The BBC reports on research by Danah Boyd which found that Facebook users come from wealthier homes and are more likely to attend college while MySpace users tend not to have gone on to further education. While “class” in the US does not map directly to income it is more about social life and networks. Hence Facebook users tend to be white and education oriented while MySpace teenager tend to
It’s highly timely that today we learn that the BBC has sent journalist Ben Hammersley to cover Turkey’s upcoming election using blogging, del.icio.us, Flickr, YouTube, and Facebook as a means of distribution. Because I’m working with two entirely independent journalists, who don’t have the BBC’s resources, to do almost the same thing during a three month trip to two Latin American countries. We have dubbed the project “Letters from Latin
Suddenly it’s all about trying to be nice to bloggers and get them on your side. Do I smell the whiff of fear amongst media and brands? Trailing in the wake on an event I ran recently are two further events on the subject. A seminar on “Blogger Relations” to help PR types to understand engagement with the blogosphere better is being run this Friday, May 25th. There is more
I’m flattered to be one of the judges for this year’s New Statesman New Media Awards which focus on the use of new media in nonprofits, government, engagement with MPs etc. Anyone interested needs to nominate projects that they admire here by May 31. You can see last year’s winners, and entries so far this year. You can also nominate your own project and enter more than one category. Oh,
This month I’ll be on the judging panel for the New Statesman New Media Awards. I’ll also be chairing The Dark Side of Social Media panel at Chinwag Live in June. I’m currently providing blogging services for the New Statesman and a new conference, details to be announced.
I’ll be at Internet World, London Wednesday, attempting to do some video interviews with a few leading lights of the scene.
Here’s me (far left) moderating the Chinwag Live: PR UnSpun event on Tuesday. The panel and audience Q&A was the best I’ve witnessed yet. I look forward to the “Dark Side of Social Media” event I’ll chair on 19 June (details to be announced).
As per using the wisdom of the crowds, if anyone knows of a great place to have a breakfast meeting in London which also has free WiFi, then email me on mike at mbites dot com, thanks! 🙂
FYI: As I said here, from now on mbites.com will become my personal blog (stuff about me, what I’m doing what I’m thinking out loud etc) while tbites.com will be where I write in a more professional manner about tech startups, Web 2.0 and social media. End transmission…
I’m helping to create the content for the NMK Forum 07 conference on June 13th (Vecosys.com is a media partner, and you can book here). Now, I’m going to make a totally outlandish claim for this event now, which is this: this conference will be unlike any new media / digital / web conference you have ever been to. Why am I sticking my neck out you ask yourselves? Well,