Stephen Downes

Knowledge, Learning, Community

Michael Geist talks about internet legislation and the culture of resistance that has formed in response to it. "For months people have been trying to figure out the "SOPA Story." How did the number one legislative effort from the number one lobby go down in flames?" To me, one of the most interesting results is that people are forming their own media consortia. I'm thinking that the day publishers turned on their audience was the day they lost that audience. "At the Media Consortium, a national network of independent media outlets, we realized that we could aggregate independent media content into media tools that could be embedded on individual member sites.... Instead of being pushed toward one central site à la Huffington Post, this model allows audiences to go to their favorite independent media outlet, where they can find national content created by the independent media sector." See also, How Journalism Education Can, and Should, Blow Up the System, from Eric Newton.

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