Archive for the ‘YouTube’ Category
YouTube AND Public Access Television
On my way into work this morning, I noticed an article in the Boston Metro entitled, “Pol eye YouTube for city life.” In it, Greg St. Martin talks about how Boston City Councilor, Rob Consalvo is interested in using YouTube to “broadcast” PSA’s to reach younger audiences. Martin adds,
“Consalvo said the city [...]
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 [...]
“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” [...]
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 [...]
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? [...]
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 [...]
Ojai Valley News Blog on Public Access TV in CA
Ojai Valley News Blog reports on AB 2987, the Digital Infrastructure and Competition Act of 2006, and its potential impact on public access television in the state of California.
“Bill Rosendahl, former CEO of Southern California Adelphia, Ojai’s cable provider before Time Warner and present Los Angeles councilman, said that Time Warner would probably toss out [...]
AJC.com Article on YouTube and Public Access TV
As readers of this blog know, I’ve been tracking some of the online narratives surrounding public access television production in an age when YouTube and other video sharing websites have grown in popularity. This week, thanks again to Clippings for PEG Access Television, I found another article at AJC.com particularly troubling in the lack of [...]
Audio Documentary on Community Media in the YouTube Age
For his graduate audio production course at Emerson College, my fellow grad student and CCTV colleague John Donovan (above) sat down with staff and members at Cambridge Community Television to find out “why community media still matters” in a YouTube age.
In this 11-minute podcast, John first spoke with members of the staff who told him [...]
