Oné of the most interesting media projects running at Davos 08 is the YouTube Davos conversation. The conversation aims to get people on the outside of the Forum connecting with people on the inside.
Participants will get to stand under “sound showers” (no need to get changed) and answer some of the questions being raised. Things kick off Wednesday, so let’s hope there are some answers being prepared.
“What one thing do you think that countries, companies or individuals must do to make the world a better place in 2008?” That is the question being asked on YouTube by the organisers of the World Economic Forum. It’s called the Davos Question, after the name of the Swiss ski resort where Forum members meet every January.
You can put up an answer and they will be posting some of the responses here.
Yes, it is tempting to say “replace big international meetings with video conferences,” but that will have to wait for when we’re virtual, not social beings.
And I’ll have to put cynicism aside because (disclosure) I’m heading to Davos next month.
Ask yourself this, though — when the WEF is soliciting your views to address the big questions — why isn’t your government?
Adam Curtis did this for BBC Four. So, like me, you probably never saw it…
You have probably come across Robert Greenwald, the man behind Outfoxed. He has a new campaign against Fox News called Fox News Porn, and his YouTube film is below.
Fox News would doubtless argue that “celebrating heterosexuality” and casting a prurient eye over sex videos were in complete accord with its conservative values.
What Greenwald’s work really demonstrates is how effective Fox News has been in reformatting rolling news into entertainment talk.
And in its niche, sex and conservatism sell, and if the audience can live with the contradictions, you bet the channel can.