This section, started in June 2006, is meant as an introduction on how peer to peer processes are affecting the media world, broadly conceived.

(Items from the P2P Encyclopedia are not fully ported; done from A TO D, i.e. first two columns)

These pages are maintained by Michel Bauwens and Nathan Lovejoy

Please also check our other sections on Open Music Concepts and on P2P Audiovisual Concepts, where you'll find how-to resources for autonomous and cooperative production of media.

Media 2.0 developments can be monitored to the associated bloggers of the Media 2.0 Workgroup.

Citations

Robert Anton Wilson

"A monopoly on the means of communication may define a ruling elite more precisely than the celebrated Marxian formula of `monopoly in the means of production.' Since man extends his nervous system though channels of communication like the written word, the telephone, radio, etc., he who controls these media controls part of the nervous system of every member of society. The contents of these media become part of the contents of every individual's brain."

— Robert Anton Wilson

Extreme Democracy

"We must understand how the dominant organizing principle our national communications infrastructure shapes and determines our politics. If we want a truly democratic politics, based on the notions of equality with justice and fairness for all, based upon truly symmetrical relationships, we will have to have a communications paradigm that supports that goal." (http://www.extremedemocracy.com/archives/2006/04/peer_to_peer.html)

Podcasts on P2P Media Developments

Dan Gillmor on Grassroots Journalism

Interview with Jeff Jarvis on the Loss of Control by the Media

James Boyle on Re-Inventing the Gatekeeper