MediaSnackers

The 69th MediaSnackers podcast chats to the founder of online initiative Youth Action for Change.

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

Selene Biffi is founder of Youth Action for Change, an online initiative, for and by youths, whose main aim is to inspire and help young people empower themselves.

0.00—0.25 intros
0.26—1.35 why Youth Action for Change was born
1.36—3.05 how it works
3.06—3.50 peer to peer education
3.51—5.12 the numbers
5.13—6.51 an example of the impact
6.52—8.20 the logistics of how it works
8.21—9.44 future of Youth Action for Change
9.45—9.55 outro

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The 68th MediaSnackers podcast talks to social networks and online communities expert, Noah Kagan.

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

Noah Kagan, amongst other things, is one of the organisers behind the forthcoming Community Next conference and used to work for Facebook, plus has his own weblog, okdork.

0.00—0.30 intros
0.31—1.26 the Facebook experience
1.27—3.13 what Noah learned and how the users define Facebook
3.14—4.45 Community Next
4.46—5.56 aims, objectoves and fears
5.57—7.26 importance of social networks
7.27—8.43 tipping point?
8.44—9.46 platform/media/digital literacy
9.47—11.42 future of online communities
11.43—11.56 outro

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Another packed MediaSnackers Vodcast offering.

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: Drugs Myth and Fact from theoneminutesjr.org; YouthVille Detroit video; MediaSnackers Needs You; an interview with four Greenwich University students about their online habits, technology use and media attitudes; Vendetta by Andrew Unsworth of GlamFest; music by The Heal.

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The 67th MediaSnackers podcast talks school design with DesignShare’s CEO.

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

Christian Long is the CEO of DesignShare, focussed on school design and the future of learning, plus has his own weblog, think:lab.

0.00—1.00 intros
1.01—1.56 what defines a good learning environment
1.57—4.35 how school design has changed
4.36—6.02 trend of participatory design
6.03—9.13 the flexibility question
9.14—11.08 the future of learning
11.09—11.20 outro

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The 66th MediaSnackers podcast converses with the Cartoon Network.

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

Alice Cahn, Head of Acquisitions and Development for Cartoon Network in the US.

0.00—0.36 intros
0.37—2.40 defining the Cartoon Network market
2.41—4.21 how/why they have changed
4.22—6.32 how programming reflects this change
6.33—9.23 the junk food/advertising debate
9.24—11.57 the future
11.58—12.09 outro

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The 65th MediaSnackers podcast takes a look at a nonprofit independent media arts center in San Francisco, CA.

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

Ken Ikeda is Executive Director of Bay Area Video Coalition a nonprofit independent media arts center in San Francisco, CA.

0.00—0.57 intros
0.58—1.44 what BAVC does with young people
1.45—2.25 the logistics
2.26—4.15 sepcific youth media programmes (The Factory and BUMP Records)
4.16—5.00 students to teachers
5.01—6.35 what type of young people are involved with the programmes
6.36—7.43 media literacy levels
7.44—9.47 where the gap lies
9.48—10.47 the future
10.48—10.59 outro

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The 64th MediaSnackers podcast finds out more about Project Happiness.

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

Jim (Sky) Schuyler is the Chief Technology Officer for the Dalai Lama Foundation, discussing the Project Happiness project.

0.00—1.10 intros
1.11—2.14 aims and objectives of Project Happiness
2.15—5.57 what schools are involved
5.58—10.47 utilising the technologies and web platforms
10.46—11.08 outro

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The 63rd MediaSnackers podcast discusses the new report from DEMOS.

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

Hannah Green is head of the families programme at DEMOS and one of the authors of the research report, Their Space: Education for a digital generation.

0.00—0.19 intros
0.20—1.42 exploring the reasons behind the report
1.43—2.29 how the report was researched
2.30—3.01 who they spoke to
3.02—4.18 the vacuum between the schools/parents and young people
4.19—5.30 what they learned from young people
5.31—7.35 the teachers/schools
7.36—8.50 proposals from the report
8.51—10.45 policy gap
10.46—12.10 realistic impact of the report
12.11—12.24 outro

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The 62nd MediaSnackers podcast talks to Professor David Buckingham from the Centre for the Study of Children, Youth and Media.

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

David Buckingham is Professor of Education at the Institute of Education, London University and founder / director of the Centre for the Study of Children, Youth and Media.

0.00—0.26 intros
0.27—2.22 exploring the centers focus
2.23—4.32 the big changes in media from an academic perspective
4.33—6.27 teaching media education
6.28—9.44 the CivicWeb project
9.45—11.03 the future of media
11.04—11.14 outro

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The 61st MediaSnackers podcast explores bebo.com with its cofounder Michael Birch.

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Michael Birch is the co-founder of popular youth social networking site Bebo.

0.00—0.16 intro
0.17—1.00 about Bebo
1.01—1.54 the numbers and scale of Bebo
1.55—3.17 why Bebo is so popular in the UK/Irish market
3.18—5.06 how they have stayed fresh and relevant
5.07—4.47 the impact of the users
6.26—7.52 widgets/authors
7.51—10.24 the issues and problems relating to misuse of the site
10.25—11.27 the future of Bebo
11.28—11.38 outro

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