Digital Media: Why the News Will Never be the Same Presentation by Ian Fenwick & Dean Outerson to the Rotary Club of Bangkok South, February 11, 2011

1. Digital Media: Why the News will Never be the Same Ian Fenwick & Dean Outerson For Rotary Club of Bangkok South February 11, 2011

2. Digital Media: Why the Nudes will Never be the Same Ian Fenwick & Dean Outerson An evolution for better or worse

3. William Gibson The future is already here. It's just not very evenly distributed “ As the famous Canadian science fiction writer, who coined the name ‘cyberspace’ said…

4. January 31 2011 Al Jazeerah English Recent events reinforce the main points of this talk. Who can doubt the role of digital, and of the individual, in influencing those in power http://www.flickr.com/photos/aljazeeraenglish/5407534421/sizes/o/in/photostream/ http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/this_week_in_photos_phones_facebook_and_revolution.php

5. “I want my internet back”Feb 1 2011Monasosh http://http://www.flickr.com/photos/89031137@N00/5410460720/sizes/o/in/photostream//

6. Facebook against Mubarak Cairo Feb 1 2011 gr33ndata http://www.flickr.com/photos/gr33ndata/5410331165/sizes/o/in/photostream/

7. Reverberating around the world. This a tweet sent in San Francisco #iranelection people printed @Flickr photos #jan25 show photos on iPad #egypt San Francisco Jan 29 2011 Steve Rhodes http://www.flickr.com/photos/ari/5398543493/sizes/o/in/photostream/

8. News is New Distributed, Permanent, Concentrated Liquified News

9. News is New The news has always been changing, and always changed society

10. Pheidippides 1st Persian War Started 492 BC, ended 490 One of the first news media

11. Whose run from Marathon to Athens to announce victory (or we think from Marathon to Athens)…is still remembered today

12. http://www.fotopedia.com/items/flickr-3664252364 Litter louts In Marathon races all over the world

13. You have to say he had balls Victory! He arrived in Athens he announced “Victory”…but of course he said it in Greek http:// http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/ancient_greeks/greeks_at_war/teachers_resources.shtml

14. You have to say he had balls Nike! NIKE! http:// http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/ancient_greeks/greeks_at_war/teachers_resources.shtml

15. You have to say he had balls Nike! And collapsed dead…with a swoosh! http:// http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/ancient_greeks/greeks_at_war/teachers_resources.shtml

16. Of course maps in those days were far from detailed

17. Athens Marathon Google Maps would have made it so much easier for Pheidippides

18. Athens Marathon Of course Google maps doesn’t have “running” directions, only walking…but watch out for the missing sidewalk, and tuck some coins in the loincloth for the tolls

19. Athens Marathon Sparta Some say that he actually went from Athens to Sparta, in which case Google Maps recommends the ferry…and marathons would be boat races

20. If he’d had the full digital technology, reporting the news would save a lot of effort

21. http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait.php?search=ap&npgno=3838&eDate=&lDate= Nathan Mayer Rothschild 1777-1836 Fast forwarding 2200 years or so we get another major innovation in news

22. Mr Nathan Mayer Rothschild was a major “investor” in the Battle of Waterloo

23. Nathan Mayer Rothschild A modern day counterpart, allegedly, might be this gent http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2008/01/23/viktor-bout-the-icon-for-international-black-markets/

24. As the Cambodians & Thais know, the French were never good at drawing maps

25. Run? Swim? Sail? Fly… Nathan Mayer Rothschild Mr Nathan knew that he needed to news of the Battle of Waterloo’s final score before his competitors…how to do it http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2008/01/23/viktor-bout-the-icon-for-international-black-markets/

26. Run? Swim? Sail? Fly… Must invent helicopter As an astute business man he knew that inventing the helicopter might take a while… Nathan Mayer Rothschild http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2008/01/23/viktor-bout-the-icon-for-international-black-markets/

27. What about using something that could already fly…

28. He bought, and trained, six homing pigeons. His associates released this right after the final score (England won). His offices across Europe got news of the result before his competitors

29. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Palais_Rothschild_Nathaniel-Pl%C3%B6%C3%9Flg_8.JPG http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TriForkTower02.jpg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rothschild_Boulevard_bank-benleumi_tower2.jpg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Palais_Rothschild-Renngasse_3.JPG http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rothschild-metternichgasse.jpg He also knew the value of leaks and rumours. He at once started to sell…others thought that must mean the French had won…and also started selling. When the markets were in free fall…he quietly started buying. Laying the foundations, it is said, of the Rothschild fortune of today

30. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Palais_Rothschild_Nathaniel-Pl%C3%B6%C3%9Flg_8.JPG http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TriForkTower02.jpg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rothschild_Boulevard_bank-benleumi_tower2.jpg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Palais_Rothschild-Renngasse_3.JPG http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rothschild-metternichgasse.jpg

32. His counterpart is not, as yet, apparently so successful

33. Perhaps using a bird to bring the news was the inspiration for Twitter?

34. Run? Swim? Sail? Fly? TAP? Paul Julius Reuters The next step for news was beyond running, sailing, flying…it was TAPPING Nathan Mayer Rothschild http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2008/01/23/viktor-bout-the-icon-for-international-black-markets/

35. The telegraph spread news over wire: in a (sort of) binary code of dots & dashes… News technology again changed the world

36. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/The_Times_%281865%29_Assassination_of_President_Lincoln.jpg SCOOP! Reuters had the news boat met in Ireland; telegraphed the news the last leg; beat the boat by 7 hours 1865

37. News is New So the news has always been changing…

38. “ the medium is the message Famous Canadian Marshall McLuhan pointed out that the medium changed society more than any message. He even called the message (the news) the piece of meat the burglar holds to distract the dog…in this case distracting the mind. While the medium changed society The Medium is the Massage, Marshall McLuhan and Quentin Fiore Bantam Books, 1967 , Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man, Marshall McLuhan, McGraw-Hill, 1964 ,

39. “ the medium is the message Another of his books supposedly misprinted message as massage…he liked the title and kept with it The Medium is the Massage, Marshall McLuhan and Quentin Fiore Bantam Books, 1967 , Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man, Marshall McLuhan, McGraw-Hill, 1964 ,

40. “ A whole generation of consumers has grown up ‘digitally’, never embracing print as a medium… OliverWyman.com

41. Who do you take to bed? Do you check/update Facebook or Twitter after you go to bed? http://www.retrevo.com/content/blog/2010/03/social-media-new-addiction%3F

42. “ Internet Passes TV as Main News Source for US Young Adults 2010: 65% of under 30’s internet is major source for news And is already the news source for many http://mashable.com/2011/01/04/internet-surpasses-television-as-main-news-source-for-young-adults-study/

43. Do you check/update Facebook or Twitter first thing in the morning? http://www.retrevo.com/content/blog/2010/03/social-media-new-addiction%3F

44. News is New Compact, Distributed, Permanent Digital is different

45. It’s DISTRIBUTED, as media mogul Rupert Murdoch pointed out Distributed “ To find something comparable, you have to go back 500 years to the printing press, the birth of mass media -- which incidentally is what really destroyed the old world of kings & aristocracies Wired 14.07, July 2006, “His Space,” Spencer Reiss http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.07/murdoch.html

46. Wired 14.07, July 2006, “His Space,” Spencer Reiss http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.07/murdoch.html Distributed “ Technology is shifting power away from the editors, the publishers, the establishment, the media elite. Now it’s the people who are taking control.

47. Distributed Protest 5. Tahiri Square Feb 1 2011 Ahmad Hammoud http://www.flickr.com/photos/ahmadhammoudphotography/5410375058/sizes/l/in/photostream/

48. Distributed Broadcasting to the world. Anti Mubarak demonstrationTahiri Square Feb 1 2011 Darkroom Productions http://www.flickr.com/photos/darkroomproductions/5410984464/ http://thedailywh.at/

49. Distributed “ disappointed with the intelligence community “ was someone looking at what was going on the Internet? Intelligence Committee Chair, Dianne Feinstein http://www.flickr.com/photos/darkroomproductions/5410984464/ http://thedailywh.at/ http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/dianne-feinstein http://209.157.64.200/focus/f-news/2668878/posts?page=4

50. “ We are the medium the medium is the message In fact as we spend more time on social media, and gather more news that we, it is WE who becoming the medium. Like the villagers spreading newsone to another…now WE spread news in the world. We’ll see Citizen Journalists in a moment The Medium is the Massage, Marshall McLuhan and Quentin Fiore Bantam Books, 1967 , Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man, Marshall McLuhan, McGraw-Hill, 1964 ,

51. http://howto.wired.com/wiki/Communicate_if_Your_Government_Shuts_Off_Your_Internet http://thedailywh.at/

52. News is New Compact, Distributed, Digital is compact

53. http://www.geekiegadgets.com/tag/memory/ The Pentagon Papers covered about 7,000 pages. Leaking those was a logistic challenge 3,000 pages of historical analysis & 4,000 pages of original government documents in 47 volumes…

