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BerkmanBuzzwordBingo

2008-05-16T20:04:39Z

Fonchik:

Berkman Buzzword Bingo - a game in development

See [http://www.librarian.net/tempo/bbb.html Formatted Version]

Add your own buzzwords below

surface, v.t. ("you need to surface the good stuff")

hum (the metric of agreement)

intimacy

value added

"framing"

poker

feedback loop

Eon

web 3.0

transparency

civic engagement

DMCA

user generated content

generative

FREE as in beer

openness

net neutrality

disruptive technologies

digital native

long tail

intellectual property

policy interventions

open source

citizen journalism

democratization

the commons

Main Page

2008-05-16T18:57:06Z

Fonchik: /* '''Etc''' */

== '''Berkman's 10th Anniversary Conference and Celebration''' ==

'''Please note that you *do not* need an account to edit this wiki'''

* '''[http://www.berkmanat10.org Main Conference Website]'''
* '''[http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/berkmanat10/agenda Agenda]:''' The schedule as it currently stands.
*   '''[[Politics Session]] View our thoughts about the politics session on May 15'''
* '''[[Attendees]]:''' Add your name here if you're attending to let others know you'll be at B@10!
* '''[[Social Tools]]:''' Post questions to the question tool, IRC Channel information, Facebook group and more.
* '''[[Travel Related | Directions, Maps, Travel]]'''
* '''[http://cyber.law.harvard.edu Berkman Center for Internet & Society]'''
* '''[[Suggested Attire]]'''

== '''May 15 Food for Thought Dinners''' ==
* '''[[Food for Thought Dinners]]:''' Coordinate dinner plans with other attendees.

== '''May 16 Openness Sessions''' ==

9:30a.m.- 10:45a.m.

* [[Open Learning]], Austin North - Building an Immersive Networked Future Expressed in Code, Law, Public Media and Human Spirit
* [[Open Innovation]], Austin East - Democratized and Distributed Innovation
* [[The Language of Openness]], Austin West - Framing the Net: What We Say is What We Get
* [[Open Network Architectures]], Hauser 104
* [[The Global Internet | Open World]], Hauser 102 - The Global Internet: Emerging Tech in Emerging Markets
* [[Open Media]], Langdell South - Is Openness Enough?: Media and Democracy in the Networked Age

== '''May 16 Breakout Sessions''' ==

'''[[ Breakout Session Matrix ]]''' - This will be synchronized with the session matrix discussed during the 9-9:30am Proposal period in Ames Courtroom.

