Be The Media

JD Lasica of SocialMedia.biz interviews David Mathison on “the emerging media model of abundance”

David Mathison was recently interviewed by JD Lasica. Lasica is founder of socialmedia.biz, socialbrite.org, ourmedia.org, and author of the book Darknet: Hollywood's War Against the Digital Generation.

In this interview David talks about his new book Be The Media, revenue models for individuals, websites, and the relevance of public access and community media groups in the age of the Internet.

"The emerg­ing media model is one of abun­dance, dri­ven by a flour­ish­ing of cre­ativ­ity unheard of in any other time in human his­tory. The main benefactors in this new era are the creators and their fans."

"This com­mu­nity media renais­sance I describe is exem­pli­fied by peo­ple work­ing together — not nec­es­sar­ily for finan­cial reward but in com­mon pur­pose to build crit­i­cal, open source infra­struc­ture that helps us all become suc­cess­ful. Examples include the Linux operating system, the Firefox browser, Wikipedia and Creative Commons. Or engaged communities of fans helping an artist go viral by sharing and linking to the artist's work."

Thanks to JD for the opportunity to discuss Be The Media in the welcome community at SocialMedia.biz!

Be The Media referenced in Nancy Humphreys's blog

Recently, Nancy Humphreys included a piece about Be The Media in her blog.

"You'll find a comprehensive overview about these shifts in all creative fields, including publishing, and the implications for businesses that serve creative pockets in David Mathison's Be The Media. David's book is an epic description of the battle going on for control of creative endeavors on and off of the Internet during this decade."

Nancy Humphreys holds an MLS in Economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and has over twenty years experience as an indexer of a variety of economics and business books. She has been a member of the American Society of Indexers since 1985.

Wordmaps, created by Nancy, is an indexing approach designed to promote books by ensuring the index fully supports the goals of the author(s) and publisher(s).