tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12018970.post114754155792919841..comments2024-03-01T13:43:30.234+00:00Comments on LeverWealth: Maveric research by MilibandDavid Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10460585131936991211noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12018970.post-1147611181943282202006-05-14T12:53:00.000+00:002006-05-14T12:53:00.000+00:00Stuart. I get your points and thank you. My big is...Stuart. I get your points and thank you. My big issue is that it is very hard to get any form of research funding for PR reserach (old or new media) and it is even harder to get funding for reserach into how interactive and social media is beginning to add value both commercially and in other fields. In a era when IP is the big driver of economic growth and productivity, it is an opportunity missed. Meanwhile, the David Miliband experiment rocks on. It is funded by Government and the Hansard evaluation (not, let it be said 'Research') is benefiting and enjoying endorsement from David Milibands' blog. Lucky them. <BR/><BR/>It seems that the government can endorse enquiry into the 'use of information and communication technology by central government' and provide massive support by way of funding a Ministerial blog, while Industry, the voluntary sector, and the commons at large are denyed the chance (lol... rant rant rant... bla bla)<BR/><BR/>In the meantime in the less well connected world of academia and robust academic enquiry, we have no means to carry out research. The routes to funding are just not there.<BR/><BR/>I have three undergraduate research projects that desperately need to be explored further. They identify the interactive effects of new/old media; the value of unmediated content as a research resourse and the added value new media offers to commercial values (critical knowledge in an economy that is disintermediating at a growing rate). There is no way I can find to carry this research to find out how there initiatives can be developed in wealth creation.<BR/><BR/>These are frustrations and yet I see the Government/Hansard trial and evaluation which, in terms of social media is at the fringes.<BR/><BR/>But hey! Stamping my foot here will change little. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for your commentsDavid Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10460585131936991211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12018970.post-1147608556197172022006-05-14T12:09:00.000+00:002006-05-14T12:09:00.000+00:00David, you make some good points, and some that I ...David, you make some good points, and some that I disagree with. However, I think your headline is misleading. It is not David Milliband's research project. It is the Hansard Society. I think David would be doing this regardless of whether or not the Hansard Society was doing the research. I also know that other ministers and cabinet ministers want to do the same.<BR/><BR/>I'll post more thoughts on my blog later because I think the real question is can the traditional divisions between civil service and politics be maintained in our more open era. My personal belief is strongly that they can not and should not be.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13441809988487585009noreply@blogger.com