http://www.robhyndman.com/2007/02/26/its-not-the-narcissism-its-about-people-like-us/ any technology distinguishable from magic is not sufficiently advanced Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:54:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://www.robhyndman.com/2007/02/26/its-not-the-narcissism-its-about-people-like-us/#comment-79562 robhyndman.com » Blog Archive » Is Social Media Changing the Way We Think About Celebrity? Fri, 27 Jul 2007 12:04:43 +0000 http://www.robhyndman.com/2007/02/26/its-not-the-narcissism-its-about-people-like-us/#comment-79562 [...] months ago I wrote about the idea of digital narcissism, and my opinion that the lure of social media wasn’t the [...] [...] months ago I wrote about the idea of digital narcissism, and my opinion that the lure of social media wasn’t the [...]

]]> http://www.robhyndman.com/2007/02/26/its-not-the-narcissism-its-about-people-like-us/#comment-53255 robhyndman.com » Blog Archive » Media feeds our internal lives and our relationships with other people Wed, 28 Feb 2007 12:45:16 +0000 http://www.robhyndman.com/2007/02/26/its-not-the-narcissism-its-about-people-like-us/#comment-53255 [...] I’m beginning to believe that Hollywood has simply lost touch, at a fundamental level, with its customers, and that the declining relevance (though viewership was slightly up this year) of the Oscars is yet another signal of this. I wrote about this a couple of days ago but the thought has stuck with me as Oscar reviews come in. It has seemed to me that we want deeper engagement with media - that we are looking for ways to make it more relevant to our lives and to derive deeper meaning from it, but that BigMedia simply isn’t filling that need, stuck as it is in old business models. And so I was fascinated to stumble upon, via Mathew, a piece by Steve Bryant at The Hollywood Reporter, who really ought to win a prize for capturing this idea in language that will undoubtedly be much linked to over the next few days: Media is changing from entertainment into utility. Media that can’t be manipulated is almost useless. When I listen to NPR, I wish I could freeze the broadcast and pull a link from the radio, send it to a friend. When I watch TV, same thing. When I go to the movies, same thing. But I can’t. I can only do that online. [...] [...] I’m beginning to believe that Hollywood has simply lost touch, at a fundamental level, with its customers, and that the declining relevance (though viewership was slightly up this year) of the Oscars is yet another signal of this. I wrote about this a couple of days ago but the thought has stuck with me as Oscar reviews come in. It has seemed to me that we want deeper engagement with media - that we are looking for ways to make it more relevant to our lives and to derive deeper meaning from it, but that BigMedia simply isn’t filling that need, stuck as it is in old business models. And so I was fascinated to stumble upon, via Mathew, a piece by Steve Bryant at The Hollywood Reporter, who really ought to win a prize for capturing this idea in language that will undoubtedly be much linked to over the next few days: Media is changing from entertainment into utility. Media that can’t be manipulated is almost useless. When I listen to NPR, I wish I could freeze the broadcast and pull a link from the radio, send it to a friend. When I watch TV, same thing. When I go to the movies, same thing. But I can’t. I can only do that online. [...]

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