"Don't hate the media. Become the media."

- Jello Biafra

Introduction

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. Thanks to Nathan Lovejoyfor his initial contributions.

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.

The P2P Foundation supports the work of Transmission, a network of online video distribution projects for social change activists.

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)

Key Resources

Introductory Articles

1. What's the difference between Internet TV and IP-TV?
2. Cory Doctorow: Three Reasons to Give Your Books Away for Free
3. Key Essay: Unevenly Distributed: Production Models for the 21st Century.Mark Pesce

Podcasts on P2P Media Developments

1. Dan Gillmor on Grassroots Journalism
2. Interview with Jeff Jarvis on the Loss of Control by the Media
3. James Boyle on Re-Inventing the Gatekeeper