Archive for February, 2008

Rethinking Participation and Access in Public Access Media

In June 2007, after learning about this project Felicia Sullivan recommended that I read Community Media: A Global Introduction by Ellie Rennie. I’m embarrassed to admit that I’ve only just begun to realize – sigh – what an amazing resource it truly is. Particularly for students and scholars of old and new media interested in [...]

Doc Searls on DTV and the New Localism

An interesting quote from Doc’s recent post at LinuxJournal, titled “What’s Next for Open Source and Public Media?”
“The end of analog terrestrial television will be a big mess and a wake-up call in more ways than we can name. The loss of analog TV’s familiar channels, and in countless cases their signals as well, will [...]

SuzeMuse on Community TV and the Web

Thanks to Rob McCausland of the ACM and Clippings for PEG Access Television, I met Sue Murphy this past week. After blogging about her series on community television and the social web, she contacted me to thank me for my post. We exchanged a series of emails learning more about each other’s experiences and [...]

Public Access Media: The Second Coming of the Social Web?

In searching Radical Software for articles on public access television, I found Ann Arlen’s piece, entitled “Public access: the second coming of television?” from Vol. 1, no. 5 (1972) P. 81-85. In it, the author writes:
“Technology is really nothing – a piece of equipment lying around – until somebody picks it up and uses [...]

Connecting Community TV and The Social Web

SuzeMuse is posting a series of stories about the author’s experience growing up and working in community television in Canada. The series was inspired by a post written by Chris Brogan about social media. In response, the author writes, “Hmmm. Sounds to me like Community Television to me. Over the next few blog posts I [...]

Participatory Media Studies and PEG Access TV

I’m starting to believe – but I hope it’s not true – that the lack of widespread research in Public, Educational and Government (PEG) Access Television studies may have profound consequences for media scholars seeking to understand participatory culture.
Not only is there a huge misunderstanding about the differences between public access television and video sharing [...]

Research Clippings

Governing.com, “The Resource for States and Localities” published an article this week, entitled “Unscripted Ending” written by Josh Goodman. It caught my eye for a number of reasons. One for this Related Links caption (above). And another for the article’s interesting conclusion:
“Can Internet video match public TV as a venue for independent voices? [...]

From Imagining the (Un)thinkable

In 2007, the Funding Exchange Media Justice Fund published a journal, entitled “Imagining the (Un)thinkable” which as the website explains:
“This collection of essays pushes the boundaries of current research on media policy and provides critical information on the potential power of the internet, radio, and community-access TV to enhance social justice movements. Written from [...]

Looking to Barthes for Context and Meaning

Last week, my thesis adviser recommended that I consider cultural studies as an analytic framework for helping me to articulate some of my thoughts on this project. More specifically, it was recommended that I refer back to Roland Barthes and his work in Mythologies. In re-reading “Myth Today,” Barthes begins by explaining that “since [...]

“The Collective Experience in the Moment of YouTube”

Berkeley Community Media is hosting an event later this month, titled “The Collective Experience in the Moment of YouTube.” Here are the details from their website:
“Join members of various media collectives (including Paper Tiger TV & Video Machete) as they reflect on the history, present and future of their practice. Bring your questions, your concern [...]