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MediaSnackers Podcast#38
[SUMMARY—The 38th MediaSnackers podcast discusses the changing role of libraries from places of consumption to content creators.]
(WORLD) The MediaSnackers podcast focusses on individuals, organisations or companies who are simply impressing us and which are crying out for more discussion.
Matt Gullett, Technology Education Librarian for ImaginOn, a public library in Charlotte, USA.
0.00—0.10 Intro
0.10—1.16 Matt describes his role at Imaginon
1.17—3.02 the mindset shift of public libraries enabling creation rather than consumption
3.03—4.38 exploring the multimedia element of the library
4.39—5.55 sharing a library with a theatre
5.56—7.05 creating experiences for the 'family'
7.06—9.09 is it easy to create a 'family' space
9.10—11.30 discussions regarding the DOPA act
11.31 —11.42 Thanks and outro
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Filed by DK on August 31 2006 | READ IT »
MGEITF Blogged#1
[SUMMARY—One young persons 'diary' from the event.]
(UK) MediaSnackers contacted the Television and Young People (TVYP) part of The Edinburgh International Television Festival and invited any attendees to write about their time there—we blogged about it here.
Here's one young persons 'diary' of the experience:
Filed by DK on August 30 2006 | READ IT »
Showcomotion Revisited
[SUMMARY—If you couldn't be there you can still see the photos and get the notes.]
(UK/WORLD) The Showcomotion Children's Media Conference which I attended and spoke at (aggregated posts here) has just released its notes/presentations and photos.
Check out all the presentations and notes here
Check out all the photos here (there's a scary one of me in there as well).
Showcomotion Children's Media Conference
Filed by DK on August 30 2006 | READ IT »
Five Six Focussed Articles
[SUMMARY—Taking a closer look at the 'MySpace generation'.]
(US) The LA Times have five-part series of focussed articles (although, actually there are six) on what they call the 'MySpace Generation'.
• Underwhelmed by It All
• Far Removed From the Multiplex
• Is Copying a Crime? Well…
• No Big Demand for Small Screen
• Girls Just Want to Be Plugged In—to Everything
• They Do It All While Studying
Not really groundbreaking stuff but a nce overall flavour of some of the current practises and trends.
Filed by DK on August 29 2006 | READ IT »
Iranian Children's Newspage
[SUMMARY—Empowering children through traditional media.]
(IRAN) Supported by Unicef, the main weekly newspaper, Hamshahri Mahaleh in Tehran, Iran, has launched a newspage for kids, written by kids.
Fourteen reporters between the ages of 12 and 15 worked with staff from the paper to produce 'Tickling', and the hope is that soon every district will have its own page written by and for children from that area.
Miranda Eeles, UNICEF's Communication Officer in Iran said:
Allowing children, through a well-established and hugely popular local newspaper, to seek out and report on the issues affecting their lives provides a unique opportunity for young people in Tehran. It also instills in them a sense of responsibility and promotes participation in the society around them.
Filed by DK on August 29 2006 | READ IT »
The World Has Changed…#10
[SUMMARY—Embracing the changing nature of the world.]
(WORLD) More evidence that the world is changing for MediaSnackers everywhere from these recent articles:
Sixteen to 24 year olds are spurning television, radio and newspapers in favour of online services.
Why the congress should drop the new DOPA act.
The 'networks' are looking to the Net as the new 'greenhouse' of talent.
95% of UK households will have digital TV, compared with 66% in the US and 50% in Germany.
AOL are creating an online showcase for 13-17 year olds in their search for the next 'star'.
Related posts: The World Has Changed#1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.
Filed by DK on August 27 2006 | READ IT »
MediaSnackers Podcast#37
[SUMMARY—The 37th MediaSnackers podcast looks at the development of Mobile TV from a kids perspective.]
(WORLD) The MediaSnackers podcast focusses on individuals, organisations or companies who are simply impressing us and which are crying out for more discussion.