54. http://www.geekiegadgets.com/tag/memory/ Compact This thumb drive holds about 200 times the Pentagon Papers about 1.6 million pages (about 200 x Pentagon Papers) <4 mm thick

55. So secrets aren’t in safes any more, protected by locks. They’re in computers protected by passwords http://www2.orlandoweekly.com/blog/culturetogo.asp?month=3&year=2009 http://www.amitbhawani.com/blog/dell-vostro-1710-laptop-review/

56. Some of the Gawker Group of websites were recently hacked and some passwords taken http://www.duosecurity.com/docs/top250gawker.txt

57. Most popular Passwords? #1 123456 #2 Password #3 12345678 #4 qwerty #5 abc123 #6 12345 The most popular passwords are not too hard to guess. Are you protecting your data? Or will it be in tomorrow’s news? http://www.duosecurity.com/docs/top250gawker.txt

58. News is New Compact, Distributed, Permanent Digital is forever

59. Permanent And then there was one As the Soviets knew, traditional media could be doctored. The originals were hard to find http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/Soviet_censorship_with_Stalin.jpg

60. Permanent “ …you can’t take something off the internet that’s like trying to take pee out of a swimming pool… It’s in there, it’s in there Joe Rogan, Newsradio http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0T-CreVC_6Y

61. “ Permanent we never, ever, ever intended it to be gunsights. It was simply crosshairs like you see on maps Sarah found that digital is forever. First she could take the map that offended some off her website, but didn’t seem to be able to get it off her Facebook Aide Rebecca MansourSlate, Jan 9 2011 http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=373854973434 http://www.bnet.com/blog/technology-business/sarah-palin-shows-how-social-media-8217s-long-memory-can-trip-you/7771 http://twitter.com/sarahpalinusa/status/29677744457 http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/weigel/archive/2011/01/09/palin-spox-targets-on-sarahpac-map-were-actually.aspx

62. “ Permanent we never, ever, ever intended it to Then when she denied the crosshairs…someone turned up her Tweet admitting them be gunsights. It was simply crosshairs like you see on maps 10:43 pm, Nov 4 2010 Aide Rebecca MansourSlate, Jan 9 2011 http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=373854973434 http://www.bnet.com/blog/technology-business/sarah-palin-shows-how-social-media-8217s-long-memory-can-trip-you/7771 http://twitter.com/sarahpalinusa/status/29677744457 http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/weigel/archive/2011/01/09/palin-spox-targets-on-sarahpac-map-were-actually.aspx

63. Permanent Palin did, however, admit that, yes, her map included “crosshairs” She had to recant. Digital 1: Sarah 0 10:43 pm, Nov 4 2010 http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=373854973434 http://www.bnet.com/blog/technology-business/sarah-palin-shows-how-social-media-8217s-long-memory-can-trip-you/7771 http://twitter.com/sarahpalinusa/status/29677744457 http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/weigel/archive/2011/01/09/palin-spox-targets-on-sarahpac-map-were-actually.aspx http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/45255/palin-to-hannity-yes-they-were-crosshairs-and-i-meant-blood-libel/

64. News is New Distributed, Compact, Permanent LiquifiedNews This distributed, compact, permanent news we call LIQUIFIED NEWS. News is no longer big pieces on TV and in newspapers. It’s everywhere. It flows everywhere. It leaks…

65. CitizenJournalists Over 4 years now since Time made YOU Person of the Year December 25, 2006 http://www.time.com/time/magazine/0,9263,7601061225,00.html

66. CitizenJournalists We’re all correspondents now…or capable of being so December 25, 2006 http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/outofline/mydailywork/http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/outofline/mydailywork/

67. Journalist Citizens Ben Wedeman of CNN Nicholas Kristof of The New York Times If regular news gets shut down, journalists too get the news out via social networks http://mashable.com/2011/01/31/journalists-social-media-egypt/

68. Journalist & Citizens Citizens and journalists work together to curate a tumblr blog in response to Egypt’s crack downs http://mashable.com/2011/01/31/journalists-social-media-egypt/

69. CitizenJournalists Al-Jazeer, perhaps the biggest brand gainer from recent events, gets the news out via social networks Al-Jazeera, its Cairo bureau closed Its press credentials revoked relies on tweets & YouTube to get out the news http://mashable.com/2011/01/31/journalists-social-media-egypt/

