Month: March 2007

The 76th MediaSnackers podcast explores the MediaTrusts’ focus on youth.

(WORLD) The MediaSnackers podcast focusses on individuals, organisations or companies who are simply impressing us and which are crying out for more discussion.

Katie Simpson is Head of Youth Media for the Media Trust, who bring the media industries and charity together.

0.00—1.06 intros
1.07—3.04 strategic move towards youth media
3.05—5.01 MediaBox fund
5.02—6.07 soon-to-be-launched YouthZone
6.08—7.00 the gatekeepers/themes
7.01—8.50 the new youth mentoring scheme
8.51—9.27 integration/strategic dovetailing
9.28—10.22 the future
10.23—10.34 outro

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The 75th MediaSnackers podcast focuses on the organisation, TakingITGlobal.

(WORLD) The MediaSnackers podcast focusses on individuals, organisations or companies who are simply impressing us and which are crying out for more discussion.

Michael Furdyk is co-founder of TakingITGlobal a massive global online youth community for social change.

0.00—0.27 intros
0.28—1.33 what TakingITGlobal is
1.34—2.27 why it was born
2.28—3.32 the original aims and it’s evolvement
3.33—5.02 the reasons behind the successes
5.03—6.33 potential political impact
6.34—8.19 some success stories
8.20—9.24 partnerships
9.25—10.46 the future
10.47—10.59 outro

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The 74th MediaSnackers podcast discusses with Henry Giroux.

(WORLD) The MediaSnackers podcast focusses on individuals, organisations or companies who are simply impressing us and which are crying out for more discussion.

Henry Giroux is the Global Television Network Chair in English and Cultural Studies at McMaster University in Ontario, Canada.

0.00—0.21 intros
0.22—1.54 representations of youth in mainstream media
1.55—2.32 the investment question
2.33—3.53 relationship between democracy and education
3.54—5.28 emergence of new media to readdress balance
5.29—6.53 places of change
6.54—7.25 public pedagogy
7.26—8.07 production vs deconstruction
8.08—9.00 what has to change
9.01—9.56 the future
9.57—10.11 outro

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2nd training gig for the BBC.

(GBR) Yesterday MediaSnackers was delivering three 90minute training sessions to another group of BBC journalists/production staff. Our bit focussed on young people and the changing media landscape plus ‘RSS 101 for noobies’—this was part of the second internal BBC ‘Pod, Blog, Vod’ day.

The session was aimed at those who had little or no knowledge of RSS feeds and how they could be used. DK pitched his session just right and engaged so well with each of the groups. They all benefitted from his relaxed but highly informed style.

Jane Kinghorn, Creative Producer

Thanks to all the participants for making the day great and for challenging me with their questions.

Pod Blog Vod Part 1

[SUMMARY—Keeping track of the growing MediaSnackers Meme.]

(WORLD) We weren’t the first to apply the ‘snacking’ metaphor to media. Although there seems to be a growing adoption in terms of describing the new youth-media landscape—we thought it would be good to keep an eye on the growing MediaSnacking meme:

Start selling ‘snack sized’ pieces of content on sites like iTunes—think 20cents, not $11.99
Branding and trends blog Influx on how to market the second Borat movie.

Are we now grazing media as if we were gathering digital blackberries in an electronic forest?
Antonio Lopez, Media Educator from his blog post exploring the MediaSnackers Meme.

Thinking about this, I begin to wonder if this is truly “snacking”. While I’m constantly searching for small bits of information, I’m also getting something much more substantial: highly personalized content all delivered to my inbox. It’s not just bits, because there’s a wealth of substantial material.
Brad Levinson commenting on the recent Wired feature on his blog.

The MediaSnackers Meme #1, #2

The 73rd MediaSnackers podcast discusses the new book Totally Wired with its author.

(WORLD) The MediaSnackers podcast focusses on individuals, organisations or companies who are simply impressing us and which are crying out for more discussion.

Anastasia Goodstein is editor of teen/tween focussed Ypulse blog and also author of Totally Wired, an adults guide to what kids are really doing online.

0.00—0.38 intros
0.39—1.59 about Totally Wired and its relevance
2.00—4.09 are the moral panics about online activities warranted
4.10—6.11 political reaction to new media
6.12—8.40 the positives of teens online
8.41—10.18 the future discourse
10.19—10.30 outro

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The 72nd MediaSnackers podcast checks out a new music sales site with a twist.

(WORLD) The MediaSnackers podcast focusses on individuals, organisations or companies who are simply impressing us and which are crying out for more discussion.

Joshua Boltuch is one of the co-founders of Amie Street, a music-focussed social networking site with a totally different music sales/revenue model.

0.00—0.22 intros
0.22—2.45 about Amie Street
2.46—4.17 the social networking aspect
4.18—5.48 the scale of the site
5.49—6.56 what the artists get
6.57—9.43 the impact
9.44—8.41 the future
10.49—11.00 outro

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Keeping track of the growing MediaSnackers Meme.

(WORLD) We weren’t the first to apply the ‘snacking’ metaphor to media. Although there seems to be a growing adoption in terms of describing the new youth-media landscape—we thought it would be good to keep an eye on the growing MediaSnacking meme:

Here’s an article discussing how MediaSnacking has biult momentum through user-generated video websites.

Those clever girls and boys from Wired write their Snack Minifesto:

In the morning, we check news and tap out emails on laptops. At work we graze all day on videos and blogs. Back home, the giant HDTV is for 10-course feasting—say, an entire season of 24. In between are the morsels that fill those whenever minutes, as your mobile phone carrier calls them: a 30-second game on your Nintendo DS, a 60-second webisode on your cell, a three-minute podcast on your MP3 player.

Disney Channel Worldwide president Gary Marsh sums it up superbly:

What we’re really trying to do is be all the places that kids are. Kids are media snackers. They will consume media in many, many different places. We want to make sure that when they are hungry, we are available.

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Another juicy MediaSnackers Vodcast to devour.

The MediaSnackers monthly vodcast is a fifteen minute shot (more or less) of yummy-youth-media-goodness. Featuring content made, produced or focussed on young people and media from around the globe.

Featuring: 24/7 from theoneminutesjr.org; MediaSnackers at the user-generated content event at Royal Television Society; half-term comedy film from Club Fix; The Cafe by Jennifer studying at GCADT; music by Race.

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