{"id":3621,"date":"2013-05-06T17:24:52","date_gmt":"2013-05-06T07:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/australiansforhonestpolitics.wordpress.com\/?p=3621"},"modified":"2019-04-13T23:24:15","modified_gmt":"2019-04-13T13:24:15","slug":"time-to-get-nbn-active-geny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/time-to-get-nbn-active-geny\/","title":{"rendered":"Time to get NBN active, GenY"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3623\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3623\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3623\" alt=\"Fraudband vs NBN: Live Streaming over copper.\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/bjunbrkcaaaazih.jpg?resize=600%2C450\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/bjunbrkcaaaazih.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/bjunbrkcaaaazih.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3623\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fraudband vs NBN: Live streaming over copper.<\/p><\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">By\u00a0<a title=\"Steve\u00a0Jenkin\" href=\"http:\/\/australiansforhonestpolitics.wordpress.com\/steve-jenkin\/\">Steve Jenkin<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Source:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/stevej-on-it.blogspot.com.au\/2013\/05\/nbn-gen-ymillennials-need-to-step-up.html?m=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/stevej-on-it.blogspot.com.au\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">May 6, \u00a02013<\/p>\n<p>Josh Taylor of ZDnet\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/au\/hangout-with-turnbull-and-conroy-on-zdnet-7000014432\/\">conducted a 45-minute &#8220;Communications Debate&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0between Conroy and Turnbull today. He did a splendid job with a couple of unruly protagonists not out of place in a kindergarden.<br \/>\nMy praise and plaudits to Josh: well done, for conceiving and carrying out this head-to-head.<\/p>\n<p>The most reported part of the &#8220;Debate&#8221; was when Conroy got under Turnbull&#8217;s skin and was called &#8220;a grub&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"more\"><\/a>There are a few things about this &#8220;Debate&#8221; I think are imporant:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Turnbull had a very informed and tech-savvy audience, yet maintained his argumentative, &#8220;content-free&#8221; style, reiterated vague generalities and platitudes and trotted out the same old electioneering phrases.<\/li>\n<li>The people who are\u00a0<i>very<\/i>\u00a0interested in the NBN are Gen-Y, but seem strangely silent in my world:\n<ul>\n<li>They are the &#8220;digital natives&#8221;, born since the release of the IBM PC and Apple Mac.<\/li>\n<li>They know and care about computing and its most recent game-changer, the Internet.<\/li>\n<li>Their lives, values and views are defined and shaped by the Internet, increasingly by Social Media.<\/li>\n<li>They can expect to live with this decision for the next 50 years.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>They are, or should be, highly motivated to get the best Value for Money NBN, not in the immediate term, but for the rest of their lives.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>People came along to the debate wanting more than a slanging match and a repetition of the same hackneyed phrases.<\/li>\n<li>Turnbull repeated the same &#8220;talk over what you don&#8217;t like&#8221; tactic that got his microphone turned off on Triple-J Hack.\n<ul>\n<li>He has\u00a0<i>still<\/i>\u00a0not learned to be considerate &amp; respectful of the moderator.<\/li>\n<li>Why would a politician whose electoral success depends on the media, deliberately &#8220;burn&#8221; media contacts, especially Gen-Ys for whom\u00a0<i>the NBN really matters?<\/i>\u00a0It&#8217;s bizarre in the extreme. Either he can&#8217;t help himself or means to do it.<\/li>\n<li><i>The media places Turnbull is no longer welcome<\/i>\u00a0will soon become a story in itself.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I think Turnbull misjudged his audience, treating them like the\u00a0<i>usual<\/i>\u00a0Mainstream Media, and either underestimated Conroy or came unprepared (shown by retreating to personal abuse) and didn&#8217;t say anything new, nor clearly &amp; succinctly\u00a0<i>answer<\/i>\u00a0the questions asked.<br \/>\nYes, he talked, a lot, and in the moment always sounds plausible.<br \/>\nBut as one tweeter opined:\u00a0<i>What did he say? I can&#8217;t remember now he&#8217;s stopped talking.<\/i><br \/>\n<i>\u00a0<\/i><br \/>\nTurnbull threw away a massive opportunity: he could&#8217;ve sold\u00a0<i>himself<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0<i>his plan<\/i>\u00a0to the technical influencers in the electorate. And done so easily &amp; simply by clearly annunciating his intentions.