New Media IS the New Museum, Part 2

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By Bonnie Buckner and Pamela Rutledge Previously published on Psychology Today’s “Positively Media.” In the last post New Media IS the New Museum, part 1, we wrote that Arianna Huffington overlooked two important points about the role of social media in culture generally and museums specifically. (Museums 2.0: What Happens When Great Art Meets New [...]

New Media IS the New Museum, Part 1

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By Pamela Rutledge and Bonnie Buckner Previously published on Psychology Today’s “Positively Media.” In her recent post Museums 2.0: What Happens When Great Art Meets New Media?, Arianna Huffington, though normally an enthusiastic supporter of new media, expressed misgivings about museums adopting social media. We believe that she misses some important points. It’s not a [...]

Social Media & Privacy: The Tribe vs. The City

When Hilary Clinton adopted the adage that it takes a village to raise a child she was speaking in part to the need for transparency.  The village in her image was one of permeable walls, community engagement in the personal, and an end to privacy.  Many voices are more powerful than one, and secrets can [...]

15 Techno-Cultural Trends for 2011

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Previously published on Psychology Today “Positively Media” 2011 will be the year when technology takes a back seat to human experience. In 2010, people grappled with the deluge of social technologies and focused on how to manage, monitor, measure, and adapt information and tools.   2011 will bring a move toward simplification.  People will not abandon [...]

The Psychology Driving the Trends for 2011

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We are experiencing a great revolution—the First Modern Revolution– the result of a seismic shift in individual and group psychologies that come from the development and use of social media. This revolution is unfolding across societies around the world and is driving the techno-cultural trends we see for 2011. The really profound revolutions take place [...]