Lyn Blagbrough is a Research Manager for research agency Quaestor and talks about some exclusive research into Mobile TV and whether the kids want it—if you want a copy of the research please contact Quaestor direct and reference MediaSnackers sent you.
0.00—0.10 Intro
0.10—1.10 Lyn talks about her role and Quaestor
1.11—1.47 the research brief
1.48—2.22 the age demographic
2.23—3.34 baseline findings from the research
3.20—4.35 how many would actually watch and the concerns involved
4.36—5.08 what would they want to watch
5.09—6.12 gender split and emotional attachment
6.13—7.51 role of parents as gatekeepers
7.52—8.56 personal take-aways from the research
8.57 —9.10 Thanks and outro
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Filed by DK on August 27 2006 | READ IT »
My MySpace
[SUMMARY—One young persons view on MySpace.com and its impact.]
(UK/WORLD) Hey everyone, I'm new here. My name's Jess and I'm 17—this week, I've been leading the 'rock n roll' lifestyle, starting the week off with 3 gigs in a row! (You have no idea how tired and bruised I am) Music is a big part of my life and going to gigs is almost tradition every week or month.
Over the past year or so, struggling bands and artists have been given a new medium to get their music out there, straight to the people who want to listen to it. Websites such as MySpace, LiveJournal and PureVolume have launched bands into almost overnight fame.
Filed by DK on August 26 2006 | READ IT »
China's Addicts
[SUMMARY—Highlighting the possible seeds of a bigger problem.]
(CHI) The 'Shanghai Sunshine Community Youth Affairs Centre' (no website found) is a shelter providing free accommodation and counselling for young people who need to 'bridge the gap between virtual worlds and dysfunctional family homes.'
Wang Hui, the chief social worker at the house said:
None of the teenagers are forced to come here. We wander around in internet bars at night and bring them to the halfway house if the teen agrees.
If the details of a survey cited in the article can be qualified (13% of young people with access to the web in China are online for more than 38 hours a week) then with a population of 160 million it's not a small problem.
Related post: Addicted To The Internet Online Worlds
Filed by DK on August 24 2006 | READ IT »
MediaSnackers Podcast#36
[SUMMARY—The 36th MediaSnackers podcast talks to the President of the American Center for Children and Media.]
(WORLD) The MediaSnackers podcast focusses on individuals, organisations or companies who are simply impressing us and which are crying out for more discussion.
David Kleeman is President of the American Center for Children and Media an executive roundtable that is leading the US industry in developing sustainable and kid-friendly solutions to long-standing issues.
0.00—0.10 Intro
0.10—1.50 David gives us an overview of his role and the organisation he works for
1.51—2.34 who's on the board
2.34—4.48 what tangible examples come out of the organisation and future projects
4.49—6.25 what are the trends in the media world
6.26—11.03 David's views on the impact of the Ofcom ruling in the UK
11.04 —11.20 Thanks and outro
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Filed by DK on August 23 2006 | READ IT »
The Mobiles Are Coming
[SUMMARY—Although, let's be honest, they're already here!]
(WORLD) In the next few years we will be seeing a graduation from the web to the mobile if the following is anything to go by. Announced today, are two online behemoths graduating down to the small screen.
In this story, eBay has partnered with O2 to take it's online retail space to the small screen. Now anyone with a WAP enabled O2 phone can access their account and keep track of their bids.
Not to be undone, Yahoo! is close to partnering with Orange in an attempt to offer its search engine to their phones. Yahoo! already has a deal with 3G but obviously wants to spread the net wider (pun intended).
And if that's not enough, check out these guys who are makng educational software for mobile phones.
MediaSnacking going mobile.
Filed by DK on August 21 2006 | READ IT »
Cyberspace Experiments
[SUMMARY—Are kids just social networking lab rats?]
(US) When you come across an article entitled Subjecting our youth to cyberspace experiments you know it's going to be juicy.
Written by director of the Media and the Developing Child sector of the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania, Amy B. Jordan, Ph.D., the article explores how online social networks, aimed at young people, are untested, unsupervised and playing into the hands of advertisers and marketers alike.
