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The Social Effects of Technology Like Minds Creativity and Curation Exeter, 28 October, 2010 Tiffany St James @tiffanystjames

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The Social Effects of Technology

Like Minds

Creativity and Curation

Exeter, 28 October, 2010

Tiffany St James

@tiffanystjames

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The world is changing...

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Eric Schmidt, CEO, Google

Between the birth of the

world and 2003, there

were five exabytes of

information created.

We [now] create five

exabytes every two days.

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Online universe size

Globally: 625m

1 in 13 of all humans

Mobile: 1/5th of users

Google: “1.8 bn online”

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Why people use the internetSource: Global Web Index Oct 2010

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Worldwide adoption stats

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So what?

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6 pervasive trends

Source:

James Cashmore

Head of Entertainment

Google 24/08/10

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55% of office space is empty…

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The lure of digital stimulation

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The myth of multi-tasking

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Internet penetration by country

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Digital Inclusion

Save money *Stay up-to-date * Keep in touch

Job hunt * Hobbies *Make life easier

9 million adults in the UK who

have never used the internet –

Four million of those are

among the most

disadvantaged:

39% are over 65

38% are unemployed

19% are families with children.

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Trust in communications

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News arrives through other channels

How did you hear about the demise of MJ?

Mumbai hotel bombings by SMS

Jan 09: Hudson River Landing on twitter first

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Digital lifestyles

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Direct Entertainment

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Democracy in action?

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Power to the lobby

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Trafigura,Twitter & The Guardian

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Individuals vs Businesses

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Social for good

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Thank you

Tiffany St James

[email protected]

www.twitter.com/tiffanystjames

www.stimulationltd.co.uk