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Creative Content, Information Culture & Social Change
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Articles David Bollier and Tim Watts, "Saving the Information Commons: A New Public Interest Agenda in Digital Media" (PDF), 2002 Andrew Spencer Goldman, “When New Media Turns Old” August 2001 |
Online Publications |
Reports American Library Association, "Principles for the Networked World" (PDF), February 2003 Nancy Kranich, "The Information Commons--A Public Policy Report" Spitfire Strategies, “The Activation Point” Adrienne Russell, Mimi Ito, Todd Richmond and Marc Tuters “Networked Public Culture” |
Books Henry Jenkins, Convergence Culture (New York University Press, 2006) Henry Jenkins Fans, Bloggers and Gamers (New York University Press, 2006) Lawrence Lessig, The Future of Ideas: The Fate of the Commons in a Connected World (New York, NY: Random House, 2001) Newton Minow and Lawrence Grossman, A Digital Gift to the Nation: Fulfilling the Promise of the Digital and Internet Age (New York, NY: Century Foundation Press, 2001) Kathryn Montgomery, Generation Digital: Politics, Commerce, and Childhood in the Age of the Internet (MIT Press, 2007) Howard Rheingold, The Virtual Community (MIT Press, 2000) Howard Rheingold, Smart Mobs: The Next Social Revolution (Perseus Books Group, 2002) Ito, Daisuke Okabe, and Misa Matsuda Personal, Portable, Pedestrian: Mobile Phones in Japanese Life (MIT Press, August 2005) Peter Karoff, The World We Want" (AltaMira Press, Jan. 2007)
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Digital Divide/Universal Service
General Federal Communications Commission, Universal Service |
Articles Mark Glaser, “Your Guide to the Digital Divide”, January 2007 Waleed al-Shobakky, “PCs for the Poor: As Good as Their Hype?”, July 2006 |
Online Publications First Monday: Peer-reviewed Journal on the Internet |
Reports National Telecommunications and Information Administration, "Americans in the Information Age: Falling Through the Net" October 2000. Children's Partnership, "Online Content for Low-Income and Underserved Americans: The Digital Divide's New Frontier", Wendy Lazarus and Francisco Mora. March 2000. MIT Conference, “Race in the Digital Space” 2001. AUDIO Benton Foundation, “Great Expectations: Leveraging America’s Investment in Educational Technology”, (PDF) 2002. |
Books Benjamin M. Compaine, The Digital Divide: Facing a Crisis or Creating a Myth? (Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2001) Barbara Monroe, Crossing the Digital Divide: Race, Writing, and Technology in the Classroom (New York: Teachers College Press, 2004) Karen Mossberger, Caroline J. Tolbert, and Mary Stansbury, Virtual Inequality: Beyond the Digital Divide (Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2003) Pippa Norris, et al, Digital Divide: Civic Engagement, Information Poverty, and the Internet Worldwide (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2001) Lisa J. Servon, Bridging the Digital Divide: Technology, Community, and Public Policy (London: Blackwell Publishers, 2002) Mark Warschauer, Technology and Social Inclusion: Rethinking the Digital Divide (Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2003) William Wresch, Disconnected: Haves and Have-Nots in the Information Age (New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1996)
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Digital Marketing & Privacy
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General Child Online Protection Act (COPA) Russel Shaw “Behavioral Targeting 101” iMedia Connection Michael Garrity “Behavioural Targeting – ‘Smart’ Marketing or Dangerous Privacy Violation?” September 2006.
