“The people formerly known as the audience wish to inform media people of our existence, and of a shift in power that goes with the platform shift you’ve all heard about.” – Jay Rosen, June 30th, 2006

Television, like other entertainment and media, is in shake-up mode. Viewers are no longer content to watch, they’ve gained the means to speak about and direct what’s on.

What is TV2.0?
Web2.0 interaction, collaboration and sharing have come to TV. Television 2.0 involves the convergence of creators and viewers, on multiple platforms. Geographic location no longer matters, interactive communication does, and different mediums overlap – your computer, your television and your mobile device.
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There has been lots of talk of late about the death of major newspapers, but what exactly are the shifts underway in the news media, and how is the crowd coming in? Here are the four emerging trends we see.
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We are routinely asked by universities and business executives what we see coming next in crowdsourcing. As we watch the evolution of crowd-powered business, there are three models we see bubbling to the surface: core crowdsourcing companies crowdsourcing hubs attached to major enterprises and crowds for hire where organizations can post calls to pre-existing communities.
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We often talk about crowdsourcing for collective intelligence, or ideation. What about crowdsourcing for crowd production? Putting a call out to get a high volume of simple tasks done quickly and economically – even free. Read More…

The silence on David Rohde’s kidnapping has made a considerable amount of noise on the internet this week. The New York Times asked Wikipedia to keep news of Rohde’s kidnapping off the site. After printing an article explaining why, the rest of the blogosphere chimed in.

Stan Schroder, from Mashable, weighed in with his thoughts, including pointing out this is exactly the opposite of what Wikipedia stands for. He also raises an important question, “who judges what news is dangerous and what’s OK to publish?” Read More…