When does New Media Really Hit the Gas?
May 14, 2008 by Mark
…when more and more people realize what we can do with all our new media tools and the related data we have.
Read and reflect on this post by Neil Raden at The Intelligent Enterprise Blog: The Search Engine Miracle is Wearing Thin.
“I’ve gotten over my infatuation with the Web. Now I want it to solve real problems for me.” That’s a demand that can reshape markets and cultures, once it takes off.
When and how this demand takes off is a major generational-divide issue. See my essay on new media here for more.
As an aside…the more political coverage I read, the more eager I am for a next generation, new media-savvy political candidate to turn this demand for web-based problem-solving into popular demand for political
transparency and accountability by elected officials to their campaign promises.
That’s where I see an immediate opportunity for increased citizen-driven government. The tools are there right now, but the tipping point of popular awareness of this has not been reached. Raden’s post encourages me that the lights are turning on…