When identity development is carefully watched and intricately manipulated by marketers, then what's in the best interest of the child is pushed aside to make way for what's in the best interest of Murdoch's shareholders.
She also highlights a new bill called 'Children and Media Research Advancement (CAMRA) Act' which would 'study the role and impact of electronic media in the development of children' and which has a mass of support in the Senate.
Filed by DK on August 20 2006 | READ IT »
MediaSnack-snack-snackers#2
[SUMMARY—They're all at it, again.]
(WORLD) MediaSnackers are being served more and more ways to snack on their chosen media than ever. It's hard to differentiate between companies and start-ups enabling snacking or the snacking trends driving media platform development, but here are a couple of quotes from the 'experts' to sum it all up for any 'MediaSnacker-virgins':
Many groups such as politicians complain that youth simply do not care about their message - without realizing that the ways in which they communicate barely penetrate into the public and media spaces young people inhabit. Engaging youth requires radical changes in thinking and approach for traditional organizations.
Nick Moraitis author of Youth Good Practices Booklet from Amnesty International.
We've come to embrace it as our own. It can help you reach an audience that otherwise might be more difficult to reach. Not as many young voters watch the evening news.
Campaign spokesman Brian Brokaw quoted regarding Phil Angelides, California's Democratic candidate for governor and his daughter setting up a MySpace page for him.
Perhaps it is not that contemporary media use has led to a decline in civic and social engagement, as many have argued, but rather, that a decline in civic and social engagement has led to a 'retribalization' through contemporary media.
Authors of a new study exploring how some online video games found to promote 'sociability'.
Filed by DK on August 20 2006 | READ IT »
MediaSnackers Podcast#35
[SUMMARY—The 35th MediaSnackers podcast discusses a small after-school media project in Marin, California.]
(WORLD) The MediaSnackers podcast focusses on individuals, organisations or companies who are simply impressing us and which are crying out for more discussion.
Another double interview with Roshan, Show Director and Nic, Producer, from a small after-school media project in Marin, California called Round House Media.
0.00—0.10 Intro
0.10—4.13 Roshan gives us an overview of how the Round House Media project came out of the Intel Computer Clubhouse
4.14—5.13 how Nic got involved
5.14—5.37 how young people get involved
5.38—6.10 future strategy//developments
6.11—7.53 why Intel are involved
7.54—9.00 exploring the exit strategies
9.01—9.42 what Nic has got out of being involved
9.43—10.06 how Nic's peers are comsuming/creating media
10.07—10.21 Thanks and outro
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Filed by DK on August 17 2006 | READ IT »
The World Has Changed…#9
[SUMMARY—Embracing the changing media of the world.]
(WORLD) More evidence that the world is changing for MediaSnackers everywhere from these recent articles:
Top of the Pops bids fond goodbye.
TV 'can numb pain for children'.
Related posts: The World Has Changed#1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.
Filed by DK on August 17 2006 | READ IT »
Intern Newbie
MediaSnackers would like to formally welcome Emily as our intern for the next couple of months.
You can read her little bio here.
Emily wil be posting here and also developing some other stuff as well.
She won't be doing any filing, tea-making or picking up of dry-cleaning—we have however given her a badge which reads, 'Youth Liaison Officer'…
Filed by DK on August 16 2006 | READ IT »
…A Beautiful Thing
[SUMMARY—I'm talking about 'hindsight' and current TV.]
(US/WORLD) Came across this interesting article about Current TV—the US network enabling its viewers to create its content—and its planned expansion on the net and internationally.
The article also looks at how critics ridiculed its launch a year ago:
Soon after Current's premiere, the Wall Street Journal described it this way: "Newsless, often clueless and usually dull, the new channel is a limp noodle."
But has it missed the boat? Did it create a splash for others to ride the wave of?
