At the convergence of mainstream media and social media... blog at http://www.cybersoc.com
Robin Hamman interviews Dominic Sparkes, Managing Director of Tempero, one of the leading online moderation providers in the World. http://www.cybersoc.com
A few days ago, Rory Cellan-Jones, the BBC's Technology Correspondent, asked on his blog:"What would happen if everyone, anywhere, could have their own live television station from a mobile phone?"Earlier today I bumped into Rory over at BBC Television Centre where he was hosting a lunchtime discussion with Jim Buckmaster, the CEO of Craigslist. Following the talk, Rory used a Nokia N95 to record an interview with Buckmaster and I streamed it live using Qik.See http://www.cybersoc.com for more...
Video from a presentation on CNN's iReport from the DNA 2008 Conference in Brussels. More coverage and video at cybersoc.com
Earlier this week I installed an application that turns my mobile phone into a highly portable, live broadcasting device. There are plenty of video sharing services that can accept uploads via mobile phone including youtube, blip.tv, kyte.tv and others. But qik, the service I'm currently alpha testing, does something very different - it allows you stream video live from a 3G phone to a the web. The potential for this is incredible. From now on, every journalist will have the ability to get usa...
Nick Reynolds, Editor of the BBC's BBC Internet Blog, discusses how most of the content comes through the processes they'd ordinarly go through anyway.Interview by Robin Hamman
The BBC's Chris Vallance is a great example of a journalist who uses social media tools to engage with his audience and turn his ordinary production processes - things he'd do anyway whilst researching, planning, and creating the radio programmes (iPM & Pods and Blogs) he works on - into content. I met up with Chris earlier this week and asked him how he does it...
