[Imc] on IMCs

[Brian Hagy]

internet radio, which can connect to a chat format, might help to make the
format more dialogue oriented.  "talk shows"  also help to do that.  it
would be interesting if we could experiment with a radio program in which
the "DJs" (or airshifters) were people who called in by phone or internet
(and coordinated or facilitated by someone actually at the broadcast
equipment).  don't know exactly what this would entail.  just an immediate
thought.


i really appreciated your comments, Paul.  They reflect my views as well.

thanks,
brian


On Thu, 30 Nov 2000, Paul Riismandel wrote:

> Hey all,
> 
> I read this interesting short essay, featured on the main IMC site, along 
> with some of the comments, and thought it might be good reading for 
> everyone.  It attempts to tease out the distinction between the IMCs and 
> the corporate media.
> 
> http://climate.indymedia.org/article.php3?sid=20001118145640
> 
> However, the first comment to the article was most instructive to me 
> because it reminded me of a crucial difference that it is easy to forget as 
> we work hard on reporting and creating content.  That factor is the 
> dialogic nature of the IMCs, where the content is shaped not just by the 
> original reporters, but by the dialogue we hope happens amongst 
> participants (readers, audience, writers, etc.).  Though it may seem 
> obvious, that is the reason that the site software is set up like a 
> bulletin board, and is something we should remind ourselves of.
> 
> I think it's also a point to keep in mind as we go about creating other 
> media--like radio and video.  How do we integrate dialog into these 
> media?  What makes an IMC radio show different from one produced by NPR or 
> WDWS?  Is it just viewpoint or standpoint?  Is it just that access is a 
> little more open--because none of us is a "media professional?" Or is there 
> something else?
> 
> For me, it's a shallow difference if the IMC only sets itself apart by 
> being progressive or left--though not an unimportant difference.  What 
> excites me is the potential to create a whole new "media thing" that erodes 
> the boundaries between broadcaster and listener, writer and reader, host 
> and audience.  The IMC can be progressive in a more holistic sense of the 
> word, by being a new way to mediate between people (rather than _to_ them), 
> instead of being a new version of the same old thing.
> 
> These are just a few thoughts I had to share.  I welcome comments and 
> responses on- or off-list.
> 
> --Paul
> 
> 
> 
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