BlogExploring The Perceptions of Public Access Television
In beginning my thesis this semester to investigate the role of Public Access Television in the Age of YouTube, I’m beginning to shift my approach, once again. Previously, I explored the role of the community media center in the process of public access television. I realized that this is just one of the many roles that community television can play in providing a counter-claim to those who believe that public access television is no longer necessary in a YouTube age.
More recently, as I have noted several times before, I realized that the YouTube v. Public Access TV debate is one of the most profound and consistent themes of my research here to date. A Google search for Public Access Television + YouTube yields quite a range of results, discussions and debates around both media. Therefore, I’ve decided to move this research towards an approach that seeks to better understand mass perceptions of public access television and how both the mainstream media and individuals online frame “the need” for community television in, what has been called, the YouTube age.
Posted in Community Media, Internet, PEGTV, Public Access TV |
February 1st, 2008 at 4:07 pm
Colin,
As a staffmember of a public access station, I appreciate your interest in and open approach to the issue of changes in community media. We find that our center provides a geographic space to establish community: our members learn video production here with others and go on to use YouTube in tandem with our cable distribution so that YouTube actually complements access centers rather than competes with them.
February 2nd, 2008 at 10:04 am
Thanks for your comment, Katherine.
It’s great to hear that your access center is exploring the possibilities of new video distribution methods.
Does your center offer any classes on how producers can utilize both cable and online distribution?