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Articles EPIC. “Tools for Protecting Online Privacy” The.Next.Net “Eyeballing the Value of Web 2.0 Startups” Agency Presse France “New Era Online Ads Target Consumer Tastes”, 2007 Jeff Cole “Tracking the Online Community”, AUDIO, March 2007 Cecile Daurat “AOL Offers Ads Linked to Results of Searches”, Washington Post, April 2007 Michelle Megna “Oh Behave: Do Ads Work Best Out of Context?”, E-Commerce Guide, November 2006 David Armano “It’s the Conversation Economy, Stupid” Business Week, April 2007 Business Week “The Sell-Phone Revolution” April 2007 Catherine Holahan “Taking Aim at Targeted Advertising” Business Week, November 2006 Richard Waters "Google's DoubleClick Bid Draws Complaint" Financial Times, April 2007 Andy Chen "Targeting the Social Behavior" |
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Online Publications ClickZ: Internet Marketing Solutions for Marketers IAB Smartbrief,, Interactive Advertising Bureau paidContent.org: The Economics of Content Search Engine Land: A news and information site covering search engine marketing, searching issues and the search engine industry. Search Engine Watch: Provides tips and information about searching the web, analysis of the search engine industry and help to site owners trying to improve their ability to be found in search engines.
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Reports Ariel Feldman, J. Alex Halderman, Edward W. Felten “Security Analysis of the Diebold AccuVote-TS Voting Machine” (PDF) National Telecommunications and Information Administration, Online Privacy Technologies Workshop Oppenheimer “The Digital Consumer: Examining Trends in Digital Media” (PDF) Yahoo! Summit Series, OMD “Truly, Madly, Deeply Engaged” (PDF) Akamai, “Successful Social Networking and User-Generated-Content Applications: What You Need to Know” (PDF) Forrester Research “The Reality of Behavioral Ad Targeting” (PDF) PiperJaffray, “The User Revolution” (PDF), February 2007. |
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Books Philip E. Agre and Marc Rotenberg, eds., Technology and Privacy: The New Landscape (Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1998) Fred H. Cate, Privacy in the Information Age (Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 1997) Simson Garfinkel, Database Nation: The Death of Privacy in the 21st Century (Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly, 2001) Rob Graham,Fishing From a Barrel: Using Behavioral Targeting to Reach the Right People with the Right Ads at the Right Time (Learning Craft Press) Joe Plummer, Steve Rappaport, Taddy Hall, and Robert Barocci, The Online Advertising Playbook (Wiley) Daniel J. Solove, The Digital Person: Technology And Privacy In The Information Age (New York: New York University Press, 2004)
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Digital Television
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Wikipedia, “Digital Television” Federal Communications Commission, Digital Television, FCC Consumer Facts Peter H. Putman, "The Basics Of Digital Television", FAQ Current Briefing, “Digital Television and Public Television”
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Articles Online Newshour, “TV Goes Digital” Interview April 1997. Digital Television Testimony of Gigi Sohn, Media Access Project. Michael Calabrese, “Completing the Digital Television Transition: A Consumer Converter Subsidy Can Reduce the Deficit and Redeploy UHF Spectrum for Wireless Broadband" (PDF), Testimony, June 2004
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Online Publications
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Reports UK Cabinet Office “Digital Television: A Policy Framework for Accessing E-Government Services” (PDF) November 2003.
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Books Jeffrey A. Hart Technology, Television and Competition (Cambridge University Press, 2005) |
Intellectual Property & Copyright
International Telecommunications Policy
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Federal Communications Commission, International Bureau International Telecommunications Union, Economies by Broadband Penetration, 2004 Wikipedia, “Global Internet Usage” (Total number of Internet users, Languages used on the Internet)
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Articles InfoWorld “EU May Seek to Split Telco Monopolies” June 2006 |
Online Publications APCNews, The Association for Progressive Communications |
Reports World Summit on the Information Society, "Civil Society Declaration, 'Shaping Information Societies for Human Needs' OURMedia International Conference Abstracts, (PDF) 2007 Michael H. Ryan “Structural Separation: A Prerequisite for Effective Telecoms Competiton?” (PDF) Ofcom, “Communications – The Next Decade” |
Internet & Broadband Policy
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Federal Communications Commission, “Broadband”
Wikipedia, "Broadband Internet Access”
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Articles CNet, "Bandwidth Roundtable", 2004 Ben Scott and Craig Aaron, Tom Paine.com, United States of Broadband, July 2005
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Online Publications CED (Communications Engineering & Design) Law Meme, Yale Law School National Journal's Tech Daily Dose: The standard for news and information on technology politics and policy. Warren's Washington Internet Daily: Covers everyone -- at any level of government, in industry groups, in the courts or elsewhere -- who is setting rules for the Internet. |
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Reports
Tim Wu, "The Broadband Debate: A User's Guide," Journal of Telecommunications and High Technology Law, Vol. 3, No. 69, 2004.
