Archive for April, 2008

Thesis Submitted and The Work Ahead

I submitted my thesis to the Department of Graduate Studies at Emerson College this afternoon. It’s entitled “Community Media in Transition: Public Access Television in the Age of YouTube.”
I appreciated the feedback I received from my committee during my defense. They recommended that I spend a bit more time on the paper before [...]

Almost . . . There

Well, I just dropped off my thesis to the printer. I’m REALLY hoping that it comes back in one piece. I have to submit it to grad studies in the afternoon, following my defense, and after tracking down all the relevant signatures I need.
I will be providing an open access version of my [...]

“Community Media in a Prosumer Era”

3CMedia, the Journal for Community, Citizen’s and Third Sector Media and Communication published an excellent article, entitled “Community Media in a Prosumer Era,” by Community Communication Scholar Ellie Rennie (author of Community Media: A Global Introduction) in their December 2007 issue.
In her article, Rennie discusses the impacts of convergent media on traditional forms of “broadcast-era” [...]

Free Press State Policy Tracker?

I was looking for Free Press’ State Policy Tracker on their new website to do research for my thesis.  Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like it’s still one of their campaigns.
The old link still works. But not sure how much longer it will be available.  Maybe, I’m missing something?

PEG in a Shifting Media Landscape: Revisited

I recently revisited the audio from the Alliance for Community Media 2006 conference panel, “PEG in a Shifting Media Landscape,” featuring Felicia Sullivan (moderator), Hans Klein (Georgia Tech), Susie Lindsay (Former Berkman Center for Internet and Society Fellow), Michael Eisenmenger (Manhattan Neighborhood Network) and Fred Johnson (Community Media & Technology Program, UMass Boston).
Listen to the [...]

Corporate Media v. Public Access Television

From Community Television of Santa Cruz:
“a parody of the I’m a Mac/I’m a PC ad depicting the differences between Community Television and corporate media. The actors are Jeff Dinnell and Joe Petersen.”