Not sure if it has academic value, but it sure makes me laugh!
Actually I don’t know of a public figure that has been as public (if you can call anything Colbert’s character does as “public”) about remixing his creative content. The possibilities of the peer to peer revolution are apparent when we talk about creative/artistic content, but the prospects for political content are harder (not impossible) to find. They do exist (go to the Sunlight Foundation’s page for some good examples). But these projects need mainstream vehicles to promote their existence.
I hope that in the coming months we see some creative (and public) remixing of Obama’s creative commons content. Annotating the material on WhiteHouse.gov and the newly created recovery.gov with annotation tools like Diigo or a mashup of where stimulis money is going using Google Maps might provide some useful results.
BTW….speaking of here is an interesting slideshow tracing the evolution of WhiteHouse.gov. HT: James DeHaan
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classicallyliberaljd — January 26, 2009
It seems like the most popular remixes of this type of information is the ones that make that information more transparent or easy to follow. Take words and make pictures; the internet seems to respond well to pretty pictures.
Another example that I can think of is the "Death and Taxes" poster (Link to 2009 Version: http://www.wallstats.com/deathandtaxes/ ). It's been around for awhile, but I still dig it; helps put everything in perspective.
classicallyliberaljd — January 26, 2009
Excuse the poor grammar in the last post; I'm merely a product of the California public school system.
rkatclu — January 26, 2009
Yes, the 'death and taxes' visualization is quite nice. I sure hope that website has properly credited and licensed the use of the poster, however. My understanding has been that an artist by the screenname of "mibi" on deviantart has been the one producing the visualizations
http://mibi.deviantart.com/art/Death-and-Taxes-2009-86140295
rkatclu — January 26, 2009
Huh - the internet ate my last comment.
Anyway, the gist was that political remixes do exist.
there's an UmYKnow vid on youtube that makes fun of Obama and Caroline Kennedy's speaking habits.
There's also numerous vids where contradictory clips of a politician (saying "yes" and "no" essentially) are compiled.