public media 2.0: a global perspective
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Presented at PH International's Social Media for Social Change conference in Tbilisi, Georgia. April 2010.TRANSCRIPT
Public Media 2.0A Global Perspective
Micael BogarCenter for Social Media American University
Social Media for Social Change Conference
What to Expect:
Introduction Public Media 2.0
Media Literacy Context A Few Examples
A Few Caveats Questions
My History:
Peace Corps Azerbaijan 2003 - 2005
Fulbright Fellow Georgia2007 - 2008
Center for Social Media2008 - 2010
Public Media
www.futureofpublicmedia.net
= Public Media 2.0+ Web 2.0
Public
Publics can disagree,
however they form
with a common central
issue
Media
Public
Publics engage to solve
problems
Media
PublicMedia
Response to failures of government or
corporate institutions
Public
Media as tool to create a dynamic
civil society
Media
PublicGreater agency, sense of self empowermen
tMedia
What is Web 2.0?
What is Web 2.0?
What is Web 2.0?
engaged publics using participatory networked tools
to create change
different manifestations relative to government systems it interacts
with
Public Media 2.0
Global
Public Media 2.0
A Few Examples
Who created this message?
Media Literacy ContextAuthor
Tools
Audience
Message
Missing Information
What creative techniques are used to attract and hold attention?
How might different people understand this message differently?
What values, lifestyles and points of view are represented in this message?
Ushahidi --opensource Open Street Map –wisdom of crowdsGlobal Action Project –youth film fundingDigital Democracy T.V. --transparencySoliya --intentionalFree Emin and Adnan --global
Public Media 2.0 A Few Examples
Crisis Mapping in 2008 Kenya Mashup of Google Maps and UGCOpen Source –free for allUses SMSSwift River
Ushahidi
Author, tools, audience, message, missing information
Open Street Map and HaitiWhere tragedy meets web 2.0Satellite imagesCoding PartiesUshahidi + Open Street Map
Global Action Project
Youth create film to create changeRelevant hard topicsPay per film online distributionYou Tube Channel
Author, tools, audience, message, missing information
Digital Democracy T.V.
Nonprofit uses film to document their workGreat resource for innovative projects Clever project design
Author, tools, audience, message, missing information
SoliyaVideo connected online dialogue between students in Middle East and the West18 Hour Facilitation Course Process MattersPeople are diverse and respectfulAmplify constructive insight
Author, tools, audience, message, missing information
Free Emin and Adnan
Free Emin and AdnanCross-platform outreachSouth Caucasian consensusBottom up Media CoverageCensorship Issue
Author, tools, audience, message, missing information
A Few CaveatsCyber-utopianismAuthoritarian DeliberationSlacktivismLack of Access/ Digital DivideNot in a vacuumLack of institutionalization
For more on these issues see: Evgeny Morozovevgenymorozov.com
CONTACT INFOMicael BogarCenter for Social MediaAmerican University Washington, DC [email protected]