Hi everyone,
This evening I had the pleasure of speaking to a group of 120 graduate
students at NYU's interactive telecommunications program. After being
introduced by Red Burns, I spoke for about an hour about the the digital
divide and its relationship with participatory media, or "We Media" as
it's sometimes known. I made the argument that the participatory media
phenomenon will remain skewed to well-off, well-educated populations as
long as disenfranchised groups, such as low-income populations, people
of color and people with disabilities, don't have equal access or the
skills to participate. Unless we do more to bridge the digital divide,
particularly in terms of 21st century skills and media literacy,
marginalized groups will find it harder and harder to engage in civic
participation effectively.
After giving some basics about the digital divide and its various
manifestations, I talked about several initiatives that are beginning to
push back by creating more equitable participatory media, from Global
Voices Online to Atlantic City Rough Cuts. I then took questions for
about 30 minutes; the students asked smart, probing questions and did a
great job of reminding me of all the things I'd wish I'd said in my
speech. :-)
I recorded a very long podcast of the speech, including the Q&A. Be
forewarned it's over 30 megs, so download at your own peril. Meanwhile,
the powerpoint presentation is also available. You can find both of them
here:
http://www.andycarvin.com/archives/2005/10/ensuring_we_med.html
Meanwhile, tomorrow I'll be blogging from the We Media Conference here
in NYC; assuming no one kicks my laptop again, you'll be able to follow
along at my blog, www.andycarvin.com. -andy
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Andy Carvin
Program Director
EDC Center for Media & Community
acarvin @ edc . org
http://www.digitaldivide.net
http://katrina05.blogspot.com
Blog: http://www.andycarvin.com
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