Comments on: The internet society – time to get real http://www.matthewtaylorsblog.com/thersa/the-virtual-world-%e2%80%93-time-to-get-real/ Politics, brains, social action and the day to day life of the RSA’s chief executive Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:39:05 +0000 hourly 1 By: Stuff I’ve been reading | I Am Pete Ashton http://www.matthewtaylorsblog.com/thersa/the-virtual-world-%e2%80%93-time-to-get-real/comment-page-1/#comment-11868 Stuff I’ve been reading | I Am Pete Ashton Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:49:13 +0000 http://www.matthewtaylorsblog.com/?p=2312#comment-11868 [...] The internet society – time to get realMatthew Taylor of the RSA: "The internet is neither neutral nor inherently liberating. It operates in the context of existing social conventions and power structures. Its impact is real but often subtle and unexpected." I think this is a no-brainer. The internet connects society in different ways – it doesn't in itself fundamentally change society and if it can it's not going to do in in a generation. Society has to change society and we're mostly applying pre-Internet thinking to these tools. But while I agree with the views in this post I think it's only looking at the big stuff – the macro, if you like. It's at a micro level where Internet connectivity gets interesting but that's much harder to generalise about. [...] [...] The internet society – time to get realMatthew Taylor of the RSA: "The internet is neither neutral nor inherently liberating. It operates in the context of existing social conventions and power structures. Its impact is real but often subtle and unexpected." I think this is a no-brainer. The internet connects society in different ways – it doesn't in itself fundamentally change society and if it can it's not going to do in in a generation. Society has to change society and we're mostly applying pre-Internet thinking to these tools. But while I agree with the views in this post I think it's only looking at the big stuff – the macro, if you like. It's at a micro level where Internet connectivity gets interesting but that's much harder to generalise about. [...]

]]> By: Marc Gosschalk http://www.matthewtaylorsblog.com/thersa/the-virtual-world-%e2%80%93-time-to-get-real/comment-page-1/#comment-6729 Marc Gosschalk Thu, 16 Sep 2010 23:31:53 +0000 http://www.matthewtaylorsblog.com/?p=2312#comment-6729 Matthew, you say that the study of the internet’s real impact on real lives is important. I couldn't agree more, which is why I'm on a mission to make people like yourself aware of the possibilities for social research made available by online data companies like the one I work for. As luck would have it, it just so happens that I believe I'm working for the pick of the bunch. Put another way, here's a thinker for you: Let's say you were able to collect the past and future activity of everyone's online activity - what they were watching, reading, exposed to, buying, posting about etc - into one big database, which even linked each individual's complete trail of activity to that person's demographic group. What question would you seek to answer? We have this data on 100,000 people in the UK, 2million people worldwide. Whether you like the thought of that or not, that's a database just waiting to be searched for answers that matter. Matthew, you say that the study of the internet’s real impact on real lives is important. I couldn’t agree more, which is why I’m on a mission to make people like yourself aware of the possibilities for social research made available by online data companies like the one I work for. As luck would have it, it just so happens that I believe I’m working for the pick of the bunch.

Put another way, here’s a thinker for you: Let’s say you were able to collect the past and future activity of everyone’s online activity – what they were watching, reading, exposed to, buying, posting about etc – into one big database, which even linked each individual’s complete trail of activity to that person’s demographic group. What question would you seek to answer?

We have this data on 100,000 people in the UK, 2million people worldwide. Whether you like the thought of that or not, that’s a database just waiting to be searched for answers that matter.

]]> By: anike http://www.matthewtaylorsblog.com/thersa/the-virtual-world-%e2%80%93-time-to-get-real/comment-page-1/#comment-5252 anike Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:29:06 +0000 http://www.matthewtaylorsblog.com/?p=2312#comment-5252 thank you. I also agree with you. you can read it http://scragged.com/articles/internet-clarity-doesnt-always-solve-world-problems.aspx?cc=1#cc thank you.

I also agree with you.

you can read it

http://scragged.com/articles/internet-clarity-doesnt-always-solve-world-problems.aspx?cc=1#cc

]]> By: Internet and Community: What Does the Future Hold? RSA-US| RSA United States http://www.matthewtaylorsblog.com/thersa/the-virtual-world-%e2%80%93-time-to-get-real/comment-page-1/#comment-4150 Internet and Community: What Does the Future Hold? RSA-US| RSA United States Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:33:25 +0000 http://www.matthewtaylorsblog.com/?p=2312#comment-4150 [...] discussion on how our lives are impacted by the Internet.  The panel was inspired by an earlier blog post by Matthew Taylor, who wrote: “The web is changing culture, relationships and organisations. Its [...] [...] discussion on how our lives are impacted by the Internet.  The panel was inspired by an earlier blog post by Matthew Taylor, who wrote: “The web is changing culture, relationships and organisations. Its [...]

]]> By: Internet and Community: What does the Future Hold? RSA-US| RSA United States http://www.matthewtaylorsblog.com/thersa/the-virtual-world-%e2%80%93-time-to-get-real/comment-page-1/#comment-3515 Internet and Community: What does the Future Hold? RSA-US| RSA United States Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:18:03 +0000 http://www.matthewtaylorsblog.com/?p=2312#comment-3515 [...] a recent blog post, Matthew Taylor wrote: “The web is changing culture, relationships and organisations. Its [...] [...] a recent blog post, Matthew Taylor wrote: “The web is changing culture, relationships and organisations. Its [...]

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