David Isenberg, “The Rise of the Stupid Network”, June 1997.
Communications Workers of America, “Speed Matters: Affordable High Speed Internet for All” (PDF) October 2006.
Edward W. Felten “Nuts and Bolts of Network Neutrality” (PDF). July 2006.
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Books Tim Wu and Jack Goldsmith. Who Controls the Internet? Illusions of a Borderless World ( Oxford University Press, 2006).
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Media Policy & Ownership
General Federal Communications Commission, “2006 Review of the Media Ownership Rules” The Museum of Broadcast Communications “Public Interest, Convenience and Necessity”
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Articles Frontline, "Media Giants" Mark Crispin Miller, "The Big Ten", The Nation, January 2002. Alison Gregor, “What’s Spanish for ‘Big Media”, 2003. Global Issues, "Corporate Influence in the Media"
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Online Publications Online NewsHour “How relaxing FCC ownership rules have affected the media business” Media Access Project, Comprehensive 2002 Media Ownership Proceeding in the FCC Journalism.org, Media Ownership and Deregulation Media Channel, "Why Ownership Rules Matter And What You Can Do" XChange Online Communications Daily: The authoritative service dedicated to covering telecom regulation, legislation and policy development. Written by journalists who understand the industry inside and out.
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Reports Federal Communications Commission, Media Ownership Working Group Studies Free Expression Policy Project. “Fact Sheets on Media Democracy” New America Foundation, “Citizen’s Guide to the Airwaves”, July 2003. |
Books Ken Auletta, Backstory: Inside the Business of News (New York: Penguin Books, 2003) Ben H. Bagdikian, The New Media Monopoly (Boston: Beacon Press, 2004) Erik Barnouw, Conglomerates and the Media (New York: New Press, 1998) Elliot D. Cohen, News Incorporated: Corporate Media Ownership And Its Threat To Democracy (New York: Prometheus Books, 2005) Mark Cooper, Media Ownership and Democracy in the Digital Information Age, Center for Information and Society, Stanford Law School Mark Cooper, The Case Against Media Consolidation (pdf), 2006. Gillian Doyle, Media Ownership: Concentration, Convergence and Public Policy (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2002) Dan Gillmor, We the Media (Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly, 2004) James T. Hamilton, All the News That's Fit to Sell: How the Market Transforms Information into News (New York: Princeton University Press, 2003) Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky, Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media (New York: Pantheon, 2002) Robert W. McChesney, Corporate Media and the Threat to Democracy (New York: Seven Stories Press, 1997) Robert W. McChesney, The Problem of the Media: U.S. Communication Politics in the Twenty-First Century (New York: Monthly Review Press, 2004) Robert W. McChesney, Rich Media, Poor Democracy: Communication Politics in Dubious Times (New York: New Press, 2000) Robert W. McChesney and John Nichols, Our Media, Not Theirs: The Democratic Struggle Against Corporate Media (New York: Seven Stories Press 2002) Paul Starr, The Creation of the Media (New York: Basic Books, 2004) Kathryn Montgomery, Target: Prime Time (Oxford University Press, 2001)
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New Media
General TechSoup “Everything You Need to Know about Web 2.0” Tim O’Reilly “What Is Web 2.0”, September 2005 Wikipedia, “Web 2.0”
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Articles Patricia Aufderheide, Is Wikipedia the New Townhall, March 2007. Netcentric Campaigns “Why Organize in Second Life?” Apophenia, “Web 1-2-3” |
Online Publications First Monday: Peer-reviewed Journal on the Internet
