The Static Age: Challenges to a More Digital Democracy - Presentation Transcript
‘ The Static Age:’ The Challenges of a more Digital Democracy Walter Neary Lakewood City Council Aug. 8, 2009
“ I can’t see a thing in the video “I can’t hear a sound on the radio “In stereo, in the Static Age … - Green Day, Static Age,2009
Sources of Static
Discourse is changing Gathering to hear what’s in the paper Gathering for the funeral of the paper
Discourse is changing Gathering to talk Gathering to listen
Source: Penny Arcade (apologies for the blurring) The Challenge of Anonymity
Alright, citizen, get moving….
“ The Internet is just this one big cocktail party where everyone is swarming around trying to keep score … People (can be) connected by real things, not just a couple bytes lining up
“… What the Internet has allowed is an enormous amount of fake networking to take place…It’s so easy to be seduced by it, because there’s … a scoreboard”
- Seth Godin
The Cycle We Need to End
THE PROBLEM: The Farmworker Story Cycle
Media discovers scandal
Public horrified
Citizens, Media demand action
Lawmakers promise action
Attention goes away
1930s 1968 Today
The Effect Close to Home: Tillicum
Community focus, plan: 1980 Community focus, plan: 2009
Grappling for Solutions
Blogging
Facebook
Solutions: At the Presidency
State gov’t solutions
Solutions: Federal, State blend
Data.gov: 100,000 data feeds But 2 states involved …
Wiki government: outsiders move IN
Media and readers cooperate
Wiki approach: Pilots, not Permanent
At the threshold: A business model?
``` Direct2Dell
Customers help each other
Crowdsourcing ideas
Federal Facebook: Helping People
One step away from customers helping customers
Crowdsourcing ideas
Crowdsourcing ideas
What I didn’t talk about: hyperlocal news blogs / forums Me: @wtneary www.walterneary.net/blogger.html electing2blog.blogspot.com
My talk to Barcamp Tacoma about the unfilled promis more
My talk to Barcamp Tacoma about the unfilled promise of a more digital government using social media and other new media tools. I should add great thanks to Comcast, where I work, because they allow me to be a locally elected officials and work on presentations and interests like this. less
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