why wikis can save local democracy
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Recent changes in the economics of civic informationTRANSCRIPT
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Why wikis can savelocal democracy
Recent changes to the economicsof civic information
(by Michael Andersen of PortlandAfoot.org)
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the main problem with local news
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the main problem with local news(especially government news)
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Nobody cares
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the main problem with local news(rephrased)
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Everybody cares a little
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so what's the solution?
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in a minute!
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first we need to talk about
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INFORMATIONECONOMICS
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What did a personcare about in 1951?
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my personal family & friends
my personal job & career
my personal garden
my favorite sports team
my city council
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BUT
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in 1951, profit =
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VOLUME
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What dideverybody in town
care about in 1951?
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my city council
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Everybody cares a little
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my city council my city council
my city council
my city council
my city council
my city council
my city council
my city council
my city council
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$$$$$$$
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What does a person care about in 2011?
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my personal family & friends
my personal job & career
my personal garden
my favorite sports team
my city council
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my personal family & friends
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my personal job & career
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my personal garden
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my favorite sports team
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my personal family & friendsmy personal family & friendsmy personal family & friendsmy personal family & friendsmy personal family & friendsmy personal family & friendsmy personal family & friends
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What's changed?What's changed?
1951 2011
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my city council Not how much I care about things.
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Nor the number of hours in my day.
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my personal family & friends
my personal job & career
my personal garden
my favorite sports team
my city council But my available media options.
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the main solution for local news
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(drumroll please)
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Minimizing time investment
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This is where wiki(finally) comes in
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A traditional local news story
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Built for people who read the news every day
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Built for 1951
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A wiki version of the story
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Built for people who read news when it's important
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Built for search
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Built for ordinary people
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Other popular pages onPortland Afoot's wiki
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Facts and statistics
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Election information
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Task-oriented pages
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Service cut information
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Profiles of local newsmakers
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the moral of the story
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It's 2011.
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It's 2011.Information is cheap.
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It's 2011.Information is cheap.
Local news needs to be cheap, too.
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We can do this with wikis.
It's 2011.Information is cheap.
Local news needs to be cheap, too.Wikis are the cheapest way
to share information.