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Reports Dotorganize.net, “Online Technology for Social Change: From Struggle to Strategy” September 2006. The New Media Consortium, “Horizon Report” (PDF), 2007. Marty Kearns, Green Media Toolshed “Network-Centric Advocacy” (PDF) David Bollier “Political Advocacy and the Networked Culture” (PDF), March 2006 Cynthia M. Gibson “Citizens at the Center: A New Approach to Civic Engagement” (PDF) Case Foundation Jillaine Smith, Martin Kearns, Allison Fine "Power to the Edges: Trends and Opportunities in Online Civic Engagement " (PDF), 2005
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Books Yochai Benkler, The Wealth of Networks (Yale University Press, May 2006) Jeff Chester, Digital Destiny: New Media and the Future of Democracy (New Press, 2007) Doc Searls, David Wienberger, Christopher Locke, Rick Levine Cluetrain Manifesto (Perseus Books Group, 2001)
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Public Broadcasting/Media
Public-, Educational-, and Government-Access Cable Channels
General Bill Olson “The History of Public Access Television”, 2000. The Museum of Broadcast Communications “Public Access Television”
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Articles Scripps News, “Youth Journalists Talk About Public Access TV”, March 2007. Democracy Now! “Local Public Access TV Under Attack From Trio of Congressional Bills”, 2005.
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Online Publications
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Reports Douglas Kellner “Public Access Television and the Struggle for Democracy” (PDF) Kelly Anderson and Annie Goldson “Alternating Currents: Alternative Television Inside and Outside of the Academy” 1993. Manhattan Neighborhood Network “Save Access TV Toolkit: Tools for a Democratic Media” (PDF) 2006.
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Books Laura R. Linder, Public Access Television : America's Electronic Soapbox (Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 1999) |
Spectrum Reform
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General Federal Communications Commission, Spectrum Greater Democracy, Open Spectrum FAQ Wikipedia, Open Spectrum
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Articles Michael Calabrese, "Spectrum Reform an Urgent U.S. Priority," The Hill, 4 Feb. 2004 International Telecommunications Union, "Spectrum Reform" Peter Pitsch, "The Future of Radio Spectrum Policy," (PDF) Technology@Intel Magazine Clay Shirky, "The Possibility of Spectrum as a Public Good" August 2004. Gregory Staple and Kevin Werbach, "The Coming Spectrum Explosion--A Regulatory and Business Primer" (PDF)
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Reports New America Foundation “Speeding the DTV Transition: Facts and Policy Options”, (PDF)Wireless Future Program, May 2005. Ellie Rennie, “Community Spectrum Taskforce” (PDF), March 2006. New America Foundation & Center for International Media Action, “Building Constituents for Spectrum Policy Change” September 2006.
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Books G.R. Faulhaber, The Future of Wireless Telecommunications: Spectrum as a critical resource, (2006) Jennifer A. Manner, Spectrum Wars: The Policy and Technology Debate (Artech House, 2003)
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State/Local Telecommunications Regulation
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Articles Carol Ellison, EWeek, “Municipal Broadband Bills Come Under Fire” Bob Wallace, Xchange, “Municipalities take FCC to Court in Video Franchise Fight”, April 2007. Art Brodsky, “FCC Actions on Video Franchise Won’t Help Consumers”, December 2006.
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Online Publications Government Technology’s Digital Communities
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Reports Sharon E. Gillett, William H. Lehr, and Carlos Osorio, "Local Government Broadband Initiatives" 2003.James N. Horwood and Allison L. Driver, Spiegel & McDiarmid, "Legal Issues Understanding the Challenges - Municipal Entry: What is Really at Stake", (PDF) March 2003 |
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CDD's Blog Log
A list of blogs relating to the policies, politics and philosophies of the media, communications and Internet environment.
