(* 1947 in Arizona, USA) Sozialwissenschaftler und Autor. Unterrichtet journalistische Kurse an der University of California sowie an der Stanford University; beschäftigt sich mit den soziokulturellen Auswirkungen neuer Technologien und den daraus entstehenden neuen Kommunikationsformen und Gesellschaftsveränderungen; hat bereits 1993 ein Buch mit dem Titel ´The Virtual Community` veröffentlicht; beschäftigt sich privat, wie auch beruflich mit neuen Trends.
INTERVIEW (Twitter)
1. Multimedia09@hrheingold: Why do you use Twitter so intensive? Is it just fun or do you have an ulterior motive for your work?
hrheingold@Multimedia09
- Twitter is a two-way gateway to my personal learning networks, first of all.
I feed, tune, and harvest knowledge here.
- I wouldn't use the term "ulterior motive." To me, learning, teaching,
socializing online, having fun are all connected.
- I am doing an interview via Twitter with @Multimedia09 --
hence the nature of my tweets for the next hour.
- I use Twitter a lot because its brevity fits into the interstices of my other tasks.
It's a fun break from focused attention
- I wrote about why I am hooked on Twitter a while back: http://tinyurl.com/2me5cg
- I also wrote about tuning/feeding networks: http://bit.ly/HWI6e
2. Multimedia09@hrheingold: Why do you publish videos like ‚Howard’s Dream Office’ or ‘Howard’s Garden’? Why is this of interest for your ‘users’?
hrheingold@Multimedia09
- Video has changed from an expert-only medium to a vernacular: http://blip.tv/file/1342237
- As a communicator, learner, and visual thinker,
video affords communication that augments & transcends just using words
- It's easier to talk about network theory when I can include animations,
for example: http://blip.tv/file/1823777
- In regard to my office/garden videos, I feel that many connect with me as
a whole person, not just a writer or professor
- Context is important. Yes, I'm online a lot. Yes, I use words.
I also garden, paint, sculpt - video makes my context visible
- The videos we are talking about: http://blip.tv/file/1937429 http://blip.tv/file/1697598
3. Multimedia09@hrheingold: You are very involved in your topic (new forms of communication etc.) Do you think this should be a standard in science or is it possibly better to observe from the outside?
hrheingold@Multimedia09
- I decided at 23 that what I do 4 a living has 2 be identical w/
what I want to spend my time doing. Traded security 4 freedom
- Since I got online in 1982, the performative writing,
knowledge sharing, community building continue to fascinate me
- In social sciences and study of consciousness, convergence of
empirical and introspective indicators can be helpful
- I'm a believer in scientific method -- testing by observable,
replicable experiments & observations.
- But not everything can be measured or weighed.
Phenomenological evidence has its place, but cautiously because not repeatable
4. Multimedia09@hrheingold: What are your most important demands you claim from today’s students of journalism?
hrheingold@Multimedia09
- Today's journalism students need to learn the skills &
metaskills of applying digital media to their craft, but also they need
- 2 be entrepreneurs. It is going 2 be up to them to some
degree reinvent the institutions that support journalism & journalists
5. Multimedia09@hrheingold: What do you think is the biggest difference between european (austrian) and american journalism students?
hrheingold@Multimedia09
- I am not familiar with European journalism students.
- I do know that visiting Europe has helped me develop
a more critical sensibility regarding technology and media practices
- US, California, Silicon Valley not a hotbed of critical thinking
about technology, with exceptions of course.
- I urge journalists to develop skills as network organizers,
because citizen reporting needs journalistic filtering
6. Multimedia09@hrheingold: OK, so which part will grassroot-journalism play in the development process of journalism in the next years?
hrheingold@Multiedia09
- Checking claims, finding multiple voices 4 dif fperspectives,
putting together into story, necessary 4 reporting to become news
- So I see coalitions of amateur sources and trained or self-trained
journalists as networks of collaboration 4 news
7. Multimedia09@hrheingold: Final question: How do you become a guru? ;-)
hrheingold@Multimedia09
- Some agent describes you that way and countless journalists repeat it. ;-)
I prefer "learner-teacher."
8. Multimedia09@hrheingold: Final-final question: Are you sitting in your garden now?
hrheingold@Multimedia09
- It's too cold to sit in the garden today, unfortunately.
Multimedia09@hrheingold: Thank you VERY much for your time and your helpfull answers. Have a nice day!
