Hi -

Example of how VNA reveals roles and allows discovery and elaboration of
emergence. In this case, for a 'traditional' news model.

New model for news organizations - and customer communities

- by Lois Kelly on July 1, 2008

http://tinyurl.com/4n8xq5

*       Some reporters become "beat bloggers" tapping into networks of
bloggers to bring complex stories into focus.
*       "Community weavers" create a sense of community among the former
audience and with formal news entities.
*       "Information architects" make intelligible the vast amounts of data
and images now available.
*       While editors continue to be sense makers, connecting facts and
making story lines visible, ultimately who filters news from noise, how it
happens, and who pays for it is still unfolding.
*       Even the definition of "news" is up for grabs as memes - cultural
units of information equivalent to genes in the body - replace an event
orientation to story

Also, noteworthy to this thread is the upcoming Future of Media Summit July
14 2008 : Silicon Valley, USA | July 15, 2008 : Sydney, Australia. This
annual transcontinental is highly participatory and furnishes seamless links
by video and online discussion for compelling cross-continental panels and
conversations. Highly recommended!

 http://www.futureexploration.net/fom08/

It is at the Computer History Museum, Mountain View, California, USA which
is worth a visit by itself! Registration is US$149 and US$99 for members of
partner organizations.

-j

Future of Media line-up.

Confirmed speakers include:

    --  Loic Le Meur, CEO of Seesmic
    --  Chris Saad, Chair of DataPortability.org
    --  J.D. Lasica, Co-Founder of Ourmedia
    --  Mark Dorney, CEO of Macquarie Media Group
    --  Wendy Hogan, MD of CNET Australia
    --  US and Australian media industry leaders

http://www.futureexploration.net/fom08/

FoM will have a prediction market. Markets are essential complex
systems. Markets are critical to KM, orgs, productivity, innovation
and growth.

Once a person said to me, “The reason I study, pursue networks is to
understand markets.” That about sums it up.

See: http://tinyurl.com/6yh8ek

--  Prediction markets for the future of media. Summit attendees and
other  media leaders globally will collectively make predictions for
key issues
        in the future of media, such as the death of print newspapers
and when IPTV (Internet Protocol TV) overtakes broadcast TV.

-j

On Jul 2, 6:46 am, "John Maloney \(IM: jheuristic\)"