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New Media Culture
Confessions of an Aca-Fan: The official weblog of Henry Jenkins
Apophenia: Buzzwords in my world include: identity, context, social network sites, youth culture, social media, performance, Friendster, MySpace, Facebook. I use this blog to express random thoughts about whatever i'm thinking about.
Lessig blog: A Professor of Law at Stanford Law School and founder of the school's Center for Internet and Society.He chairs the Creative Commons project, and serves on the board of the Free Software Foundation, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Public Library of Science, and Public Knowledge. He is also a columnist for Wired.Professor Lessig teaches and writes in the areas of constitutional law, contracts, and the law of cyberspace.
The Long Tail: Chris Anderson's public diary on themes around the book, The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More
Joho the Blog: A technologist, professional speaker, and commentator, probably best known as co-author of the Cluetrain Manifesto (originally a website, and eventually a book, which has been described as "a primer on Internet marketing"). Weinberger's work focuses on how the Internet is changing human relationships, communication, and society.
Social Media: Blog by social media strategist, JD Lasica
Doc Searls’ weblog: A writer, speaker and consultant on topics that arise where technology and business meet. He is the Senior Editor of Linux Journal, the premier Linux monthly and one of the world's leading technology magazines.He is co-author of The Cluetrain Manifesto: The End of Business as Usual, a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Borders Books and Amazon.com bestseller.
Scripting News: Dave Winer pioneered the development of weblogs, syndication (RSS), podcasting, outlining, and web content management software; former contributing editor at Wired Magazine, research fellow at Harvard Law School, entrepreneur, and investor in web media companies.
Groundswell: A spontaneous movement of people connecting, using online tools, taking charge of their own experience, and getting what they need – information, support, ideas, products, and bargaining power – from each other.
Online Communities - Australia and Global: Online Communities are changing the way our society interacts, at a local, Australian and global level. Participatory journalism and user generated content provide us with the mechanism to observe, record and dissect the changes. Interesting times bring interesting discussions - the dialogue is the content!
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Digital Marketing Industry
David Henderson's Blog: Personal views and collected news stories from the view of a digital marketing manager
E-Gain New Media: Views from a UK search engine optimization company
Brian White: a Program Manager in Google’s Search Quality group. He spends the vast majority of his time working to curb efforts aimed at gaming Google’s natural search results. He’s also interested in educating regular folks in search engine best practices.
John Batelle Search Blog: Thoughts on the intersection of search, media, technology, and more.
Search Engine Watch: Provides tips and information about searching the web, analysis of the search engine industry and help to site owners trying to improve their ability to be found in search engines.
Online Marketing Blog: An internet marketing blog about the intersection of social media, search marketing and online public relations.
Yahoo Search Marketing Blog: The official weblog about Yahoo!'s paid search products.
Publishing 2.0: A blog about the (r)evolution of media, driven by the migration of media to the Web and new digital technologies.
Micro Persuasion: Steve Rubel on how technology is revolutionizing media and marketing.
Marketing Pilgrim: Launched by internet marketing expert Andy Beal in September 2005. As a follow-up to Beal’s award-winning search marketing blog, Marketing Pilgrim expands its coverage to bring the latest news, rumors and reviews of all things related to internet marketing and online advertising.
Google Policy Blog: Google's views on government, policy and politics.
Canadian Privacy Law Blog: Developments in privacy law and writings of a Canadian privacy lawyer, containing information related to the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (aka PIPEDA) and other Canadian and international laws.
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Policy Wonks & Watchdogs
Wetmachine: Harold Feld’s Tales of the Sausage Factory
Truth, Justice, and Telecom Policy: J.H. Snider's quixotic blog about telecom policy
Digital Destiny: Jeff Chester reports on digital media and the public interest
Mediacitizen: A crash-scene investigation at the crossroads of old media and new
Hear Us Now Blog: An open and frank discussion of media and telecommunications issues - from the consumer point of view.
