Community Media: A handbook for revolutions in DIY TV (via Frank Meeuwsen) – I read through this site today, it has a nice history of alternative television (my words) and suggestions on tools/methods on creating your own television (notice I am not using the word “videos”). The impression this handbook gives is that distribution is as important as production (if no one is watching, is it TV?). In today’s splintered landscape of news/information/entertainment in video form, I don’t know if this will take hold to any significant degree. However, it did make me want to make a video…
There was also some discussion of podcasting as a democratic new medium. As a podcast producer myself (Convocast, Thinking About Tools for Thought, In The Car Podcast), to me this might be the way to go to get your message out (and can still be done cheaply on WordPress.com or using my notes on self-hosted WordPress).
Hi! I used your links to check out the Community Media website and their philosophy and approaches for distribution. It was interesting to see how folks who don’t want to use YouTube as their primary distribution tool did an aggregation of what worked for them to achieve their goal.
What I wondered about but did not dig into was the New Ellijay Television setup. As you noted, if no one is watching, is it TV? In recent years, I’ve seen people who want to get their story out on something focus on developing an audience. Once you have an audience who is interested in your content, that audience can help inform your content and maybe become known to other audiences. Things to think about on a Tuesday!