Beyond Broadcast, Feb 24 2007, Cambridge MA
For 50 years broadcast media have played a powerful role in shaping political culture and mediating citizen engagement in the democratic process. Now a participatory culture is putting the tools of media creation and critique in the hands of citizens themselves. We invite you to MIT—to explore the means, the message, and the meaning of the post-midterm, pre-presidential YouTube moment.
On February 24th, MIT Comparative Media Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. will host a conference in collaboration with Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society and the Information Society Project at Yale Law School. The one-day event will be held at MIT, and is entitled “Beyond Broadcast: From Participatory Culture to Participatory Democracy.” It will bring together industry experts, academic leaders, and political activists for panel discussions and focused working groups.
The conference follows immediately on the Public Media Conference taking place in Boston the week before, and attendees of the PMC can register for free.
http://www.beyondbroadcast.net