Isen Blog: David Isenberg, writer of an essay entitled, The Rise of the Stupid Network: Why the Intelligent Network was a Good Idea Once but isn't Anymore. In it, Isenberg (then a Distinguished Member of Technical Staff at AT&T Laboratories) examined the technological bases of the existing telecom business model, laid out how the communications business would be changed by new technologies, foresaw today's cataclysms, and imagined tomorrow's new network.
U.S. PIRG Consumer Blog: The federation of state Public Interest Research Groups (PIRGs), takes on powerful interests on behalf of the American public, working to win concrete results for our health and our well-being.
What's New with Wu: Tim Wu, copyright and telecom professor at Columbia Law School. Main focuses: 1) network neutrality and discrimination on networks, 2) government control of the Internet and 3) copyright and innovation policy
Drew Clark: Senior Fellow and Project Manager at the Center for Public Integrity, where he heads the center’s telecommunications and media project. The Center is a non-profit publisher of investigative journalism. He writes about the the digital convergence of broadcasting, satellite, cable, wireless, telecommunications and technology.
Freedom to Tinker: Your freedom to understand, discuss, repair and modify the technological devices you own
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Traditional Media Advocacy
Save Access: This site is managed by a number of individuals involved in various aspects of community media and the struggle for a democratic media.
Hannah Sassaman - Banned from the national Association of Broadcasters since 2002: For five years, Hannah Sassaman, Program Director of Prometheus Radio, has led campaigns against Clear Channel, the National Association of Broadcasters, and for responsible limits on media consolidation in the United States.
Civil Defense - A Weblog by Josh Breitbart: Joshua Breitbart is a writer and organizer who has collaborated with community media outlets around the world. He currently works as Policy Director for People’s Production House in New York City and as Vice President of The Ethos Group, which advises municipalities and civil society on broadband development.
Clippings for PEG Access Television: Compilation of various stories about public, education and government access television, administered by the Alliance for Community Media.
Community Media in Transition: Exploring this transition from broadcast to web-based community media with a particular focus on PEG Access Television and its potential within a participatory Internet culture.
BuzzMachine: Jeff Jarvis, associate professor and director of the interactive journalism program the City University of New York’s new Graduate School of Journalism.
Future of Music Coalition Blog: Frequent postings from the FMC staff about the issues at the intersection of music, law, technology and policy.
Alan Mutter: Musings and (occasional urgent warnings) of a veteran media executive, who fears our news-gathering companies are stumbling to extinction
Press Think: The press has become the ghost of democracy in the media machine, and we need to keep it alive.
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New Media Advocacy
On the Commons: A web portal and blog that explores activism on behalf of the commons in all its variety. The commons is a powerful organizing principle for understanding countless aspects of nature, creativity and knowledge, local community and everyday experience.
Network-centric Advocacy: Advocacy strategy for the age of connectivity.
Center for Citizen Media: A new initiative aimed at helping to enable and encourage grassroots media, especially citizen journalism, at every level.
ifocos: Helps individuals and organizations worldwide understand and use expanding media and communications technologies both to innovate in business and to create better-informed global citizens.
Organizations & Projects
Discover a range of interesting organizations and projects by searching through the following categories:
- Creative Content, Information Culture & Social Change
- Digital Divide, Universal Service
- Digital Marketing & Privacy
- Digital Television
- Intellectual Property & Copyright
- International Telecommunications Policy
- Internet & Broadband Policy
- Media Policy & Ownership
- New Media
- P.E.G. Access Cable Channels
- Public Broadcasting/Media
- Spectrum Reform
- State/Local Telecommunications Regulation
If your organization or project falls under one of these categories and is not listed, please email us.
