Comments on: Amazed by Overmundo http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/11/20/amazed-by-overmundo/ EthanZ's musings on Africa, media and international development Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:45:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Web 2.0 in Brazil Displays the Powers of Participation http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/11/20/amazed-by-overmundo/comment-page-1/#comment-86745 Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Web 2.0 in Brazil Displays the Powers of Participation Sat, 25 Nov 2006 18:39:09 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=1113#comment-86745 [...] Checking out native innovations in collaborative journalism leads us directly to Overmundo, a government sponsored project of alternative cultural coverage. The idea, which is now an international success, was debated for some time concerning the merit of having sought for official support. But Overmundo’s performance seems to indicate that online expertise and creativity needs financial support in order to reach the scale and audiences-collaborators needed to validate Web 2.0 principles. Any doubt about the correlation of the amount of available private venture capital and the US lead in the Web 2.0 revolution? In Brazil, public institutions may be the ones to play this role. [...] [...] Checking out native innovations in collaborative journalism leads us directly to Overmundo, a government sponsored project of alternative cultural coverage. The idea, which is now an international success, was debated for some time concerning the merit of having sought for official support. But Overmundo’s performance seems to indicate that online expertise and creativity needs financial support in order to reach the scale and audiences-collaborators needed to validate Web 2.0 principles. Any doubt about the correlation of the amount of available private venture capital and the US lead in the Web 2.0 revolution? In Brazil, public institutions may be the ones to play this role. [...]

]]> By: ABC Digital Futures » Blog Archive » Brazilian social media site one of the best http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/11/20/amazed-by-overmundo/comment-page-1/#comment-85695 ABC Digital Futures » Blog Archive » Brazilian social media site one of the best Tue, 21 Nov 2006 23:58:25 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=1113#comment-85695 [...] Over at My Heart’s in Accra, Ethan Zuckerman has written a great post about his recent discovery of Overmundo, “a truly remarkable website dedicated to the arts and culture in Brazil.” [...] [...] Over at My Heart’s in Accra, Ethan Zuckerman has written a great post about his recent discovery of Overmundo, “a truly remarkable website dedicated to the arts and culture in Brazil.” [...]

]]> By: Boris Anthony http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/11/20/amazed-by-overmundo/comment-page-1/#comment-85494 Boris Anthony Tue, 21 Nov 2006 04:32:27 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=1113#comment-85494 Wow. Poking around, eventhough I can't read brazilian protuguese, I can imagine the infrastructure and make out, sort of, what's going on in there. Very cool. Also, M. Guédon sounds like someone I should meet... ;) Wow. Poking around, eventhough I can’t read brazilian protuguese, I can imagine the infrastructure and make out, sort of, what’s going on in there. Very cool.

Also, M. Guédon sounds like someone I should meet… ;)

]]> By: imnakoya http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/11/20/amazed-by-overmundo/comment-page-1/#comment-85478 imnakoya Tue, 21 Nov 2006 02:49:44 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=1113#comment-85478 One factor that might have played a major role in the success of Overmundo in a multiethnic setting is language; Portuguese is spoken by virtually all Brazilians. One factor that might have played a major role in the success of Overmundo in a multiethnic setting is language; Portuguese is spoken by virtually all Brazilians.

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