Note: This post originally appeared in Alan's blog Ronin Research. Everyone likes to point out how wonderful social media is - how they connected with lost friends from high school, they met new friends with similar interested, and all the cool things they learned. Marketers love it too because it gives them a great new channel to to connect and engage with customers in But social media has a downside too - just ask Mat Honan, or Bank of America, or Nestle, or Kenneth Cole about social … [Read more...]
Twitter and censorship
January 27, 2012 By 2 Comments
By Alan Webber, Principal Analyst Almost 49 years ago, President John F. Kennedy stood at a podium in the divided city of Berlin where he proudly proclaimed that the wall that divided the city was an affront to basic human freedoms, that it was a symbol of the failure of communism and its ability to effective govern nations. Twenty-four years later, President Ronald Reagan stood in front of the Brandenburg Gate to encourage Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to "tear down the wall" that divided … [Read more...]
Finding Value In SOPA
January 18, 2012 By 1 Comment
There is a lot of discussions, arguing, lobbying, and political wrangling going on around the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and its sister legislation Protect IP Act (PIPA) right now. It has been portrayed as the battle between Silicon Valley and Hollywood, old media verses new media, Washington verses California, and on and on and on. But what is SOPA really and what is the potential value in the discussion around SOPA? What is SOPA? SOPA is essentially and anti-digital piracy bill that … [Read more...]
