Archive for December, 2007
Online Information Sharing as Physical Community Building
Drupal content management system (CMS) is an open-source tool that is being used by community media workers to build their access center’s websites (see MNN, Medfield.tv, CCTV and others). Drupal gives users the ability to upload audio, video and images in an interactive environment that extends the physical space of community media to online [...]
Mobile Community Media Centers
Over at the The University of Michigan School of Information’s CIC blog (via Clippings for PEG Access Television), there’s an idea posted about how to revitalize school media centers that have been shut down in “communities that lack the funding.”
“Our goal would not be to replace school media centers or existing community centers. However, our [...]
From “300 Words for the Next 30 Years”
In the Spring/Summer 2006 Issue of CMR, George Stoney writes:
“Last year, when FCC Commissioner Michael Powell and his staff visited Manhattan Neighborhood Network, some suggested that with so many user-friendly tools now in the hands of the public, our practice of giving them access to free studios and equipment was no longer necessary. Maybe, with [...]
