A Few Notes on Networked Journalism

By Geert Lovink, November 13, 2012

In their contribution to the International Journal of Communication 6 (2012) Bregtje van der Haak, Michael Parks and Manuel Castells ask why journalism is in a crisis. Journalists feel that competition increased while it is also said that the willingness to pay for content declined. Instead of the usual emphasis on the drop in profitability [...]

Interview: Exodus of the Informal Information Spaces

By Geert Lovink, October 27, 2012

Interview with Geert Lovink by Elisabetta Demaris (Volontari per lo Sviluppo, Italy) ED: Nowadays social networks like Twitter and Facebook are celebrated as a participation medium that empower the common people to create information, becoming themselves citizen journalists. This fact is seen positively, giving the ordinary people the chance to report and discuss problems related [...]

Emile Zile: I Have Issues

By Geert Lovink, October 12, 2012

I stumbled upon this wonderful, mysterious artwork of the Amsterdam-based artist Emile Zile, which he exhibited in his hometown Melbourne in August/September 2012. No further explanation, just this: “I have issues”.  The slogan is related to a (discount?) price tag of $ 15. Perhaps a hint to the current economic crisis in many parts of [...]

Net Activism–Interview with Geert Lovink by Oliver Leistert

By Geert Lovink, October 3, 2012

(Extended version of the text printed in the newspaper of the Truth is Concrete Steierischer Herbst 2012 project on art and activism today). Oliver Leistert: What is it that started around 20 years ago and is called “net activism”? Geert Lovink: Internet activism emerged in the eighties when PCs and modems became available. We do [...]

Bourriaud’s Relational Aesthetics in the Light of New Media

By Geert Lovink, September 26, 2012

Whereas society as a whole incorporates new media at an unprecedented speed, contemporary arts exhibits increasingly shy away from an open confrontation with notions such as networks, interactivity and the virtual. The list of technophobic exhibits is growing. If we exclude the ‘neo-realist’ video genre for a moment, we witness a growing hesitation amongst curators [...]

The Dynamics of List Culture and Web 2.0 (interview with Geert Lovink)

By Geert Lovink, September 26, 2012

Email interview with Geert Lovink by Rasa Smite (February 2, 2010) Q1. What was your motivation to found Nettime mailinglist back in 1995? GL: The background story can be found in the nettime chapter of my book Dark Fibre. I hope you got it. I don’t have much to add to the story that wrote [...]

Two new works by the Hungarian artist Janos Sugar

By Geert Lovink, September 26, 2012

Quick Notes on a Mapping Afternoon @ Picnic 2012

By Geert Lovink, September 17, 2012

Quick notes on the mapping and open data afternoon at Picnic in Amsterdam, September 17, 2012 This session entitled Maps, the Power of the Crowd & Big Data Verification was put together by the Maastricht-based European Centre for Journalism that lately has been focused on data journalism. Videos of the event will be available later [...]

Wij Eisen Geluk! Protestposters rond 1980 te zien in MOTI

By Geert Lovink, September 6, 2012

Interview met Alex de Kock over zijn aan MOTI geschonken verzameling protestaffiches Door Geert Lovink Begin september is de tentoonstelling ‘Wij Eisen Geluk’ in het Bredase museum voor beeldcultuur (MOTI) geopend. In het kader van de samenstelling van deze verzameling posters uit de periode 1978-1982 hield ik een online interview met de verzamelaar Alex de [...]

Interview with Geert Lovink by Anne Roquigny

By Geert Lovink, September 3, 2012

AR: Can you tell us in a few words who you are and what you have been doing over the last few years? GL: My name is Geert Lovink and I am a media theorist and internet critic. I have been doing this work since the mid eighties but not always in the same context. [...]