Over the past decade groups around the world have utilized Internet communication technologies during crisis to broadcast their message to local and global communities. We take three case studies to see how this has been done. In the process we see that over the years, the ability to harness Internet communications is moving from organizations to anyone with actual Internet access.
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BUILDING DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT BRANDS
via CultureHOW TO PROFIT IN THE MULTI-PLATFORM UNIVERSE
A Conversation With Fred Seibert, President & Executive Producer, Frederator Studios
The development of profitable digital media ventures relies as much on knowing when the next wave will hit as it does on creating sustainable revenue models. In some respects, the first decade of the 21st-century belongs to the media [...] -
Hollywood and the Digital Consumer
via Business, CultureThe next generation of technology within the digital home will bring with it not only more content to the consumer, it will bring with it greater choice and more individual personalization into the process.
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Reinventing the Ad Model Through Discovery and Targeting
via CultureWhile advertising has emerged as the primary business model for broadband video, it remains relatively immature. Key constraints include users’ inability to find the videos they seek and limitations on targeting ads against particular content.
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Inside the NYPD: The Hudson River Crash
via Culture, ScribeTribeIn this power podcast/mini-doc, we follow the heroic members of the NYPD’s Air-Sea Rescue, Scuba and Emergency Service Units as they come together in a time of crisis, under dangerous inclement weather conditions and get a job done… saving 155 lives in the process.
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Social Networks Protest Rose Art Museum Closing
via Culture, SMACBrandeis threatens to close the Rose Museum and online social networking groups form in protest.
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So Many Dreams So Little Space! Russian Dreams in Miami
via Culture, SMACAlexandra Lerman’s brief account of the Russian Dreams exhibition at the Baas Museum during the week of Miami Art Basel.
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Miami 2008 Day 1
via CultureSMAC: ScribeMedia Arts and Culture Channel went to Miami for the Miami Art Basel and Design Miami. Here is the photo reportage.
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Communist Guide to New York City
via Culture, SMACLast night SMAC visited a book launch of “Communist Guide to New York City” by Yevgeniy Fiks at Common Room.
The guide is a collection of 76 photographs of buildings, public places, and sites in New York City, that are connected to the history of the Communist Party USA, including photos of buildings which housed [...]

