Comments on: Reading reflection II: Theories of Change http://digitalecologist.com/reading-reflection-ii-theories-of-change/ thoughts, raves and hypertext about the digital ecosystem we live in Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:43:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: kmastin http://digitalecologist.com/reading-reflection-ii-theories-of-change/#comment-54 kmastin Sat, 20 Oct 2007 00:43:40 +0000 http://gilminer.wordpress.com/2007/10/14/reading-reflection-ii-theories-of-change/#comment-54 Hi Adriana, I like what you say about firms having to recognize dramatic shifts in their industry due to 'additive' effects. I think this is one reason that a company fails in the long run. For example: while Philips and Sony duke it out over HD DVD and Blu-Ray, the additive effects of increasing broadband and delivery of content over broadband by a company such as Netflix, makes the competition between the two companies moot. IN fact it puts them a bit behind the eight-ball, having invested so much money in lawyers, advertising and incentives towards the film industry, when in fact they should have concentrated on monetizing online distribution. Kirk Hi Adriana,

I like what you say about firms having to recognize dramatic shifts in their industry due to ‘additive’ effects. I think this is one reason that a company fails in the long run. For example: while Philips and Sony duke it out over HD DVD and Blu-Ray, the additive effects of increasing broadband and delivery of content over broadband by a company such as Netflix, makes the competition between the two companies moot. IN fact it puts them a bit behind the eight-ball, having invested so much money in lawyers, advertising and incentives towards the film industry, when in fact they should have concentrated on monetizing online distribution.

Kirk

]]> By: chris caravello http://digitalecologist.com/reading-reflection-ii-theories-of-change/#comment-53 chris caravello Fri, 19 Oct 2007 20:02:43 +0000 http://gilminer.wordpress.com/2007/10/14/reading-reflection-ii-theories-of-change/#comment-53 ..."why not all authoritarian regimes rigorously control access to the YouTube?" I think it is a matter of "when" that these regimes take control over access to youtube. All it will take is one uprising, with youtube being the primary catalyst, to see the website banned in a country. Youtube currently sits as an under utilized tool in most countries eyes apparently, or they even now would have banned the site, due to its free speech video responses, some of which are defiant in the face of the local regimes. …”why not all authoritarian regimes rigorously control access to the YouTube?”

I think it is a matter of “when” that these regimes take control over access to youtube. All it will take is one uprising, with youtube being the primary catalyst, to see the website banned in a country. Youtube currently sits as an under utilized tool in most countries eyes apparently, or they even now would have banned the site, due to its free speech video responses, some of which are defiant in the face of the local regimes.

]]> By: Week 3 Discussion Questions « evolution and trends in digital media technologies http://digitalecologist.com/reading-reflection-ii-theories-of-change/#comment-52 Week 3 Discussion Questions « evolution and trends in digital media technologies Tue, 16 Oct 2007 08:07:29 +0000 http://gilminer.wordpress.com/2007/10/14/reading-reflection-ii-theories-of-change/#comment-52 [...] Adriana (1) How can we apply the “Signals of Change” theory (non consumers, undershot customers and overshot customers) to the business environment if the end-customers (employees) are forced to use the technology that companies acquire? (2) What are the “Faustian Bargains” of the communication technology that we use for work (e-mail, IM, phone, Blackberrys)? And how to they influence (or not) adoption of new technologies in the workplace? (3) If technology has biases like Rheingold says, we can assume that YouTube has a bias against authoritarian regimes because it allows people to express in video (a powerful medium) differing views and have access to a wide audience. How have non-market prohibitionist measures impacted the use of YouTube? And why not all authoritarian regimes rigorously control access to the YouTube? [...] [...] Adriana (1) How can we apply the “Signals of Change” theory (non consumers, undershot customers and overshot customers) to the business environment if the end-customers (employees) are forced to use the technology that companies acquire? (2) What are the “Faustian Bargains” of the communication technology that we use for work (e-mail, IM, phone, Blackberrys)? And how to they influence (or not) adoption of new technologies in the workplace? (3) If technology has biases like Rheingold says, we can assume that YouTube has a bias against authoritarian regimes because it allows people to express in video (a powerful medium) differing views and have access to a wide audience. How have non-market prohibitionist measures impacted the use of YouTube? And why not all authoritarian regimes rigorously control access to the YouTube? [...]

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