From MySpace to MySociety to MyDemocracy

From MySpace, MySociety to MyDemocracy Civil Society Media, an overview Civil Society Media, an overview
Geert Wissink (Kennisland | Knowledgeland)
October 23, 2007, Het Paard, The Hague

1 | Introduction

OUTLINE
Introduction
Trends
Web 2.0 as model collaboration and exchange of value (MySpace)
Civil Society Media (MySociety)
The power to the user (MyDemocracy)
Discussion

Three questions to answer
What important principles of web 2.0 are important for local government?
What do civil society media and government have in common?
What can local government do to stimulate civil society media?

Example wikipedia Japan

Burma protests

2 | A life in the digital age

Storage beyond limits 2020 - Ipod Video can hold all commercial media ever made

Everything becomes digital

137.200 hours video, 22.510 hours film, 2,9 million photos

The web is our online external brain

July 2006 - 100 million accounts July 2007 - 200 million accounts July 2007 - 200 million accounts July 2007 - 200 million accounts

Talk of the day - no 1 photo site in USA - 34 million users

Overview
The number of bits and bytes is growing exponentially
We are all into it: we share our photos, music and profiles online
Our children will have all the information ever made available at every moment
How to deal with this information overload?

3 | Principles of Web 2.0

Web 2.0 - the characteristics
The network as platform , spanning all connected devices
Delivering software as a continually-updated service that gets better the more people use it
Consuming and remixing data from multiple sources, including individual users, while providing their own data and services in a form that allows remixing by others,
Creating network effects through an "architecture of participation ,"
Going beyond the page metaphor of Web 1.0 to deliver rich user experiences.
Tim O’Reilly, 2005

The web as platform

Overview
Web as platform
Always in beta
Good metadata is just as important as the data
Enable mashups

4 | Civil Society Media

4. MySociety: Civil Society Media

Characteristics of Civil Society Media
Peer production coincides with remix, sharing and reuse of content and information
Challenges traditional copyright regimes with content production modes
New civil e-services: not market driven but intended to have value to specific community of users

Digital Pionieers Fund

Trends in Civil Society Media
Co- and peer production leads to much de-central professional content
New online civil society organizations help improve practical capacities of individuals to build online social capital
Citizens need to be media-wise: otherwise socially excluded

Create media-wise children
One laptop a child project

5 | MyDemocracy

Stemwijzer

Politix

Buergerhaushalt Lichtenberg

6 | Conclusions

Principles of web 2.0 for government
Default to openness (use open standards)
Open your datastreams (facilitate connections and mashups)
Consider your service as a platform
Web 2.0 offers methods to make current processes more efficient and to innovate

Stimulate the role of civil society media
Act as a guardian, not as a gatekeeper
Work together with local organizations to keep the information flowing
Find out where your audience is, communicate there
Stimulate and attracts the civil society media with small funds

Thank you!
Geert Wissink
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Presentation is available on Slideshare ( www.slideshare.com ), keyword: Civil Society Media
www.knowledgeland.org

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