Chris Anderson (journalist)

Chris Anderson

Chris Anderson (* 1961 in London ) is an American journalist and CEO of 3DRobotics and the founder of DIY Drones . From 2001 to 2012 he was editor-in-chief of Wired magazine . Before that, he worked for the British business paper The Economist for seven years , as well as for Nature and Science . He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in physics from George Washington University .

Ideas

Anderson caused a stir in and outside of the computer and media industry with his long-tail theory, which he first introduced in a 2004 article for Wired. In a book of the same name from 2006 (The Long Tail. Why the Future of Business Is Selling Less of More.) He explained it in more detail. It is about the phenomenon that in addition to the so-called blockbusters z. B. in the music business nowadays there is considerable purchasing power even in niche markets with lesser-known artists and so the proportion of hits decreases in relative terms. This is made possible by modern production techniques such as B. Music software for recording music tracks yourself, the Internet as a distribution medium and forums such as MySpace or Amazon , in which the success of a piece of music or an artist is decided less by the advertising messages of the producers than by so-called peers . Anderson is also one of the thought leaders in Web 2.0 journalism. In an interview with Focus Online in 2010 he said: “I don't think in categories like 'journalism' anymore. I am concerned with something else: it is obvious that the internet has opened channels of dissemination to everyone. Nowadays, an overwhelming majority of those who write, produce videos and audio plays - that is, produce all conceivable types of content that was previously reserved for traditional media - have nothing to do with professional journalism. These users are in direct competition with qualified journalists. "

Plagiarism allegation 2009

When presenting his book Free in June 2009, a reviewer accused Anderson of having taken large sections of his book from Wikipedia, among other places. Anderson admitted to having done this; Regrettably, a proper indication of the source was not given in some cases, as he had not found a suitable way of citing in a conversation with the publisher. On his blog, he took responsibility for these errors and noted that they had been corrected in the digital edition of Free . The references were later submitted on his blog.

Fonts

• The Long Tail - the long tail. Niche products instead of the mass market - the business of the future. From the American by Michael Bayer and Heike Schlatterer. Hanser, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-446-40990-3 .
• Free: Business models for the challenges of the Internet. Campus, Frankfurt am Main 2009, ISBN 978-3-593-39088-8 .
• Makers: The Internet of Things: The Next Industrial Revolution . Hanser, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-446-43482-0 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Chris Anderson in the catalog of the German National Library
• Chris Anderson's blog on long tail theory
• Review of Free
• Homepage of 3DRobotics
• Homepage of DIY Drones

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Chris Anderson: Chris Anderson. In: about.me. 2013, accessed January 19, 2013 . 
2. ↑ Interview with Spiegel Online, 2002
3. ↑ Interview with ARTE 2007 ( Memento of the original from January 12, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ^ "Wired" editor-in-chief Chris Anderson: "You have to limit online access". on: focus.de , January 22, 2010.
5. ↑ Virginia Quarterly Review ( Memento of the original from July 7, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , last seen on October 16, 2009.  
6. ^ The Chris Anderson Plagiarism Controversy. on: plagiarismtoday.com , June 24, 2009.
7. ↑ Wired Editor Chris Anderson Admits Plagiarizing Wikipedia In New Book Free. ( Memento of the original from September 18, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on: huffingtonpost.com , June 24, 2009, last viewed October 16, 2009.  
8. ↑ Chris Anderson: FREE Notes (PDF; 85 kB) The Long Tail. Retrieved April 15, 2012.