70. Liquid news WILL leak Leaks

71. See how the new news, wikileaks, builds its credibility on the back of the traditional media brands. If the unknown Wikileaks had appeared alone, it would be easily deniable… Leaks

72. WikiLeaks “ in a world where leaking is easy secretive or unjust systems are Nonlinearly hit relative to open just systems

73. Leaks in WikiLeaks Already the leaks are leaking…liquid news is hard to contain http://gawker.com/#!5716034/wikileaks-big-leak-is-leaked http://www.aolnews.com/2010/12/10/former-wikileaks-employee-to-publish-tell-all-book/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Domscheit-Berg http://www.amazon.com/Inside-WikiLeaks-Assange-Dangerous-Website/dp/030795191X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1297075105&amp;sr=8-1

74. Leaks in WikiLeaks Inside WikiLeaks: My Time with Julian Assange at the World's Most Dangerous Website http://gawker.com/#!5716034/wikileaks-big-leak-is-leaked http://www.aolnews.com/2010/12/10/former-wikileaks-employee-to-publish-tell-all-book/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Domscheit-Berg http://www.amazon.com/Inside-WikiLeaks-Assange-Dangerous-Website/dp/030795191X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1297075105&amp;sr=8-1

75. Wicked Leaks Now everyone is said to be getting their leaks in place…soon you will be able to choose just who you leak to http://www.niemanlab.org/2011/01/this-week-in-review-wikileaks-new-rivals-ongos-aggregation-play-and-demand-media-makes-a-splash/ http://www.journalism.co.uk/news/al-jazeera-launches-new-unit-to-support-future-leaks/s2/a542455/

76. Citizen Surveillance The gap between Citizen Journalist and Citizen Surveillance is very small. For the first time in history surveillance becomes so cheap & easy, that all can be surveilled We Have met big brother and he is us

77. Citizen Surveillance This pic of a girl below legal driving age (in Thailand), who may or may not have caused a fatal crash swept digital media Reportedly she had to change hospital three times after someone tried to break into her room. http://www.dailynews.co.th/content/images/1012/28/5.jpg http://asiancorrespondent.com/45833/the-van-accident-and-underage-driver-what-does-it-tell-us-about-thai-society/

78. Citizen Surveillance Retweeted 600 times http://www.dailynews.co.th/content/images/1012/28/5.jpg http://asiancorrespondent.com/45833/the-van-accident-and-underage-driver-what-does-it-tell-us-about-thai-society/

79. Citizen Surveillance Retweeted 600 times http://www.dailynews.co.th/content/images/1012/28/5.jpg http://asiancorrespondent.com/45833/the-van-accident-and-underage-driver-what-does-it-tell-us-about-thai-society/

80. Citizen Surveillance Retweeted 600 times @PUREloveNUT the most mentions (double the nearest rival) #WeHateMissA, the most popular topic among Thai twitter users that day http://www.dailynews.co.th/content/images/1012/28/5.jpg http://asiancorrespondent.com/45833/the-van-accident-and-underage-driver-what-does-it-tell-us-about-thai-society/

81. This Facebook page calls her “the killer of nine deaths”. Nine FB pages have been created to condemn her. http://www.facebook.com/pages/manci-wa-khn-thiy-kein-lan-khn-mi-phxci-phaer-waxrchr-thephhasdin-n-xyuthya/142609679128323 http://asiancorrespondent.com/45833/the-van-accident-and-underage-driver-what-does-it-tell-us-about-thai-society/

82. http://www.nationmultimedia.com/specials/nationphoto/show.php?id=30&pid=10102 The Nation’s cartoonist’s view of things

83. Citizen Surveillance (Ex-)Representative Chris Lee of New York Married, 46 Lobbyist Chris Lee Divorced, 39 As sent to Craig’s List “women seeking man” advertiser http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/09/new-york-congressman-resigns-over-shirtless-photo/?emc=na

84. News is New Distributed, Permanent, Concentrated Liquified News

85. “ We always over estimatethe change that will occur in the next two years & underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten. Don’t let yourself be lulled into inaction Bill Gates, Chairman, Microsoft Corporation http://www.jeffbullas.com/2009/11/04/45-social-media-trends-and-predictions/

86. Social media doesn’tcreate revolutions: any more than it creates or destroys brands Social media doesn’t create pain: it’s just where you feel pain Social media lets people share their pains Social media lets people realize they are not alone in what they think… Very unsettling for tyrants & dictators From the discussion on http://blogs.hbr.org/samuel/2011/01/when-to-stop-and-when-to-keep-1.html

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