 or 20,000 people, in a way, all they’ve done is to become a targeted broadcaster. Now, that targeting is valuable. It’s much better to send messages to people who have expressed an interest in your message, rather than broadcasting into the air, but we should be thinking about this type of interaction more as a kind of change in the way of broadcasting rather than a change in the way of social interaction."
And here's his TED Talk (which I haven't watched yet):
