Archive for the ‘Content Management Systems’ Category
Migrating to a Content Management System
Jason Daniels from Medfield Community Cable Access posted notes from the Alliance for Community Media Northeast Region Conference on “Migrating to a CMS.”
“The goal of this session is to get an Access center in the right frame of mind to begin the process of moving their website from a static html site to a dynamic [...]
PEGspace at Drupalcon 2008
For those interested in learning more about the intersection of Public Access Television and free and open source software, Jason Daniels (medfield.tv) forwarded along a link to audio & meeting minutes from a gathering of public broadcasting and public access media folks during the recent Drupal conference held in Boston, this year. Here’s [...]
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 [...]
Denver Open Media: Opening Access DVD
I finally watched my DVD copy of “Opening Access” (photo above) produced by Denver Open Media. It’s an excellent overview of the possibilities that the Internet and user-driven media technologies provide towards revolutionizing Public Access TV. The DVD begins by situating Public Access TV in opposition to corporate television and other commercial media. It [...]
Exploring the Digital Culture within PEG Access Television
I wrote an essay, titled “Community Media in Transition: Exploring the Digital Culture within PEG Access Television.” It is an overview of my research and methods used for this project to date. My hope is that it will serve to help focus my work moving forward.
From the introduction:
In August 2006, following the Alliance for Community [...]
Community Media 2.0 and Leveraging Existing Resources
In the Spring 2007 Issue of CMR, Alliance for Community Media Executive Director, Anthony Riddle writes
“Look at the wonderful opportunities presented by the technologies in this issue of Community Media Review. The presentations only scratch the surface of the possibilities for your PEG community. The truth is, however wonderful each is on its own, [...]
Connecting F/OSS and PEG Access TV
In the Spring Issue of Community Media Review, Felicia Sullivan writes
“These concepts of freedom, transparency, accessibility, creativity, inclusion and community should sound familiar to those of us working in community media. They are the foundations of much of the work in which we are engaged. Therefore, we owe it to ourselves and to our communities [...]
