We Media

“We are at the beginning of a Golden Age of journalism — but it is not journalism as we have known it. Media futurists have predicted that by 2021, ‘citizens will produce 50 percent of the news peer-to-peer.’ However, mainstream news media have yet to meaningfully adopt or experiment with these new forms.”

A ground breaking paper on “how audiences are shaping the future of news and information,” by Shane Bowman and Chris Willis.

There’s even a link to a Chinese language translation …read more

Mediashift: Oldthink vs Newthink

I came across this article through digg.com, and although not specifically about Singapore, is a good read about the new media paradigms that will challenge traditional media.

Andy Ho would do well to read this article:

“Oldthink: Believing the major news organizations will always get big stories right, and not make any mistakes along the way.
Newthink: Following credible bloggers who can unearth Photoshopped photos from a war zone, mistakes in coverage or bias, and faked sources for stories in mainstream media articles.

Oldthink: Thinking professional editors are the only ones who can decide what the important stories are each day.
Newthink: Realizing we have the power to choose what’s important, whether through aggregation services such as Google News or people-powered news sites such as Digg or personalized sites such as My Yahoo.”

…read more

Singapore’s 41st: Midlife Crisis?

Gayle reposts an a piece she previously wrote  …more

Gayle Goh

GE 2006 and beyond

Zenra2003 gives an analysis of the individual parties’ performances during the last general elections …more

Singapore Election Watch

Interview: Singapore Theatre Festival

An e-mail interview with Ken Kwek of the Straits Times by Dharmendra Yadav …more

Think Happiness

Chiam and Sitoh

wert recalls the public spat in Potong Pasir over public lights …more

wertblog