What started here as a blog to discuss technological developments and innovation in PEG Access TV is now transitioning towards my M.A. thesis project at Emerson College to further explore these and other issues. While the project is not set to “officially” begin until the Fall 2007, I’m working on a number of things in the meantime, including gathering relevant background information.
More importantly, I’ve gotten the thumbs up to make this thesis project as collaborative as possible = excellent. In other words: if you currently work or have worked at the intersection of PEG Access TV and new media technologies please consider participating in this collaborative research project.
Ways To Participate:
- Wiki: The fine folks at Emerson’s Instructional Technology Group set me up with a wiki for my thesis. Please help build it!
- Blog: This blog is soon moving to cmediachange.net, where I hope to blog more regularly beginning as soon as it’s up (hopefully later this week). If you are interested in blogging for the site, please email me @ colin_rhinesmith (AT) emerson (DOT) edu.
- Del.icio.us: tag your bookmarks with cmediachange.
- Flickr: tag your photos with cmediachange.
- Propose your own ways to participate on the wiki or here on this blog.
(In related news) In early March, Felicia Sullivan (Organizers’ Collaborative) was kind enough to speak with me for a Community Media in Transition podcast. I haven’t had much time to work on the video, but I’m hoping to post the audio and video very soon (by tomorrow).
Lastly, I would like to thank everyone who has participated in this blog or who has linked here. Through this site, I have seen real enthusiasm and excitement around this topic. I hope this next phase will be another opportunity to contribute to the larger conversation about the unique and vital role of PEG access TV and the communities they serve.
I’m really glad to hear you received the go-ahead to make your thesis project collaborative. I think you’ll have a much better final product and also learn how to better manage collaborative projects. The latter becoming an ever more important skill.
I’m looking forward to participating!
Excellent! You’re experience and insight will be invaluable.