Current "caught the (viewer-created content) trend early, but it is kind of surfing by them," said John Higgins, business editor at Broadcasting & Cable magazine, a trade publication for the television industry. "These guys (at Current) had all the right ideas and all the same machinery in place that YouTube did, but they didn't quite do it. Lighting struck 10 feet to the left of them."
The obvious 'mash-up'/partnership to me would be Current and YouTube getting together—Current would be able to pick from YouTubes extensive 'library' and YouTube would enter mainstream TV?
Filed by DK on August 16 2006 | READ IT »
MediaSnackers Podcast#34
[SUMMARY—The 34th MediaSnackers podcast features UNICEF.]
(WORLD) The MediaSnackers podcast focusses on individuals, organisations or companies who are simply impressing us and which are crying out for more discussion.
Our first double interview was with two officers from UNICEF—Karen Cirillo, Executive Producer, Children's Broadcasting Initiatives and Blue Chevigny, Executive Producer, UNICEF Radio discuss their use of new/old media.
0.00—0.10 Intro
0.10—2.05 Karen and Blue tells us about their roles
2.06—3.28 where and how many youth reporters involved
3.29—4.43 using new media
4.44—5.57 participants expectations/digital literacy
5.58—7.17 One World Radio Competition
7.18—8.17 what the pieces will be used for
8.18—10.02 Voices of Youth
10.03—10.14 Thanks and outro
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Filed by DK on August 15 2006 | READ IT »
Addicted To The Internet Online Worlds
[SUMMARY—Mainstream media gets its wrong.]
(UK/CHINA/WORLD) Here's an example of how to create a moral panic by More 4 news. Entitled, Addicted to the internet, the programme actually delves into online gaming and other worlds (not internet use, although they continue to use this phrase all the way through the report) and highlights the growing addictions of many young Chinese users.
One of the many 'take-away-quotes' was some Bejing politician claming 90% of crime in the city could be attributed to internet use(?).
The real reasons for why these Chinese young people spend so much time online can be found in the comments made by the young person at the end of the report…
Like my friends at YouthNet (where I found the report in this blog post), mainstream media must take care in using correct language and terminology when reporting.
Otherwise, this happens.
Related posts: Moral Panics Or Justified Concerns
Filed by DK on August 14 2006 | READ IT »
Unicef Features Interview
[SUMMARY—Nice.]
(WORLD) International charity and all round good eggs, Unicef, has just reproduced (with permission) the 3rd email interview from MediaSnackers, which features a youth journalist from the Philippenes.
Check out all the interviews here.
Filed by DK on August 14 2006 | READ IT »
Net Snackers
[SUMMARY—Young people in the UK flock to the net.]
(UK) Yesterday, Ofcom released their The Communications Market 2006 report, part of which focuses on 16-24 year olds in the UK.
Here are the big take aways:
• they watch about 18 hours of television a week, seven hours fewer than the average viewer and one-and-a-half hours fewer than in 2004;
• 58% of TV viewing was of the five public service channels compared with 74% in 2001;
• compared to older people, they spend on average 21 minutes more online per week, make seven more mobile phone calls and send 42 more text messages;
• social networking sites such as MySpace and Bebo are used by more than 70% of young internet users, compared with 41% of other UK adult users;
• most are downloading content on to mobile devices such as iPods or phones;
• 27% of young people said using the internet meant they read fewer newspapers;
• they are prolific bloggers, with 19% saying they have their own weblog, compared to about 11% of all internet users.
Told you they're MediaSnackers…
Filed by DK on August 11 2006 | READ IT »
MediaSnackers Podcast#33
[SUMMARY—The 33rd MediaSnackers podcast focusses on children's television production.]
(WORLD) The MediaSnackers podcast focusses on individuals, organisations or companies who are simply impressing us and which are crying out for more discussion.
Anthony Utley is the MD of Cosgrove Hall, has 29 years of experience in television and talks to MediaSnackers about the industry he works within and its future.
