Tactical Media (Artists formerly known as CMT Working Group) Meeting

Attendees:

Shannon, Danielle, Sequoia, Matt, Jason

Digital Media Workshop - debrief:

• Why not more students attend?
• Tell Susan Eisenberg next time to send to alumni
• Visit CPCS classes
• Good falculty & community (VISTA) turnout
• More handouts – then post to website
• Next steps:
• Put any materials (photos, videos, links, handouts) on website (Shannon)
• Danielle to send email to presenters saying thanks and asking for materials info

Screenings:

· Hold at Campus Center (2^nd/3^rd floor) [Media Auditorium too big and no traffic]

· Mondays after lunch

· Try to schedule showing of “OutFoxed” the week of Dec 12^th

§ Sequoia has a copy of film

§ Shannon to research permissions/copyright

§ Matt to put in request for space

Media Policy Discussions:

Topics this week: Wireless (Sequoia)

TERMS:

Wifi:

· Wireless fidelity: most commonly used wireless technology today

WIMAX:

· Range of approx. 3 miles

· Wireless microwaves

· Seldom used

· Goes through buildings

· Wireless broadband – potentially much cheaper

· 802.11g – as fast as cable

Wireless Mesh Networks

Municipal Wireless Networks

Wireless IEE E Technology

(See Sequoia for diagram of wireless IEEE Technology frequencies)

Readings from Sequoia:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9551548/ (Wi-Fi tech) http://searchmobilecomputing.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid40_gci929334,00.html

(WiMax tech)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4455727.stm (WiMax tech)

Readings from Matt (wireless mesh networks):

http://research.microsoft.com/mesh/ - from the big MS – interesting and techie

http://www.free2air.org/ - an implementation in Berlin

http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=38692 – companies pushing the technology…Motorola..etc…

http://www.corante.com/mobilemesh/ - an implementation in Vegas…”Vegas baby…Vegas”

Readings from emails:

Municipal broadband nationwide
http://news.com.com/Municipal+broadband+and+wireless+projects+map/2009-1034_3-5690287.html

Community Internet Under Attack

http://zmagsite.zmag.org/Images/szczepanszyk0905.html

http://www.hearusnow.org/connected

Google's WiFi Bid for San Francisco

http://www.alternet.org/story/27340

Milwaukee to create citywide Wi-Fi net

http://www.fcw.com/article91104-10-14-05-Web

Legislative Barriers Against Municipal Wireless (WiMax): And You Thought This Was About Technology?!

http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=418865

Media Policy Topcs for next sessions:

• NO MEETING Nov 23^rd – Happy Turkey Day!
• Telecom Act of 1996 (Jason) - Nov 30th

Tactical Media Notes 11-2-2005

Tactical Media (Artists formerly known as CMT Working Group) Meeting

Wednesday, November 2, 2005

Attendees:

Shannon McCue, Danielle Martin, Sequoia Stenlund, Matt Landry, Fred Johnson, Jonell Joseph, Hedy, Bruce

Digital Media Workshop:

• Updated schedule is on the web http://www.cpcs.umb.edu/cmt/TacticalMedia05.html
• RSVP/Check In at door:
• Shannon will provide list of RSVPs to greeters
• Attendees have until 5 minutes after start time to keep seat
• Signs – ask Suzanne (Shannon?)
• Directions – ask Peter Adams
• Reminders to presenters (Danielle)
• Missing descriptions – Andy Carvin & Daniell
• Video taping sessions (non camera/editing ones)
• Presenters from Bruce?
• Tasha – Fred to connect over Dig Storytelling description and ask to help with Thursday Advanced Editing
• Taylor Center speech – Fred to send better version
• Taylor Center is:
• Center for media arts, NOT a computer lab
• Place for Curriculum develop
• Tools for multimedia and teaching
• Center for presentation
• CPCS run, not UMB

Media Policy Discussions:

Topics this week: Broadcast (Jonel) – Nov 2^nd

Broadcasting –

2 Types:

1. Commercial
2. Public

2 Types of disbursement:

1. Radio
2. TV
1. Satellite

i. DBS Set Asides

ii. Link TV, Free Speech TV

2. Cable Carriage

i. 2 Decisions:

1. Cable decides what broadcast channels to convert to cable, for commercial reasons (CNN, Turner)

2. MUST CARRY (Federal Law) – Cable has to carry local channels

ii. Some of the success of broadcast channels is based on where they get carried by cable.

Broadcast Questions:

1. Public Broadcasting
• 3% of daily viewers
• How has it changed over time?
• Effect of cable news on PBS
• FAILURE?
• How can we reform? How can PBS get better?

i. Must consider significant audience

1. Argument by broadcasters that they’d put politics on commercial TV if there was a significant audience demand to watch it

2. Political question: public interest based significance vs. commercial significance

3. Also, must consider the income that broadcasters now make off political campaigns (where as before, they had to cover everyone, not based on who can pay)

2. US Broadcasting & the Fairness Doctrine
• Idea that if TV presented one point of view, they must to present ALL or at least a few opposite views (diversity)
• Doctrine is no longer law – vetoed by President in 1987
• Nixon in 1972- Attack on PBS
• Reagan era – TV is an appliance:

"It's time to move away from thinking of broadcasters as trustees and time to treat them the way that everyone else in this society does, that is, as a business. Television is just another appliance. It's a toaster with pictures." - Mark Fowler. Ronald Reagan’s FCC

• Republicans wanted to remove restraints on broadcasters to make money and not be limited by guidelines on content such as:

i. Children’s educational programming

ii. Better nutrition and no alcohol

iii. # of commercial units per hour

iv. Indecency

• Questions raised by lack of fairness law:

i. Are airwaves really owned by public?

1. Does the public have rights to voice/content?

ii. Is the public interest really being served?

1. Does broadcast still cover enough public affairs, unbiased news, and politics, giving us the tools to be good citizens?

2. Are there still standards of news and current affairs coverage?

a. EX: FOX News

i. Run by Roger Ailes, who was R. Reagan’s campaign manager

ii. Could FOX News of today be sued under old Fairness Doctrine? (http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1067)

iii. PS – Ailes just won the The Media Institute's Freedom of Speech Award

3. Transition to Digital
• Digital Transition and Public Safety Act
• Cost to poor
• Smart Receivers

i. Could potentially have many broadcasts on one channel, but need a smart receiver to pick up the ones you want

ii. Could lead to smaller audiences with narrowed bits of info

iii. Who decides the filtering of channels?

iv. Creating or making an audience, and then creating content/knowledge to send to them

LINKS from Jonel:

PBPB | Public Broadcasting PolicyBase

Marpin Telecoms & Broadcasting - Dominican Republic

The Broadcast Flag Decision: The FCC Bends Over Backward to Protect Over-the-Air Television and the HDTV Transition - TechKnowledge Newsletter

ETVCookbook.org: Glossary

What's wrong with public broadcasting? by James MacGuire

Fairness Doctrine

DOC-261936A1.pdf (application/pdf Object)

Telecommunications Glossary - ISP, CLEC, ISP/CLEC

Media Policy Topcs for next sessions:

• NO MEETING NEXT WEEK – Nov 9^th – See ya at the Dig Media Week!
• Wireless (WIFI and WIMAX) (Sequoia) - Nov 16^th
• NO MEETING Nov 23^rd – Happy Turkey Day!
• Telecom Act of 1996 (Jason) - Nov 30th