Archive for February, 2005
Monday, February 28th, 2005
The participatory media reading group at the University of Illinois will host a talk by Pete Tridish of the Prometheus Radio Project on March 8, at 4:30pm. Prometheus Radio Project is a collective of radio activists that serves as a micro-radio resource center and public interest advocate on micro-radio issues. ...
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Monday, February 28th, 2005
Tim Bray disagreed with Stephen Downes but I found his suggestion of integrating FOAF into RSS feeds as a means to get beyond the single 'blogosphere' model intriguing. I'm not sure it's the best solution, or even particularly workable, but it is an attempt to get at the problems around ...
Posted in Computing Technology, Online communication | Comments Off on Dissecting the blogosphere
Sunday, February 27th, 2005
Courtesy of Prometheus's Stubblefield list I encountered this fascinating example of "the immense practical use of the electromagnetic spectrum, using low end technology to leverage an enormous benefit." In short outdoor an example of an outdoor concert in India that used radio transmitters and small speakers placed throughout the audience ...
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Saturday, February 26th, 2005
The radio phone-in as radical access tool? In the midst of a piece about pirate/free radio the section tracing the autonomist/radical roots of the call-in (and referencing Brecht among many others) is intriguing. The piece comes from the Seizing the Airwaves handbook.
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Saturday, February 26th, 2005
I just came, today, across an interesting new website, Unpacking my Library, run by an NYC Indymedia activist. It's focused on research on participatory journalism and already has some interesting posts. Definitely something that will be staying in my RSS reader.
Speaking of readers, I can't speak highly enough of NewsFire. ...
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Saturday, February 26th, 2005
This is interesting. Students at TCD in Dublin have voted against having their Union push for TCD to become a 'safe' zone for consumption of cannabis
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Friday, February 25th, 2005
Community Radio has, of course, been extending in reach over the last decade or more (as noted in, for instance, UNESCO's World Communications Report) but this article gives an interesting overview of the differences in growth and emphasis in different areas globally. Of particular note is that some parts of ...
Posted in Alternative Media, International law and structures, Media regulation, Radio | Comments Off on Global perspectives on community radio/media
Friday, February 25th, 2005
I recently mentioned the objections some people have to the term piracy in the context of a piece on pirate radio. Of course the term is also used in relation to unauthorised/illegal copying of copyright material, as I mentioned in passing, and I've just encountered, once again, RMS's comments. I ...
Posted in Alternative Media, Intellectual property issues, Media regulation, Political activism | Comments Off on More on piracy
Thursday, February 24th, 2005
The BCI held a policy review meeting last Monday and has now issued the notes from that meeting. There are some interesting points for anyone watching the future of broadcasting in Ireland. Among the major points:
The BCI will undertake a consultation shortly on allowing exemptions from the 20% news/C.A. requirement.BCI ...
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Thursday, February 24th, 2005
Long time funferal readers will remember my post about the death of the Galway street entertainer Johnny Massacre. Now there are proposals (from Green Party councillor Niall Ó Brolcháin) to erect a monument in his memory at the spot he made his own. Street entertainment - buskers and others - ...
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