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MediaSnack-snack-snackers#25
[SUMMARY—Quotes which illustrate.]
(WORLD) MediaSnackers are being served more and more ways to snack on their chosen media than ever. It's hard to differentiate between companies and start-ups enabling snacking or the snacking trends driving media platform development, but here are a couple of quotes from the 'experts' or articles to sum it all up for any 'MediaSnacker-virgins':
IN 2006 EMI, the world's fourth-biggest recorded-music company, invited some teenagers into its headquarters in London to talk to its top managers about their listening habits. At the end of the session the EMI bosses thanked them for their comments and told them to help themselves to a big pile of CDs sitting on a table. But none of the teens took any of the CDs, even though they were free. "That was the moment we realised the game was completely up," says a person who was there.
The changing nature of the music industry.
From our research we predict that up to a quarter of the entertainment being consumed in five years will be what we call 'Circular'. The trends we are seeing show us that people will have a genuine desire not only to create and share their own content, but also to remix it, mash it up and pass it on within their peer groups—a form of collaborative social media.
Mark Selby, Vice President, Multimedia, Nokia stating the companies strategic focus.
42% of those ages 18 to 29 say they regularly learn about the campaign from the internet, the highest percentage for any news source. In January 2004, just 20% of young people said they routinely got campaign news from the internet.
How young people are getting their political information.
All of those are just starting to show you that natural interaction pattern really breaks you out of the keyboard and mouse. The next big surprise for people will be how this natural interface becomes pervasive.
Bill Gates in an interview with Reuters.
School kids might perform badly on tests that measure reading but they are not tested on for alternate skills such as their mastery of technology.
Henry Jenkins discussing youth, new media and technology in the opening session of this years SXSW.
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Filed by DK on March 10 2008
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