Comments on: Welcome to the Fifth Estate

By: Social Media, Democracy & the Death of the ‘Big Lie’ | eVentures in Cyberland

Fri, 17 Jun 2011 18:38:12 +0000

[...] castrate the “Big Lie,” therefore, you need to be able to enable free-flowing ideas to percolate and crowdsource the truth in an atmosphere of trust. Not only does the Pew survey suggest social [...]

By: Can Bloggers become The Fourth Estate? | Marketing Technology Blog

Can Bloggers become The Fourth Estate? | Marketing Technology Blog — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 20:36:06 +0000

[...] Livingston wrote earlier this year that citizen media was The Fifth Estate. Perhaps that’s true, but I’m not sure we’re in any way qualified to take on such [...]

By: BF Matt

BF Matt — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:22:12 +0000

Fascinating stuff, think it’ll require a second read to full digest

By: A New Decade Dawns – The Buzz Bin

A New Decade Dawns – The Buzz Bin — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:15:35 +0000

[...] Well, I don’t know about you, but I think the past decade was awesome. We went from .com to conversations. Command and control became control and combust. The fourth estate became responsible to the fifth estate. [...]

By: Recruitment Database

Recruitment Database — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:02:47 +0000

These days, popularity of blogs, YouTube and information databases such as LexisNexis, along with the 24-hour news cycle, has made it easier than ever for the media and rival campaigns to spot the mistakes and exaggerations of presidential candidates.

By: News

News — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:45:31 +0000

[...] his website, Geoff wrote: “Let me explain. The technology adoption cycle has been maturing for social media (and social media, web 2.0 whatever you want to call it is definitely inspired by [...]

By: Why a Final BlogPotomac: Social Media Really Is Dead » The Buzz Bin

Why a Final BlogPotomac: Social Media Really Is Dead » The Buzz Bin — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 02:38:18 +0000

[...] me explain. The technology adoption cycle has been maturing for social media (and social media, web 2.0 whatever you want to call it is definitely inspired by [...]

By: Can Bloggers become The Fourth Estate? | The Marketing Technology Blog, Indianapolis

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 03:55:42 +0000

[...] Livingston wrote earlier this year that citizen media was The Fifth Estate. Perhaps that’s true, but I’m not sure we’re in any way qualified to take on such [...]

By: Five Social Media Strategies » The Buzz Bin

Five Social Media Strategies » The Buzz Bin — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:27:31 +0000

[...] Influencing Journalists Using Social Media – The Fifth Estate manifesto outlined the dynamics between traditional media (sometimes dubbed the fourth estate in communications circles) and social media. This strategy was also discussed on Now Is Gone in the Public Relations Long Tail. Intelligently deployed influencer relations strategies can be used to cause a “fifth estate” social media “groundswell,” which attracts the attention of newspapers, TV reporters, etc.: In essence, the community informs the media when a story reaches a level of importance. The Fifth Estate has become the ultimate source. [...]

By: Obama 2.0 and police brutality… « Christopher Schwartz’s Weblog

Obama 2.0 and police brutality… « Christopher Schwartz’s Weblog — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 19:13:01 +0000

[...] Both individuals used their cellphones to record the horrific event, and as you can see from the list of related videos in the embedded video above, the story is quickly breaking out across YouTube. Call it the revenge of the Fifth Estate. [...]