Tag: Social Media

Envisioning a Shareable Future at SXSW

By Paul M. Davis

03.18.11, 3:06pm Comments (3)

The energy at SXSW is electric, a perpetually active circuit of mind-expanding panels, day parties and impromptu conversations. Read more »

Building Human Rights Into Your Social Site

By Paul M. Davis

03.14.11, 3:38pm Comments (0)

As repressive regimes use social media to track activists and quash dissent, are social media companies obligated to preserve the human rights of their users? I caught a SXSW panel examining this question, featuring Daniel O'Brien of the Committ. Read more »

Top Sharing Tweeps from the Twittersphere

By Paul M. Davis

02.25.11, 8:13am Comments (10)

An essential resource for breaking news and community organizing, Twitter has become much more than a way to broadcast what you're having for lunch. It's also a great place to lean more about the sharing revolution. Read more »

Changing Models of Ownership: Part I

By Rich Radka

02.08.11, 10:11am Comments (6)

From cars to CDs, houses to handbags, people are no longer aspiring to own. Read more »

Rupert Murdoch's iPad Newspaper Doesn't Know How to Share

By Paul M. Davis

02.04.11, 11:45am Comments (5)

Rupert Murdoch’s iPad newspaper The Daily finally hit the App Store on Wednesday, after months of debate among media insiders whether its iPad-exclusive delivery and subscription model is bold or quixotic. Read more »

"Pixelated Peasants": An Interview with Jonathan Salem Baskin

By Paul M. Davis

02.02.11, 10:06am Comments (0)

Jonathan Salem Baskin’s provocative book Histories of Social Media challenges the notion that social media is an unprecedented phenomenon, examining historical precursors to the social networks of today, from the Bayeux Tapestry, a Medieval &ld. Read more »

This Week in Sharing

By Malcolm Harris

01.27.11, 10:28am Comments (0)

Here are some links we at Shareable found interesting this week, and we've saved them for you. Hope you enjoy, and add your own below in the comments. Read more »

New, Or Just New to Us? Social Media's Historical Antecedents

By Jonathan Salem Baskin

01.24.11, 9:23am Comments (2)

Societies have been social since civilization began. It’s what societies do (hence the shared latin root socius, for “allied” or “friend”). Read more »

Internet Users More Collaborative, Group-Oriented

By Paul M. Davis

01.24.11, 8:28am Comments (0)

Pat yourself on the back, engaged Internet user: a new Pew study has found that you are more likely to be active in some kind of voluntary group or organization. Read more »

Keeping New Year's Resolutions With Social Media

By Paul M. Davis

12.31.10, 2:13pm Comments (0)

Transparency isn't only the best disinfectant: it's also a pretty great way to ensure you’ll keep your word. The notion of the New Year's resolution may be eternally quixotic, but it’s also intriguing and hard to dismiss. Read more »