Sire asks citizens for input

in Brand Evolution on Aug 15th, 2007 18:32

Dutch foundation Stichting Ideele Reclame asks citizens for input on website www.umaghetzeggen.nl ("you may say it") At this website, the public can leave suggestions for informational and educational campaigns for next year (si, Dutch). Slowly but surely societal opinion forming processes get a different form. Sire used to filter signals out of society, translate these into a central message, which in the end was spread through mass communication. Now citizens get a voice in the choice of the themes for the campaigns. This will evolve into one big societal debate. Every theme will constantly be the topic of conversation. Everybody may say what they think. Everybody may make a videotape and send it in. Others may vote for it. But getting one central message across to everybody will be harder. To make sure we stay connected though, new forms will come into being. This experiment is a small step in that direction.