About
My name is Colin Rhinesmith. I’m the Community Media Coordinator at Cambridge Community Television.
In the fall of 2007, I began my M.A. thesis at Emerson College to explore the intersection of cable access television and web-based community access media with a particular focus on PEG Access TV and its potential within a participatory Internet culture. The writings and media produced for this blog feature much of my research during this process.
My hope is that others will benefit from these conversations and the opportunities for collaboration and discovery found within.
This is my personal blog. The views expressed on this blog are my own. I am not getting paid to write this blog, nor am I speaking on behalf of my employer in any way. Any discussion of things related to my work, or to events I might publicize here, or to themes that also relate to my professional life, is incidental and something I would be doing regardless of my professional circumstances.
(page last updated December 19, 2008)
“Community Media in Transition: PEG Access TV and the Social Web” is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
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I’m also interested in moving public access into the 21st century. I’m currently president of the Board of Directors at our local access station here in Arlington, Virginia. I’d be interested in any case studies you have of stations that started teaching video blogging to members… or other information about how to start the transition into video on the Internet. Let’s talk!
Thanks for your note, Maurice. CCTV in Cambridge, MA and MNN in NYC are two great examples of access centers teaching videoblogging to members and leading the way in this new media space.
I think you’ll find lots of great examples by visiting their sites!
Also, be sure to check out the Alliance 2006 Conference website, as well, (http://acmboston.org). Lots of great resources here for access centers looking to move forward on the web.