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28 Aug 2009 Donna Choi

What does CommonWealth look like?

Just came out of Friday's opening plenary with some interesting discussion on the meaning of Commonwealth and collaborative work.  The plenary, moderated by Valerie Linson of WGBH and led by discussants Kristina Newman-Scott, David Bollier, and Tamara Gould, explored varying and evolving manifestations of Commonwealth-- from the new digital commons via the Internet and Web 2.0 to the move away from purely broadcast to a multiplicity of communication outlets. 

Next President Should Launch the Digital New Deal

Submitted by Helen De Michiel on July 16, 2008 - 4:42pm
Author: 
Helen DeMichiel
Read how, from a media arts perspective, the country needs a national broadband initiative and a “Digital New Deal.”
29 Jul 2007 NAMACStaff

Showing Leadership in the Participatory Media Culture

Author: 
Jeremy O'Neal

Three years have passed since NAMAC published Deep Focus: A Report on the Future of Independent Media, and every day the media landscape looks more like the one it predicted.

20 Dec 2006 NAMACStaff

Web Refocus

Author: 
Jeremy O'Neal

As definitions go, Web 2.0 should be an easy one. Like the software version-numbering system from which it gets its name, it should simply mark a new, improved version of the Web: good features still there, bad ones gone, bugs fixed, and a bunch of cool new things you can do with it. But when you’re trying to come back from a dot-com-sized market implosion, you’d better have something different to offer. Not surprisingly, difference is a big theme in 2.0 debates, and articulation efforts are often sidetracked by the focus on it.

19 Dec 2006 NAMACStaff

FEED

Author: 
Kyle Harris

Saturday night I got home from a party. While I was scanning emails—deleting ads for Viagra, cheap airfare, and listserv nonsense—I saw the subject header, “NY Independent Media Center (IMC) Journalist Murdered by Paramilitaries.”

Information Technology: The Masses' Media

Submitted by NAMACStaff on November 14, 2005 - 9:00pm
Author: 
Marlina Gonzalez
For someone who has been attending NAMAC conferences since the '80s, as an organizational member and as a board member, each year always brought out the variations of the important themes of activism, democracy, access, multiculturalism. But one factor was so different this year: how digital technology has permeated street culture.
26 Jan 2004 NAMACStaff

Casting Ourselves Out: Using Streaming Media in the Arts and Community Media

Author: 
Joe Reinsel
Introduction
The use of connective technology in art and community-based projects creates a new way for people to share and collaborate in projects over long distances. A number of technologies have been created for Internet media streaming. Many of these have made it possible to send video and audio cheaply, allowing people to use this technology in new ways. In this article I will briefly discuss some of the latest advancements in streaming technology. I will also discuss my own work in this technology, particularly in Internet-mediated network performance.