Comments on: Influencers, Part II http://www.socialito.com/2008/04/13/influencers-part-ii/ The social Blogito Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:30:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: david http://www.socialito.com/2008/04/13/influencers-part-ii/#comment-11 david Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:30:47 +0000 http://www.socialito.com/2008/04/13/influencers-part-ii/#comment-11 Thanks for that link, Caryn. If the trends identified in that article are accurate (and established critics hold less sway than they have traditionally), finding the influential people in the community could be even more important. I wonder what will happen if communal wisdom takes over. Will culture become more homogenized? Should this make us worry about critically-acclaimed artists who aren't recognized in their time, or who never make an impact on the pop culture scene? Critics can drive resources to unpopular artists, providing for a breadth of perspectives, but what will happen if jobs for critics become rarer? Would this also mean that innovation would have to cater to the lowest common denominator? Do innovation and culture do that now? Wow, I never knew I liked critics so much until I thought about that article! Thanks again. Thanks for that link, Caryn. If the trends identified in that article are accurate (and established critics hold less sway than they have traditionally), finding the influential people in the community could be even more important.

I wonder what will happen if communal wisdom takes over. Will culture become more homogenized? Should this make us worry about critically-acclaimed artists who aren’t recognized in their time, or who never make an impact on the pop culture scene? Critics can drive resources to unpopular artists, providing for a breadth of perspectives, but what will happen if jobs for critics become rarer?

Would this also mean that innovation would have to cater to the lowest common denominator? Do innovation and culture do that now?

Wow, I never knew I liked critics so much until I thought about that article! Thanks again.

]]> By: Caryn Rose http://www.socialito.com/2008/04/13/influencers-part-ii/#comment-10 Caryn Rose Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:40:06 +0000 http://www.socialito.com/2008/04/13/influencers-part-ii/#comment-10 Very pertinent LA Times article on this subject, albeit from a different angle: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/movies/la-et-goldstein8apr08,1,1584786.story Very pertinent LA Times article on this subject, albeit from a different angle:
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/movies/la-et-goldstein8apr08,1,1584786.story

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