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Media and Community Building: Community Access Television
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Media and Community Building. Thursday, December 4, 2008. New Bedford’s Public Access Television Station, is in the far south end of the city located at the 918 South Rodney French Boulevard, and has been on the air since 1995. The city of New Bedford runs the stations, but they are funded through an annual grant from Comcast Cable. New Bedford’s Public Access Station won the 2007 Overall Excellence in PEG Access Awarded by The Alliance for Community Media. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Another def...
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Media and Community Building: Literature Review
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Media and Community Building. Thursday, December 4, 2008. From Portapak To Camcorder: A Brief History Of Guerrilla Television. The Future of Independent Media. Out of this new freedom several underground video groups emerged as leaders of the underground video movement. Videofreex, People's Video Theater, Global Village, and Raindance Corporation were among those providing research and development strategies. The competitive struggle for funding ultimately divided the underground video movement into two ...
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Media and Community Building: Telecommunications and Public Policy
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Media and Community Building. Thursday, December 4, 2008. Telecommunications and Public Policy. Telecommunications and Public Policy. 183; Calling for less, not more media consolidation, as media conglomerates seek to further consolidate their ownership, it is important for all citizens to join with the watchdog groups who are working to oppose homogenized commercial media as the only option. 183; Open up the Cable TV monopoly, so that independent programmers and alternative channels can gain access.
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Media and Community Building: Community Radio in New Bedford
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Media and Community Building. Thursday, December 4, 2008. Community Radio in New Bedford. WUMD broadcasts at 89.3FM from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Recently however, they were forced to broadcast only via their website at www.893wumd.org. Because on August 11th they were knocked off the air by a string of powerful thunderstorms, and they have since fully restored their transmitters. With all that WUMD has to offer the community that it serves, it also has the challenges typical of a commu...
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Media and Community Building: December 2008
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Media and Community Building. Monday, December 8, 2008. Everyday, we are surrounded by information and media. Most are constructed by for-profit organizations, which have a consumer-driven agenda. Community Media exists to help people navigate through these mass media images, by finding a way to utilize different forms of media to convey messages and information that is relevant to their own lives and communities. Friday, December 5, 2008. Community Portrait of New Bedford, Massachusetts. The earth has g...
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Media and Community Building: Community Portrait of New Bedford, Massachusetts
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Media and Community Building. Friday, December 5, 2008. Community Portrait of New Bedford, Massachusetts. The earth has got to be very shifty to get out of the grasp of a people equally at home on land and water." - Thomas B. Reed. Another festival that has been attracting attention for some years called the Working Waterfront Festival, is held each year in September, celebrates the culture of the working. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). New Bedford, Massachusetts. An Authentic Working Waterfront.
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Media and Community Building: September 2008
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Media and Community Building. Monday, September 15, 2008. New Bedford Community Profile. The earth has got to be very shifty to get out of the grasp of a people equally at home on land and water." -. Thomas B. Reed. Another festival that has been attracting attention for some years called the Working Waterfront Festival, is held each year in September, celebrates the culture of the working. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). New Bedford, Massachusetts. An Authentic Working Waterfront. Whether communities are de...
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Media and Community Building: Web 2.0 and Virtual Communities
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Media and Community Building. Thursday, December 4, 2008. Web 20 and Virtual Communities. Web 20 and Virtual Community. New Bedford Virtual Communities. Aside from the official city website for New Bedford. I found another interesting online community. A Google search produced the Immaculate Mediatrix Online. How do we marry the old technologies of radio and cable television with new forms such as blogs, podcasting, social networking software, and personal media devices (i.e., iPods)? Whether communities...
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Media and Community Building: Introduction
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Media and Community Building. Monday, December 8, 2008. Everyday, we are surrounded by information and media. Most are constructed by for-profit organizations, which have a consumer-driven agenda. Community Media exists to help people navigate through these mass media images, by finding a way to utilize different forms of media to convey messages and information that is relevant to their own lives and communities. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). New Bedford, Massachusetts. Whether communities are def...
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