Who Will Pay the Messengers?
Josh Silver – Executive Director of Free Press (organization has been around for 7 years) Involve the public in very important public policy debates – commercial media is abysmal The reliance on coveted advertisers can skew the content and get them to shy away from some very important topics. Reference to Vanity Fair article that [...]
Who will pay the messengers?
Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 “that constitute a source of alternative sources for all . . .” ACCESS to information and networks OUTREACH to underserved communities SERVICE public with information What should public media become given: technological convergence; information abundance; new publics; participatory capabilities The media no longer can just reach out but others also [...]
Who Will Pay the Messengers
LIVE BLOGGING (EXCUSE THE TYPOS) Ellen Goodman – Rutgers University Law School Public Media, from Broadcast to Broadband What is the purpose of public broadcasting? Original vision of 1967 Public Broadcasting Act – very contemporary, ahead of its time – universal service in every community and citizen engagement in every community
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