"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)

Please also check our other section on Open Music Concepts.

The P2P Foundation supports the work of

• Transmission, a network of online video distribution projects for social change activists.
• the Open Video Alliance.

Citations

The Key Problem

The Internet has democratized the means of self-expression, but it has not democratized the rewards of self-expression.

- Adam Kirsch [1]

The New Literacy

Literacy means being able to consume and produce the media forms of the day. The default media form has shifted from the essay to the multimedia collage.

- Jason Ohler [2]

Against communication monopolies

"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

The real business of publishing

The huge opportunity for book publishers is to get unstuck. You're not in the printing business. The life and death of trees is not your concern. You're in the business of leveraging the big ideas authors have. There are a hundred ways to do that, yet book publishers obsess about just one or two of them.

- Seth Godin [3]

A true democracy needs symmetrical media

"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."

- Extreme Democracy [4]

Media of Flow

The value in media is no longer in sources but in flows; when we collaborate in sharing our cognitive surplus, it creates value that doesn't exist when we operate in isolation.

- Clay Shirky [5]

Key Resources

1. A Global Map of Alternative Media, compiled by the Alternative Media Global Project

Key Articles

1. The New News Ecology. By Jeff Jarvis.
2. Ethan Zuckerman on the Dangers of Homophily

Also:

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
4. Sasaki, D. (2008). An Introductory Guide to Global Citizen Media. from http://rising.globalvoicesonline.org/blog/2008/01/16/a-introductory-guide-to-global-citizen-media/
5. Essay: Television 2.0: YouTube and the Emergence of Homecasting. José van Dijck

How To:

1. How To Do Almost Anything With Social Media: overview of 2008 tutorials in the Mashable website

Directories:

1. Overview of alternative media, at http://www.globaljusticecenter.org/articles/betterworld_altnews.htm

Key Blogs

The must-follow blog is from Dr. Michael Strangelove:

1. Watching YouTube

Also:

1. Open Media Review: monitoring the best of what open media have to offer
2. Media Shift: tracks how new media -- from weblogs to podcasts to citizen journalism -- are changing society and culture.

Selection from Valentin Spirik:

1. The CamcorderInfo Blog http://www.camcorderinfo.com/d/blog.htm is "All About Shooting, Editing and Polishing Your Videos" and has a notable Ethics Policy.
2. Self-Reliant Filmmaking http://www.selfreliantfilm.com/ "is what makes a filmmaker independent"
3. the Workbook Project http://workbookproject.com/ is "a social open source experiment for content creators"
4. CinemaTech http://www.cinematech.blogspot.com/ is about "Digital cinema, democratization, and other trends remaking the movies"
5. NewTeeVee http://newteevee.com/ focuses on the more mainstream aspects of the online video evolution.
6. HD For Indies http://www.hdforindies.com/ is about "High Definition Video for Independent Filmmakers"
7. BlenderNation http://www.blendernation.com/ brings "Fresh Blender News, Every Day"

Key Books

1. Gatewatching: Collaborative Online News Production. Axel Bruns.
2. Convergence Culture. Henry Jenkins.
3. Fan Fiction and Fan Communities in the Age of the Internet
4. Berkman Center Report 2008: State of Digital Media [6]

Key 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

Key Webcasts on P2P Media Developments

A video about the open media movement

Also:

1. Mark Pesce on the Digital Media Revolution
2. Peter Buckingham on the Digital Media Revolution
3. Are Netlabels Long Tail Niches or the Blueprint for the Future
4. Beyond Broadcasting Summary Video
5. Carlos Garcia on Scrapblogging

Cinema

1. David Denby on the Future Movies
2. Democratization of the Moving Image

Media Commons Issues

1. Mark Cooper on Public Airwaves as a Common Asset
2. Martin Cooper on a Spectrum Policy for the 21st Century
3. Open Spectrum Panel

Copyright Issues

1. IP Rights and Revenue Models for Public Communications
2. JD Lessica on the Future of Darknets
3. John Perry Barlow Debates Movie Filesharing
4. Negativland Mark Hosler on Copyright
5. Paris Accord on Voluntary Licensing - Panel
6. The Future of Darknets

Citizen Journalism

1. Bill Thompson on Citizen Journalism
2. Blogs vs Print - Whither Objectivity
3. Citizen Reporters Forum 2006
4. Dan Gillmor on Grassroots Journalism
5. James Boyle on Re-Inventing the Gatekeeper
6. Jay Rosen on Open Source Journalism
7. News and Citizen Engagement
8. We Are the Media

Open Media Practices

1. Economics of Open Archives
2. Free and Open Source Video Software
3. Business Interests in Open Content
4. The Economics of Open Text

Radio and TV

1. MIT's Kwan Lee on the Future of Viral Radios
2. Software Radio
3. The Future of Radio

User-Generated Content

1. Convergence Culture
2. Danah Boyd on MySpace at OReilly
3. How far will User Generated Content Go

Social Media

1. Social Media Video Tutorials
2. Social Networks and Internet Connectivity Effects
3. Stowe Boyd on Generational Shifts and Technology
4. Stowe Boyd on Social Software as Me First Software
5. Ted Nelson on the Politics of Internet Software