0.00—0.10 Intro
0.10—0.58 Anthony talks about his role and experience
0.59—2.12 what Cosgrove Hall
2.13—4.39 what the future holds in terms of the forthcoming Ofcom ruling on banning junk food advertising
4.40—6.29 partners from other countries for producing of children's televsision
6.30—8.10 the changes in audience expectations and media habits
8.11—9.42 the impact/opportunities of user generated content on/within broadcast industry
10.16—10.29 Thanks and outro
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Filed by DK on August 10 2006 | READ IT »
MediaSnack-snack-snackers#1
[SUMMARY—They're all at it.]
(WORLD) MediaSnackers are being served more and more ways to snack on their chosen media than ever. It's hard to differentiate between companies and start-ups enabling snacking or the snacking trends driving media platform development, but here are a couple of quotes from the 'experts' to sum it all up for any 'MediaSnacker-virgins':
This is yet another distraction from traditional program viewing and/or listening, offering a huge choice of alternative and pretty compelling viewing, which is available whenever anybody wants it, wherever they want it. On a mass-market level that makes no sense at all, but on a niche level, when they're doing 100 million downloads a day, that's an incredible threat. Suddenly, the niche market has formed a viable mass in terms of the total number of eyeballs.
Author and media futurist Creed O'Hanlon discussing YouTube's impact.
We're less than five years from fully individualised, drag-and-drop TV and radio stations.
Mark Thompson, Director General, BBC discussing his vision of the future.
You could see this was life. This was real.
Rupert Murdoch, on why he chose to buy MySpace.
Filed by DK on August 9 2006 | READ IT »
MediaSnackers Podcast#32
[SUMMARY—The 32nd MediaSnackers podcast looks at global media trends/future.]
(WORLD) The MediaSnackers podcast focusses on individuals, organisations or companies who are simply impressing us and which are crying out for more discussion.
Ross Dawson is Chairman of Future Exploration Network and also has his own blog.
0.00—0.10 Intro
0.10—0.52 Ross gives an overview of what he does
0.53—2.17 global media networks: old vs new media
2.18—3.39 exploring examples ref: Edgeio
3.40—6.17 user generated content, the 1% rule and young people
6.18—8.02 didactic to heuristic model
8.50—9.42 Future of Media Summit review
9.43—11.20 what is scaring/exciting Ross about young peoples media consumption/creation habits
11.21—11.30 Thanks and outro
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Filed by DK on August 8 2006 | READ IT »
The Next 'MediaSnackers Must Have'
[SUMMARY—Hell, I know I want one!]
(WORLD) We all know how much MediaSnackers love their mobile phones, well check the new offering from Sony which will be the next big 'must have'.
Sony's Mylo is many things and has an amazing array of features:
• wi-fi enabled for web-browsing;
• email client;
• holds videos, photos and music;
• Instant messenger;
• normal phone
• (last but not least) a Skype phone (which means free phonecalls anywhere in the world);
The pocked-sized gadget, will sell for about $350/£183 and it's already on my christmas list.
UPDATE: Check out this video.
Filed by DK on August 8 2006 | READ IT »
iPod (& MySpace) Fashion
[SUMMARY—How media technology items are influencing fashion.]
(WORLD) Here's an interesting trend regarding fashion and how it is being led by technology and media.
Levi's are developing a pair of jeans which have iPod pockets in them.
If jeans aren't your 'bag', then try the iSound cap for size.
Not to be outdone, you can now MySpace themed t-sirts.
As outlined in the Influx post (link below), the real gap is in concealing these personal technology items to ensure they don't get stolen. Interesting though!
Filed by DK on August 8 2006 | READ IT »
MediaSnackers Podcast#31
[SUMMARY—The 31st MediaSnackers podcast discusses Scottish education.]
(WORLD) The MediaSnackers podcast focusses on individuals, organisations or companies who are simply impressing us and which are crying out for more discussion.
Ewan McIntosh blogs on Edu.Blogs and is also the New Technologies Research Practitioner, for Learning and Teaching Scotland—he discusses with MediaSnackers the role he has to play in the Scottish education system.
