April 23, 2011

University of Illinois at Chicago

Print media inspired revolution: 1770s

Community radio broadcasts: 1900s

Cable access television: 1960s

Library community information services: 1970s

Independent MediaCenter Seattle: 1999

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Community media today support democracy, diversity and the digital.

The definition of community media needs to be expanded to include emerging forms and practices (i.e. BTOP).

How are people using community media in the information revolution?

* Kate Williams. (2010). Research Methods in Community Informatics at the Broadband Moment. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/2142/14969

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Tiffany Bosley, CAN TV

Adriana Gallardo, Radio Arte

Toby Greenwalt, Skokie Public Library

Ethan Michaeli, We The People Media/Residents’ Journal

Colin Rhinesmith, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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