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Exploring the economic impact of social media

Posted by: Ken Fischer in: ● March 24, 2009

I am not an economist, but sometimes I play one on this blog. Why? Turns out understanding economics is important. Feel free to correct or argue the points I make.
Socioeconomic (Kondratieff (Kondratiev), Schumpeter, Kuznets) theory seems to be driving the current deflationary cycle more so than fiscal economic (Keynesian / Monetarist) or political economic [...]

Social Media and Economics: Is Schumpeter the key to linking the 2?

Posted by: Ken Fischer in: ● March 7, 2009

Note: I have no education in economics but economics is beginning to trump all other concerns primarily due to a lack of trust in financial markets, so I am trying to pay attention.  Since one use of social media is to engender trust, can social media play a role in mitigating the damage from the [...]

Social Media vs. Social Technology: Refining Definitions

Posted by: Ken Fischer in: ● January 4, 2009

The wikipedia entry has been updated since I wrote this post and now clearly seems define social media as content. So what about the technology? Can we call it social technology?
Is the technology used to post, read, sharecontent, improve navigation and relevance by making use of user behavior and input, the same as the content [...]

Mostly Plain English Workshop Report

Posted by: Ken Fischer in: ● December 11, 2008

A quick report on our the first in our Mostly Plain English workshop. Some comments, critiques and look forward to future workshops.