Tim Parsons
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Online Culture
IS the culture

Cultures have the power to
change the world ...
...1% of US land area is road.

One upon a time...

Consumer Culture...
...in a mass-media world.

NOW:
. . . then something happened

This is us!

Over 1 billion
Internet users worldwide
(Source: Comscore.com 23 Jan 2009)

6 million
Australians on Facebook, 8th highest penetration.
(Source: Comscore.com 23 Jan 2009)

300 million
Chinese internet users.
(Source: Comscore.com 23 Jan 2009)

30 %
of handsets sold in developed
world today are smartphones
(Source: Bytemobile.com, Sept 2008)

Over 1.5 billion
iPhone apps downloaded
to iPhones + iPod Touches since July 2008
(source: Business Week, 14th July 2009)

4.1 billion
Number of mobile phone subscribers worldwide
(Source: WashingtonPost.com MoCo News 2 Mar 2009)

100 %
mobile penetration in Australia
(Source: Total Telecom Jan 2009)

140 %
mobile penetration in ITALY
(Source: Total Telecom Jan 2009)

Online Culture is The Culture
In 2006: “To win, we
need a Community
Outreach program.”

Online Culture is The Culture
$656 million
Individual donations to Obama ’08 by Dec 2008.
(Source: OpenSecrets.org, Dec 31 2008)

Online Culture is The Culture
Its not about
technology

Online Culture is
about
People Today

People Today : Connected Society

People Today : Connected Society : Babies

People Today : Connected Society : Children

People Today : Connected Society : Teens

People Today : Connected Society : Adults

Online Culture is
rich in human
Behaviours

Online Culture is
hungry for
Authenticity

Online Culture is
great at getting the
Truth

Online Culture is
rife with
Innovation

Online Culture is
about reinventing the
Economy

Online Culture is
principally a form of
Open Society

Online Culture is
highly
Disruptive

Tim Parsons
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Online Culture
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Online Culture IS
IS
the culture
the mainstream

Online Culture is The Culture
Culture shock
Remember the industrial revolution ?
It changed the rules, transformed the lives of
millions and created the world we know today.

Online culture is changing
the lives of billions

Online Culture is The Culture
Make it better
We need to be influential beyond just IT and
‘digital industries’ - this is now society.

Tim Parsons
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