10. Futurology
Posted by Tom | Filed under 10. The future of New Media Technologies for Marcoms
This week we’ll be looking at futurology – i.e. what we can expect to see in new media and how those developments might affect marcoms.
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Course weeks
- 02. Intro to New Media Tech (2)
- 03. Web 2.0: online community and persona (4)
- 04. Cybercultures, trusted sources, virals and memes (6)
- 05. Dataveillance (8)
- 06. Critical Perspectives (9)
- 07. Tech conference (1)
- 08. Assignment Workshop (1)
- 10. The future of New Media Technologies for Marcoms (4)
- General Reading & Resources (4)
- slides (5)
Resources
- Adland Lots of background on the latest advertising ideas plus commentary
- Electronic Privacy Information Centre Key resource exploring issues with social platforms holding detailed user data
- Know Your Meme A database of internet memes
- Mark Deuze's blog Commentary on media issues
- Mashable News about social media developments
- Matt McAlister's blog An excellent new media blog discussing developments and opportunities for the new tech
- New Media Age New Media, Marketing, Advertising & Interactive news & jobs information for the industry
- OpenSource A new website for the Open Source community, that many suggest will be the future for the web, if not for working practices in other fields as well
- Osocio Some great social advertising campaigns mostly from the non-profit sector
- ReadWriteWeb Web technology news and reviews blog
- SlashDot Fairly hardcore geeky site with lots about technology developments, has a heavy bias towards open source and linux developments
- Smashing Magazine This is a great resource for design and technology advances and tips, especially in relation to the Wordpress CMS.
- Tactical Technology Collective Exploring how to use digital tools to influence people, especially in context of activism
- Tech Crunch A tech magazine with an emphasis on social media
- Technorati A real-time search for user-generated media, mostly blogs
- Ted Talks Explanations of developments in science and tech (excellent video resource)
- The Hype Machine Follow the buzz around new music on this blog aggregating site
- The Inspiration Room One of many sites compiling new ideas in marketing, advertising and media
- Wired Magazine Latest technological advances reviewed & explored
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