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As Rabiya said, today we're going to be doing the programme from the . It's a media conference Why should you as our loyal listeners care about a bunch of media types getting together at a posh conference in London?
Here's a chance to have your say about the media. Do you trust your media? Are you making your own media? Is it more important what people say on the bus or over beers than what you read in newspapers or hear on the radio? If you're tired of shouting at your radio, leave a comment here to have your say.
Reuters and the Ö÷²¥´óÐã have released a global survey on trust and in the media. National TV is still the , according to the findings. And bloggers still have yet to come of age as an information source. Do you trust the survey?
Well, not surprisingly, bloggers at the conference aren't impressed with the initial discussion at the conference.
Neha Viswanathan had this to say on :
I have some fundamental issues with the way this issue is being taken. One of the panelists just made a statement about how news and opinion are different. So let’s say I take three newspapers published from the same city and rip out the edit pages - is the content then the same.
During the conference, an online chat was happening amongst some of the members of the audience. Here's a taste of what they were saying:
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dotBen: CurrentTV is interesting cos it's setup by Al Gore who invented the Internet. I'm therefor surprised he didn't do a better job online with it
RMacK: current tv never gets blogged, which may or may not be an interesting indicator of its influence or lack thereof
billthom_uk: I'm getting tired of MarkT's cliche-ridden rambling. Has anyone spotted ANY substantive content? nehavish: Channel4 however does a great job of involving people in its content production - far better than most other organisations in UK
dotBen: So far most of the insights seem to come from the floor and not from the stage
Guest 1205: Funny that the Ö÷²¥´óÐã is putting itself forward as a champion of bloggers. When I contacted it about its approach to proprietary formats and software in the provision of broadcast content via the net, they chose to ignore my questions (which are now being considered by the UK's Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee). It's all well and good for the Ö÷²¥´óÐã to make token gestures to openness, but when you question its fundamental operations, they'll ignore you.
If you want the full backchannel discussion, or at least a good chunk of it, .
And one more comment just pitched up:
a partnership? What's in it for the citizen journalists?
Here's a post that maybe we at the Ö÷²¥´óÐã need to read. WeMedia: I'm switching off.
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