0.00—0.10 Intro
0.10—1.21 Ewan outlines his blog and his new role
1.22—2.37 examples of his role focus
2.38—4.22 lessons learned and opportunities missed
4.23—5.40 why can't young people work in teams?
5.41—7.43 blurring the lines of public and private activity
7.44—8.49 why don't kids blog on myspace.com?
8.50—11.05 teaching the teachers (reciprocal-education)
11.06—11.24 Thanks and outro
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Filed by DK on August 7 2006 | READ IT »
Interface-free
[SUMMARY—Will future MediaSnackers be accessing their media like this?]
Filed by DK on August 7 2006 | READ IT »
The World Has Changed…#8
[SUMMARY—Embracing the changing nature of the world.]
(WORLD) More evidence that the world is changing for MediaSnackers everywhere from these recent noted articles:
Students warned about networking sites.
OMG, will txting and IM lead 2 bad grammar?.
Heavy Internet users shouldn't be considered anti-social.
Monitoring Teens' Media Intake Poses Challenges.
Related posts: The World Has Changed#1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.
Filed by DK on August 6 2006 | READ IT »
North American Gen Yers
[SUMMARY—Some stats to chew on…]
(US) Thanks to those clever people in Forrester Research and their North American Consumer Technology Adoption Study 2006 Benchmark Survey of 66,707 US and Canadian households, I can bring you some interesting stats:
• Gen Yers spend 12.2 hours online every week;
• 50 percent more likely than Gen Xers to send instant messages, twice as likely to read blogs, and three times as likely to use social networking sites like MySpace;
• 73 percent more likely to research online and shop offline today than they were in 2004;
• 45 percent of Gen Yers who have a mobile phone use it for data service;
Filed by DK on August 6 2006 | READ IT »
MediaSnackers Films #2—Rhubarb & Custard
[SUMMARY—Weblogging and podcasting workshops.]
(UK/WORLD) 1day, 6 young volunteers, 3 weblogs, and several podcasts…
DK has a very relaxed and friendly approach to work, creating the perfect environment for learning. He has a very refreshing style which is engaging and easy to follow. The young people that attended his training found him both inspiring and motivational and many have kept in touch with him following the session. He is a professional trainer who delivers beyond expectation.
Rachel Wilkinson, Marketing & Communications Officer.
I honestly think I can go now and have my own weblog and do some podcasting.
It was an absolutely brilliant workshop, I thoroughly enjoyed the whole experience.
It was absolutely fantastic and much better than I could imagined.
I found the experience amazing. These skills I have learned I will apply to my own projects I want to tackle in the future.
Youth participants
Related post: Rhubarb & Custard & UPDATE: Rhubarb & Custard
Filed by DK on August 5 2006 | READ IT »
UPDATE: Rhubarb & Custard
[SUMMARY—Weblogging and podcasting workshops.]
(UK) Yesterday, I delivered a days training enabling a group of six young people (17-20 years) to become webloggerss and podcasters.
The morning session focussed on inspiring and setting clear aims for the young participants to create their weblogs and also complete three posts (which included pictures taken on the day via a digital camera). In the afternoon the attendees then got to podcast for their first time, interviewing each other on subjects of volunteering and impressing themselves with how easy all this really is.
One day, six young people, several blogs and podcasts, lots of fun and smiles… just want to do it again now!
Special thanks goes to Matt who impressively assisted throughout the day and also Si, who also was a fantastic 'wing-man'.
Will be spending some time this weekend putting together a little video from the event so keep checking back as it will be posted soon!
(The day course was for Youth Action Network and was sponsored by T-Mobile)
Related post: Rhubarb & Custard
Filed by DK on August 4 2006 | READ IT »
Who's The Boss?
[SUMMARY—Empowering parents to take control.]
(US) The big networks—ABC, FOX, CBS, NBC, even Disney—are joining forces in a campaign to educate and empower parents on their kids TV viewing habits.
It's called—The TV Boss
Filed by DK on August 1 2006 | READ IT »
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