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1. Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Sunday, 25-Nov-2018 00:44:40 EST Strypey

   Just listened to a show about the future of news media, from public broadcaster #RadioNZ. A panel of journalists, media scholars and online ad experts discuss the changes in the media business in Aotearoa, and in public broadcasting, and especially the changes brought about by the net:
   https://www.radionz.co.nz/stories/2018671558/how-the-nz-media-is-being-transformed-by-the-online-world-discussed-by-a-panel-of-experts

   1. Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Sunday, 25-Nov-2018 00:54:49 EST Strypey

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      A couple of thoughts. The show was recorded live with an audience, and I've often thought about this as a way to distinguish between organized independent media, and podcasts by cranks and shills talking to themselves (and each other) in their spare rooms. As such, it might also help with the audience fragmentation problem that's come with replacing linear broadcasting with digital media platforms.

      1. Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Sunday, 25-Nov-2018 00:59:49 EST Strypey

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         The other thought is that a lot of people in the media world, including academics, have a reasonable understandings of the problems networked media can create, but a very limited awareness of the potential solutions offered by technologies like the #fediverse. Maybe free code geeks need to spend more time helping journalists, media academics, and activists educate themselves about this?

      2. Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Sunday, 25-Nov-2018 09:06:21 EST Strypey

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         To put this in context, one of the things that's put me off starting a podcast, especially a video one (other than having a face for radio ;-) is that it would be the product of a crank in his spare room, talking to himself :-P I believe I'd both produce better content, and find an audience for it more easily, if I did it in a way that involved other people (interviews, talkback, or a live audience).