Writings on Community, Communication, and Culture in the Digital Age
In his remarks at the New Literacy Project‘s DC Kickoff at the E. L. Haynes Public Charter School in Washington yesterday, FCC Commissioner Michael J. Copps explained why youth and adults need “news literacy, digital literacy and media literacy” and described how “community media centers, libraries and PEG centers” can play an important role in supporting this work.
The Commissioner’s full comments are available for download via the FCC here (PDF).
I am developing a pilot study at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to examine what role Public, Educational, and Governmental (PEG) access television stations are playing in the NTIA’s Broadband Technology Opportunities Program.
The purpose of the study is to understand how PEG access centers support sustainable broadband adoption through the use of public computing centers, digital and media literacy training, and other critical community services. This topic is also the focus of my dissertation.
I’ve created a Google Doc to begin compiling this list of PEG Access centers. Please feel free to add your center to the document.
If your PEG access center is involved – either directly or indirectly – in a BTOP project in your state, I hope you will consider contacting me at crhines (AT) illinois (DOT) edu. Please also consider leaving a comment below and I will look forward to following up with you.
Thank you for your time.
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2011 Alliance for Community Media International Conference and Exhibition
Tucson, AZ
July 27, 2011
Broadband Media Centers as Anchor Institutions
Among the Broadband Networks funded by State grants and Federal programs such as BTOP and BIP, are Community Media Centers that have partnered in some of these grant programs and position themselves as Community Anchor Institutions.
This preconference will put the spotlight on how these CMCs have positioned themselves as Libraries. What role will these CMCs play in design, construction and implementation of these networks? What new community communication services will they be able to offer using these wireline and wireless networks? Come and learn the vision and plans of these CMCs and how they will be the prototypes and models for the future of Community Media.
Panel I: The BTOP Grant Process, the Role of CAIs and the Future of Federal Funding
Moderator:
Chuck Sherwood, TeleDimensions
Speakers:
Kathy Bisbee, Community Media Access Partnership
Tony Shawcross, Open Media Foundation
Panel II: Connected Broadband Media Centers and Their New Services
Speakers:
Jay April, Akaku Maui Community Television
Jen Gilomen, Bay Area Video Coalition
John Hauser , Access Humboldt
Craig Sinclair, Amherst Media
The video from our session at this year’s eChicago conference is available on the eBlackCU website. The session details are below:
Building Community Through Broadband Media
eChicago 2011
UIC April 23
Computers and broadband technology present exciting opportunities and, at times, exhausting challenges for community-based media organizations in the digital age. The persistence of the digital divide has led many organizations to incorporate print, radio, and cable access television mediums with web-based offerings to serve their constituents information needs. Come learn how non-profit community media organizations in the Chicago area have embraced new technology to build community through broadband media.
Chair: Colin Rhinesmith, Information in Society Doctoral Fellow, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Panelists:
Tiffany Bosley, Nonprofit Services Manager, Chicago Access Network Television
Adriana Gallardo, Director of Youth Media, Radio Arte
Ethan Michaeli, Executive Director, We The Peoples’ Media/The Residents’ Journal
Frances Roehm, SkokieNet Librarian and Community Liaison, Skokie Public Library
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