Thursday, September 28, 2006

i just read the article that fred sent regarding media ownership concentration in south africa. it seems to me that there is a global effort to suppress dissent and opposing viewpoints. it is not an issue of the right v. the left but rather having different opinions available to the public within the mainstream public sphere. when was the last time anyone saw howard zinn commenting on mainstream tv? how about chomsky? what about a fair report on all the soldiers who are refusing deployment in this unjust and illegal war in iraq? in this country supposedly we have a liberal(god i hate that word) media> can someone please point it outto me? the mainstream media is an orgy of center to right propaganda!! fox's motto is "fair and balanced." give me a break!! it's insulting, isn't it?
so i encourage the availability of right wing pundits but to counter that there must be radical and dissenting thoughts as well. for there to be a real democracy then there must be informed choice and not media oppression! see ya!
i just read the article that fred sent regarding media ownership concentration in south africa. it seems to me that there is a global effort to suppress dissent and opposing viewpoints. it is not an issue of the right v. the left but rather having different opinions available to the public within the mainstream public sphere. when was the last time anyone saw howard zinn commenting on mainstream tv? how about chomsky? what about a fair report on all the soldiers who are refusing deployment in this unjust and illegal war in iraq? in this country supposedly we have a liberal(god i hate that word) media> can someone please point it outto me? the mainstream media is an orgy of center to right propaganda!! fox's motto is "fair and balanced." give me a break!! it's insulting, isn't it?
so i encourage the availability of right wing pundits but to counter that there must be radical and dissenting thoughts as well. for there to be a real democracy then there must be informed choice and not media oppression! see ya!
hi everyone! wel i just read an e-amil that fred sent regarding media concentration and censorship issues taking place in South Africa. it seems that there is a global effort to keep opposing viewpoints out of the public sphere. to me it is not an issue of right v. left but rather having an equal representation of views. Supposedly in this country we have a liberal media. Can anyone show me where this exists? The media here is one center to right orgy of propaganda which is fine as long as the other side gets its equal share of airtime. When was the last time that we have seen howard zinn on fox or cnn or msnbc? how about chomsky? how about stories reported fairly on all the soldiers who are standing and refusing deployement in this unjust and illegal war? why wasn't the hugo chavez speech more fairly critiqued in the media? After all he did have some important things to say. fox's motto is Fair and Balanced!!! Please!! what we need is a real fair and balanced media where all opinions even dissenting ones are heard. then we can begin to speak of freedom and democracy! see ya!
Tactical Media Group at UMass Boston

Thursday, September 21, 2006

hey........I'm here. I wish I was still in Amsterdam.
I got a blog......sweet

Saturday, September 16, 2006

hi everybody! i just got turned on to sut jolly who is a prof at umass amherst nad he is amazing. check him out! he does video as well as articles. see you guys!! http://www.sutjhally.com/onlinepubs/onlinepubs_frame.html

Friday, September 15, 2006

To do List

1. If you haven't already done so please register for tactical media either online or through Sarah Bartlett in the registration office, her email address is sarah.bartlett@umb.edu and her telephone # is:
617-287-5807 .
2. Schedule a meeting with Fred to go over which competencies you need to take for tactical media this semester.
3. If you feel that you an intro to video production and post production please schedule a meeting with Shannon McCue (me). You can email me a shannon.mccue@umb.edu
4. Text for Class: "Community Media: A Global Introduction" by: Ellie Rennie

On going assignment for those you are working on the "Media and Community Building" competency.
Define these terms listed below

1. Participatory Media
2. Community Media
3. Development Media
4. Democratic Media
5. Public Media
6. Citizen Media


check out these documentaries!!!! http://www.witness.org/
watch what you video tape...i was watching democracy now today and a free lance journalist and video blogger was put in jail for 30 days for video taping the G8 protest in edinburgh scotland last year i believe. he potentially faces more jail time. a sad time for media freedom and first amendment rights! go to democracynow.org for the full interveiew.

Wednesday, September 06, 2006

Fall 06 Semester Begins!

The first meeting of the semester will be Wednesday, September 6th @ 5:30-7pm. We will be meeting outside of the Taylor Center. See you then!