links for 2009-11-01

Active Citizenship

The proportion of citizens actively engaging in decision making about local services has not changed significantly. The survey found just over one in ten (11%) of people were directly involved to some degree in such decisions. The numbers taking part in consultation about local services are likewise static – 20% in 2009, the same level as in 2005. But the number of people engaging more widely in civic participation – eg contacting a councillor, attending a public meeting or signing a petition – has started to decline. The 2009 survey found 34% compared with 38% last year. The figure stood at 38% in 2001.

White people are more likely to take part than BME people: 35% and 24% respectively. Atheists are more likely to take part than faith groups – 40% as opposed to 33% of Christians and 23% of Muslims.

Because if we're honest, if you don't want or need to be first and you don't need to own the platform, it can't be hard to see roughly where this environment is going. Media will be, must be, transportable in bits and delivered to TV screens and various other players.