Disruptive Media

For me, there isn't such a thing as Disruptive Media, although I like the trendy and edgy feel the term has, there are just structures and organisations ripe to be re-invented and improved.

The printing press changed everything, removing the need to hire a monastery of monks to publish material. The internet has widened the world of publishing to be more democratic and accessible.You might argue that this democratizing of the ability to share ideas has meant that quality has declined, but if you did I ask for a copy of your argument on a hand-painted illuminated scroll with gold leaf decoration.

Let's instead focus on the positive aspects of technological and social creativity rather than the negative connotations of disruption to the old guard. Blogs and email now mean that your MP has to be Being Seen To Be Listening, and has to be more transparent and so their lives have been disrupted by the introduction of these new technologies.

And about time!