<br \/>\n<i>\u00a0<\/i><br \/>\nThe bigger question, the headline of this piece, is the comparative\u00a0<i>silence<\/i>\u00a0of Gen-Y in this NBN debate. If Turnbull was bombarded with 5-10,000 emails and tweets after\u00a0<i>each<\/i>\u00a0of his obnoxious media performances, like today&#8217;s, would he moderate his behaviour?\u00a0<i>You bet!<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Gen-Y can take onto itself using the tools that it understands and uses everyday to make its point. We&#8217;ve yet to see a spate of mashups or clips ridiculing Turnbull as he pompously stabs his finger making one asinine, misleading point after another. The way the &#8220;Kony 2012&#8221; meme spread displays what\u00a0<i>is<\/i>\u00a0possible, when driven by someone who cares about a topic.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>While those might get engagement with Gen-Y, they wouldn&#8217;t get through to the politicians and their parties.<\/p>\n<p>If Gen-Y wants a better future\u00a0<i>for itself<\/i>, it has to\u00a0<i>work for it<\/i>. That means talking to Politicians and Parties in the language\u00a0<i>they\u00a0<\/i>understand and in the forums\u00a0<i>they<\/i>, not Gen-Y, look to.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3625\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3625\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3625\" alt=\"ZDNet journalist Josh Taylor\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/josh.png?resize=515%2C256\" width=\"515\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/josh.png?w=515&amp;ssl=1 515w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/josh.png?resize=300%2C149&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3625\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ZDNet journalist Josh Taylor<\/p><\/div>\n<p>First, Gen-Y needs to recognise that Politicians only\u00a0<i>appear<\/i>\u00a0deaf; they are, in fact,\u00a0<i>vitally<\/i>\u00a0attuned to polls and market sentiment. Their #1 priority is getting re-elected: No votes, no job. Polls are what Pollies live and die by. Affect them and affect the policies.<\/p>\n<p>But\u00a0<i>only<\/i>\u00a0talking to your mates and having a bit of fun on social media isn&#8217;t enough.\u00a0Gen-Y has to reach out\u00a0<i>to others, in their heartland,\u00a0<\/i>to make their message heard:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The politicians and their parties are &#8220;old-school&#8221;, they will sit up and take notice of calls, letters and emails, more than SMS and social media.<\/li>\n<li>Their parents, as much as anyone, need to be &#8220;sold&#8221; on the idea that\u00a0<i>The Internet<\/i>\u00a0is here to stay and will be the economic, cultural and political enabler and field of discourse in the future.\n<ul>\n<li>Gen-Y will depend on The Net for their livelihood, entertainment and information\/news.<\/li>\n<li>They want the best Bang for Buck over 25 years, not just 5 years.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Gen-Y has to\u00a0<i>sell<\/i>\u00a0its concerns and messages to older generations and get them on-side, not bitch and moan amongst themselves and descend into &#8220;Learned Helplessness&#8221;.\n<ul>\n<li>The &#8220;shock-jocks&#8221;, especially on AM radio spin a message to older Australians.<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s up to Gen-Y to counter those arguments to individual listeners, if they don&#8217;t agree and don&#8217;t want the future presented there.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Vietnam Moratorium marches and demonstrations were the Baby Boomers collectively putting their views about\u00a0<i>their future\u00a0<\/i>to older generations and affecting the political process. The nature of war\u00a0in the West\u00a0changed fundamentally: conscripts and lots of casualties became politically non-viable. Warfare became very expensive and &#8220;messages&#8221; tightly scripted and controlled.<\/p>\n<p>Gen-Y has to understand that it gets ONE chance to create the Internet it will have to live with\u00a0<i>daily<\/i>\u00a0for the next 50 years. This is that one chance,\u00a0<i>now<\/i>.<br \/>\nThey have a voice, they have to learn to use it, they have to fight for what they believe in and want or &#8216;forever hold your peace&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Read more:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Permanent Link to Coalition\u2019s 10% NBN cost save locks us out of massive\u00a0upside\" href=\"http:\/\/australiansforhonestpolitics.wordpress.com\/2013\/04\/29\/coalitions-10-nbn-cost-save-locks-us-out-of-massive-upside\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Coalition\u2019s 10% NBN cost save locks us out of massive\u00a0upside<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By\u00a0Steve Jenkin Source:\u00a0http:\/\/stevej-on-it.blogspot.com.au\/ May 6, \u00a02013 Josh Taylor of ZDnet\u00a0conducted a 45-minute &#8220;Communications Debate&#8221;\u00a0between Conroy and Turnbull today. He did a splendid job with a couple of unruly protagonists not out of place in a kindergarden. My praise and plaudits to Josh: well done, for conceiving and carrying out this head-to-head. 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