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‘The Static Age:’The Challenges
of a more Digital Democracy
Walter Neary
Lakewood City Council
Aug. 8, 2009
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“I can’t see a thing in the video
“I can’t hear a sound on the radio
“In stereo, in the Static Age …
- Green Day, Static Age,2009
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Sources of Static
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Discourse is changingGathering to hear what’s in the paper
Gathering for the funeral of the paper
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Discourse is changingGathering to talk
Gathering to listen
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Source: Penny Arcade (apologies for the blurring)
The Challenge of Anonymity
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Alright, citizen, get moving….
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“The Internet is just this one big cocktail party where everyone is swarming around trying to keep score … People (can be) connected by real things, not just a couple bytes lining up “… What the Internet has allowed is an enormous amount of fake networking to take place…It’s so easy to be seduced by it, because there’s … a scoreboard”
- Seth Godin
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The Cycle We Need to End
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THE PROBLEM: The Farmworker Story Cycle1. Media discovers scandal2. Public horrified3. Citizens, Media demand action4. Lawmakers promise action5. Attention goes away
1930s
1968
Today
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The Effect Close to Home: Tillicum
Community focus, plan: 1980
Community focus, plan: 2009
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Grappling for Solutions
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Blogging
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Solutions: At the Presidency
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State gov’t solutions
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Solutions: Federal, State blend
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Data.gov: 100,000 data feeds
But 2 states involved …
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Wiki government: outsiders move IN
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Media and readers cooperate
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Wiki approach: Pilots, not Permanent
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At the threshold:A business model?
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Direct2Dell```
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Customers help each other
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Crowdsourcing ideas
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Federal Facebook: Helping People
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One step away from customers helping customers
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Crowdsourcing ideas
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Crowdsourcing ideas
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What I didn’t talk about:
hyperlocal news blogs / forums
Me:
@wtneary
www.walterneary.net/blogger.html
electing2blog.blogspot.com
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Ideas?