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[…] A more condensed version of the annual look at the triumphs and tirbulations of participatory media took place at MIT this year (too bad I didn’t realize that until after I had booked my hotel at Harvard Square) and had a decidedly more political slant to it than last year’s conference. Maybe something happens the further away you get from the Berkman Center that makes copyright law reforms less pressing than news and politics, although I didn’t manage to see Dan Gilmore floating around anywhere this time, so that doesn’t seem right. Anyway, I’m doing some blogging for the conference again this year. Here you’ll find a more personal take, although I’m trying hard to refrain from complaining about any of the technical problems or annoyances of the conference, because that’s just petty. […]
[…] 05, 2007 Samantha Velez Beyond Broadcast at Massachusetts Institute of Technology In spring 2007 I attended the Beyond Broadcast conference at the Massachusetts Institute ofTechnolog where I had the pleasure of listening to a man named Henry Jenkins whose had a profound effect upon digital culture today but most importantly, reflect various ways in which democracy has manifested itself into the world. […]
[…] Check it out! While looking through the blogosphere we stumbled on an interesting post today.Here’s a quick excerpt>> Watch the video here << This year’s conference definitely started off on a more political slant, with Henry Jenkins’ opening keynote speech reflecting on the various ways that democracy manifests itself in the world. Briefly reflecting this country’s history of protest and demonstration, writing and pamphleterring, and of course, erm, voting, he then goes on to present to us a new and current vision of democracy, and it looks a lot like You Tube. To the pessimists in the audience, it may sound a bit overblown, but consider the strength of the cultural iconography that participators and commentators are using to get their messages out, and you may get as excited about it as Henry does. The way he puts it, the self-defeating, disilliusioned loathing of mainstream culture that defined generation X are a thing of the past. The future is about embracing the language of popular culture as a […] […]