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Creative Industries – Digital or Traditional

Geoff Wilcock — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:55:49 +0000

Courtesy of the British Library

After a visit to the British library in London I was forced to ponder the digital creative industries. It appears to me that there is a key area missing in the headlong drive to grow digital Britain / Scotland / whatever.

The missing thing is the underlying cultural strength in depth and width in the rest of society is not engaged to make use of the amazing digital platforms being built. Web pages, social media and mobile devices are certainly fulfilling a human need but they are not necessarily enhancing society’s creativity in a cultural sense as much as traditional means.

Sometimes when we look around we see media, parliaments, judicial systems and health services as standalone blocks of our world. When you read some of the amazing original writings from the worlds greatest thinkers you realise that those words were the glue and the bolts that allowed everything else to be built.

No more preaching but it is worth seeing.

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Social Media and Democracy

David Sim — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 08:31:49 +0000

We are delighted to be hosting a visit from Angus Robertson, MP for Moray, Scottish Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs and Westminster SNP spokesman on Defence and Europe.

Before his election in 2001, he worked as a foreign and diplomatic correspondent in central Europe for the BBC, Austrian Radio and other leading broadcasters.

Today we’re going to be discussing the role of social media in connecting politicans with their constituents, and government with citizens. We look forward to the exchange of ideas.

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BBC Politics Show Highlights Social Media

David Sim — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 19:11:43 +0000

The BBC Politics Show, shown across the UK, today highlighted the use of social media in politics and one rather surprising early adopter: John Prescott.

“If your website doesn’t give a platform to all reasonable opinions… people will go to a website that is discussing the issues”.

You can watch the show on the BBC web site (may not work outside UK):

BBC iPlayer Politics Show

The segment starts around 13 minutes in.

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