Creative Content, Information Culture & Social Change
- Creative Commons
- ibiblio.org
- M.I.T., Open Course Ware (OCW)
- Educause Learning Initiative
- Freedom of Expressions Project
- Openp2p.com, Directory of Peer-to-Peer Projects
- Perseus Digital Library
- Project Gutenberg
- The Public Library of Science
- Internet Archive
- Harvard Law School, CyberOne: Law in the Court of Public Opinion
Digital Divide, Universal Service
Digital Marketing & Privacy
- EPIC
- Electronic Frontier Foundation, Privacy, Security, Crypto, & Surveillance
- On the Identity Trail
- Federal Trade Commission, Privacy Initiatives
- Privacy International (PI)
- Privacy.org
Digital Television
- Federal Communications Commission, Digital Television--Tomorrow's TV Today
- Consumer Electronics Association, Digital Television Initiative
- PBS Online, Digital TV: A Cringely Crash Course
- Benton Foundation Public Interest Obligations of Digital Television Broadcasters Timeline and Countdown
Intellectual Property & Copyright
- Digital Freedom
- Public Knowledge
- Association of Research Libraries, "Copyright and Intellectual Property Policies"
- Electronic Frontier Foundation, “Intellectual Property Online: Patent, Trademark, Copyright”
- The Fair Use Network, Free Expression Policy Project
- Negativeland, Intellectual Property Issues
- Coalition for Networked Information, Copyright Forum
- DigitalConsumer.org, Protecting Fair-use Rights in the Digital World
- Stanford University, Copyright and Fair Use
- Center for Social Media, Copyright & Fair Use
- Future of Music Coalition
International Telecommunications Policy
- Global Internet Policy Initiative, Policy Principles--The ICT Framework
- International Telecommunications Union
- Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
- Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
- The Internet SOCiety (ISOC)
- National Telecommunications and Information Administration Office of International Affairs (NTIA/OIA), International Activities
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Information and Communication Technologies
- Trans-Atlantic Consumer Dialog (TACD)
- World Information Technology and Services Alliance (WITSA)
- World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
- World Trade Organization, Intellectual Property--TRIPS (trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights)
- World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
Internet & Broadband Policy
Media Policy & Ownership
- Columbia Journalism Review, "Who Owns What"
- Media Access Project
- Media & Democracy Coalition
- U.S. PIRG
- New America Foundation
- Common Cause
- Consumers Union
- http://mediaresearchhub.ssrc.org
- Free Press
- Consumer Federation of America
- Institute for Public Representation
- Media Alliance
- Youth Media Council
- Media Tank
- National Hispanic Media Coalition
- Office of Communications of the United Church of Christ
- Prometheus Radio Project
- Reclaim the Media
- Industry Ears
New Media
Additional RESOURCES
http://www.shambles.net/pages/learning/citizen/toolkit/
Tech Soup
Green Media Toolshed (Network Centric Advocacy)
SPIN Project
Network Centric Advocacy
Free Range Studios
DotOrganize
Aspiration “e-Advocacy Capacity Building”
Airshare.org
Public Broadcasting/Media
Spectrum Reform
State/Local Telecommunications Regulation
- Fiber for our Future
- MuniWireless.com
- National Association of Counties (NACo), Telecommunications and Technology
- National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC)
- National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (NATOA)
- National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), Telecommunications
- National League of Cities (NLC), Telecommunications & Technology
- TeleCommUnity
- Utah Telecommunications Open Infrastructure Agency (UTOPIA)
- CUWin Foundation
Videos
As more online users increase their broadband capabilities, the more who will adopt online video viewing habits. Online videos are rapidly becoming essential to modern grassroots organizing strategies as well as overall efforts to democratize the media.
Below you can find videos in the following categories:
Digital Marketing & Privacy
Check back here for more videos that advance the dialogue on online advertising and digital privacy.
For more information, please see our Digital Marketing, Privacy & the Public Interest section.
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Media Policy & Ownership
Check back here for more videos that advance the dialogue on media policy and ownership.
For more information about media policy and ownership, please see related topics under our Issues section.
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Net Neutrality
Check back here for more videos that advance the dialogue on net neutrality.
For more information, please see our Network Neutrality section.
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New Media
Check back here for more videos that advance the dialogue on new media.
For more information about new media, please see our Web 2.0 in the Public Interest section.
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