Archive for April, 2007

Village Voice Interview

I spoke with Mara Altman of the Village Voice today. She’s doing a piece on “public access television and it’s relevancy in the age of YouTube”. She found me through my blog post, “YouTube = Public Access?“. We talked a bit about my graduate thesis project and some of the questions I’m looking for [...]

Citizen Journalism and Public Access TV

CCTV recently received a grant from the Institute of Interactive Journalism for a project to “embed” citizen journalists in communities across Cambridge. Here’s the deal:
“Five segments, one from each of the city’s zip codes, will be produced each month, highlighting news and events from across the city. Segments from each neighborhood will be edited into [...]

YouTube = Public Access?

I’ve created a new page on the wiki, titled “YouTube = Public Access?” to investigate the online narratives surrounding the YouTube/PEG TV debate.
There’s a lot to parse here. On the one hand, local authorities are claiming that YouTube eliminates the need for public access TV. On the other, networked activity is contributing to the mis-understanding [...]

Public Access Celebration Ad from 1972

The advertisement above (at least the top half of it) is from a 1972 issue of Radical Software. Jason Daniels posted a link there on the thesis wiki. He thought there might be some good links here for investigating the early days of PEG access TV. He could not have been more correct.
For the [...]

Why Public Access TV Matters in a Networked Culture

Denver Open Media produced this excellent video that talks about why public access TV is important and it’s potential within a networked culture. Here’s the blip.tv description

“This is a draft of Deproduction’s promotional video for Denver’s new Public Access TV station, Denver Open Media. This is a draft version for review and feedback purposes [...]

Grad Wiki’s Off to A Great Start

So, the wiki’s up and running. There’s some really nice participation on the site so far. Even if you’ve never edited a wiki before, I would recommend checking it out (particularly those in public access, hint, hint). You’ll have to email me though to get access to the site.
I’m still bummed that we can’t seem [...]

How Would You Organize a Research Project . . . ?

I’m thinking about some of the major themes surrounding the transition from PEG access TV to PEG access on the Internet. I’ve listed (or rather brain-dumped) a number of, what I see as, relevant topics related to the project on the thesis wiki.
I’ve separated the research areas between “micro” and “macro” topics. The [...]

Blog in Transition

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 [...]