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GoTT Workshop Video
12Jun2003 Filed under: HoopingHere’s a video of the hooping workshop at GoTT today (340 MB .mpg). The conference was good, complete with a former UN representative, and other well-versed important people talking to us. There was a happy three-legged dog. It was held in a great space. Lots of interesting people to talk to. Oh, and I stood up and said something about democratizing the media with weblogs. It was good. I am tired. Good night.
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Hey there. I'm Ariel Meadow Stallings, a native Seattleite who's written my way up and down the Left Coast. Electrolicious is where I post daily randomata, but I also write for a living. My first book, Offbeat Bride, was published last year.
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kara
June 12th, 2003 at 1:44 am
Whoo! Cute vid! Is that you in the front hopping around in the little black top?
paisley
June 12th, 2003 at 5:38 am
nice
Ryan
June 12th, 2003 at 6:42 am
Mmmm, democratizing? After reading Perry’s opinion on Samizdata, I’d say it just created a larger base of reporters and opinions. I don’t think this could be called democratizing the media. I don’t mind - there are many times I’d treat a blogosphere analysis with more respect than a news media treatment, but the marketplace analogy fits very well. We have no say in what others write, but we can vote with our eyes and our clicks, just like our dollars and our attention in the real world.
That said, I still love blogs and the freedom that they tend to grant information.
Ariel
June 12th, 2003 at 7:24 am
Kara: Yes.
Ryan: Yes, democratizing. By enabling people to have a voice through their online writings (a voice that’s potentially searchable and accessible by anyone in the world), it not only increases the numbers of perspectives and contributors to the information flow of the planet, but it also creates a culture of healthy media skepticism, ie don’t always believe what you read, whether it’s on myblog.com or cnn.com.
That said, I haven’t read the articles you linked, so perhaps my mind will change.
Ryan
June 12th, 2003 at 10:26 am
OK, I see your point.
On a tangent, I love the skepticism and sense of investigationism that blogs have created, and the Internet has allowed. If you don’t believe something, there is an easier way to verify it now, if you want. Many of the ways may have been there before, but they’re easier to access now for someone who wishes to do so. And in this, democracy and full discussion live on. As long as we keep fighting for it.