Community Media 2.0 and The Mission of Public Access TV
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There’s so many excellent articles in the Spring Issue of Community Media Review, it’s difficult to know where to begin. For my thesis, the mission of public access TV is the most important part of the project in exploring the present and future of public access media.
But, what does public access media really mean? How is PEG access TV on the web different from other social(able)/participatory media on the web? Does YouTube really = Public Access TV (see earlier post)?
Of course not. But why, exactly?
Here’s what the Issue’s guest editors, Lauren-Glenn Davitian and Kari Peterson have to say (Page 26), with emphasis added:
“No matter what technology we use, community media centers (CMCs) are woven from the dense threads of human relationships. Our primary tool is not the camera or YouTube – it is the stories that each of us tells to make sense of and belong to our local communities.
Storytelling is the traditional role of CMCs. Our networks of producers, volunteers and supporters rely on us to help them frame their stories, tell them for full effect, and figure out how to get the word ‘out there’ to the people who need to hear, understand and take action.”
In the introduction, the editors begin by contextualizing public access media production and distribution within a participatory culture:
“This issue of CMR addresses the questions that arise as we shift from our well-worn ‘TV-centric’ (one-to-many) model to a ‘network-centric’ (many-to-many) model of communications and social influence.
We believe the answers to those questions lie within our deep pockets of community relationships, our ability to help people tell their stories, and our abiding knowledge of media production and distribution tools. ‘Community Media 2.0′ is dedicated to all of the CMCs willing to build on these pillars to ensure public access in their communities, and free speech and open networks for everyone.”
People have written books and articles on the mission of public access TV. I will include them in my research, and I continue to welcome suggestions from those reading this blog. For now, I’m interested in the language being used to connect the mission of Public Access TV to Community Media 2.0.
Here are some key words and phrases I am pulling out from the CMR Issue. Please feel free to add to this list:
Storytelling
Community building
Community empowerment
Media education
Public access
Free speech
Open networks
Maybe this is leading to a chapter title, “Contributions to a Tag Cloud of Public Access Media” . . . Alternately, I could just take a look at the cover.
2 Responses to “Community Media 2.0 and The Mission of Public Access TV”
Community Media: Selected Clippings - 06/18/07 « Clippings for PEG Access Television - June 18th, 2007
[...] stories that each of us tells to make sense of and belong to our local communities.  —> http://cmediachange.net/blog/2007/06/18/community-media-20-and-the-mission-of-public-access-tv/ [...]
catfayetteville.com Blog » Community Media 2.0 and The Mission of Public Access TV - June 19th, 2007
[...] stories that each of us tells to make sense of and belong to our local communities.  —> http://cmediachange.net/blog/2007/06/18/community-media-20-and-the-mission-of-public-access-tv/ [...]
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