* [[Digital Natives]] Session Organizers: John Palfrey and Urs Gasser
* [[Political Transparency | Technology and Political Transparency]] - Session Organizers: Micah Sifry and Ellen Miller
* [[Network Neutrality]] Sessions Organizer: Yochai Benkler
* [[Race and the Internet | Netizenship: Engaging with Race and Diversity Online]] - Session Organizers: David Harris and Rachel Lyon of the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice Austin East
* [[Netizenship]] Session Organizer: Jonathan Zittrain
* [[The Dilemma of Games: Moral Choice in a Digital World]], Session Organizers: Gene Koo and Shenja van der Graaf
* [[Internet and Politics | Political Mobilization, the Internet and the 2008 Elections]]
* [[Democratized and Distributed Innovation]]
* [[Framing the Net: What We Say is What We Get]] - Session Organizers:
* [[Pro-social Games | The Dilemma of Games: Moral choice in a Digital World]]
* [[Media Re:Public - Internet & Media/News | Networked News and Public Discourse]]
* [[Identity & Civil Liberties | Anonymity, Privacy and Identity: Towards a Bill of User rights]]
* [[Open Access: Problems of Collective Action and Promises of Civic Engagement]]
* [[Creative Commons and Science Commons Developments | The Musician and the Scientist Write the Code: Protocols for Compensation and Openness]] via Melanie Dulong
* [[Framing the Net: What We Say is What We Get]] - via Doc Searls
* [[The ECOGogy: how .Gov, .Com, .Org and .Edu get along]] - via Doc Searls
* [[Chilling Effects]] - via Wendy Seltzer
* [[Gatekeepers]] via Wendy Seltzer
* [[Filtering]] via Rob Faris
* [[Open Security]]: Harnessing the Generative Internet for the Public Good (formerly [[Internet Generativity]]) - StopBadware team, Jart Armin
* [[What is settled in the development of internet & society, what do we know is true, what do we agree on?]] - Via Dan Gillmor
* [[Metaphor and net infrastructure understanding and its legal implications]] - via Doc Searls / Judith Donath
* [[Open Access: Problems of Collective Action and Promises of Civic Engagement]] - via Nick Bramble
* [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/berkmanat10/Open_Education_and_the_Future_of_University A Strategy for Open Online Education] - via Charlie Nesson
* [[YouTomb: Peeking Behind the Curtain of YouTube Take-Downs ]] - via Tim Hwang +
* [[Watching v. Surveillance: Who, Where, How]] - via Hal Roberts, Chris Conley
* [[Media Re:Public - Internet & Media/News]] - via Persephone Miel, Jake Shapiro,
* [[Lawyering for the Peer Enterprise]] - Wendy Seltzer, David Ardia,
* [[Why Free Speech Needs Free Culture]] - via Rebecca MacKinnon
* [[A Bill of User Rights and Responsibilities for the Future Net]] - An Open Social Mobile Platform - Digital Institutions for Global Mobile, via Clippinger, Shenja, Oliver, Urs
* [[Identity & Civil Liberties]] - via Clippinger, Mary Rundle, Real ID - Higgins
* [[Beyond Content: The metadata data of abundance]] - via David W.
* [[How to Create an Index of Internet Freedom]] --via Karin Karlekar
* [[Global problem solving]]: Let's think collectively about collective problem solving - Mark Tovey
* [[Business Strategy]]: Let's think collectively about how business strategy will change given the ideas and deads of Johnathan Zittrain, Michael Porter, and Mark Zuckerberg - Michael Rand

== '''Etc''' ==

* '''[http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/berkmanat10/BerkmanBuzzwordBingo Berkman Buzzword Bingo]'''
* '''[[Suggested Readings]]:''' List any relevant academic papers and create H20 playlists.
* '''[[Online Coverage]]:''' Links to blogs, photos, podcasts from conference attendees.
* '''[[Suggestion Box]]:''' Please list any suggestions that you may have for the conference here.
* [[Volunteers]]
* [[Timeline]]
* [[Berkman Memories and Moments - What Does Berkman Mean to You?]]
* [[The Lost Tribe Members - If you are still in touch with folks on this list, please let us know the best way to contact them]]
* [[IRC Log]]

== '''Getting started''' ==
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:FAQ MediaWiki FAQ]
* [http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce MediaWiki release mailing list]

BerkmanBuzzwordBingo

2008-05-16T18:55:02Z

Fonchik: New page: Berkman Buzzword Bingo - a game in development See [http://www.librarian.net/tempo/bbb.html Formatted Version] Add your own buzzwords below intimacy value added "framing" ...

Berkman Buzzword Bingo - a game in development

See [http://www.librarian.net/tempo/bbb.html Formatted Version]

Add your own buzzwords below

intimacy

value added

"framing"

poker

feedback loop

Eon

web 3.0

transparency

civic engagement

DMCA

user generated content

generative

FREE as in beer

openness

net neutrality

disruptive technologies

digital native

long tail

intellectual property

policy interventions

open source

citizen journalism

democratization

the commons

Main Page

2008-05-16T18:48:52Z

Fonchik: /* '''Etc''' */

== '''Berkman's 10th Anniversary Conference and Celebration''' ==

'''Please note that you *do not* need an account to edit this wiki'''

* '''[http://www.berkmanat10.org Main Conference Website]'''
* '''[http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/berkmanat10/agenda Agenda]:''' The schedule as it currently stands.
*   '''[[Politics Session]] View our thoughts about the politics session on May 15'''
* '''[[Attendees]]:''' Add your name here if you're attending to let others know you'll be at B@10!
* '''[[Social Tools]]:''' Post questions to the question tool, IRC Channel information, Facebook group and more.
* '''[[Travel Related | Directions, Maps, Travel]]'''
* '''[http://cyber.law.harvard.edu Berkman Center for Internet & Society]'''
* '''[[Suggested Attire]]'''

== '''May 15 Food for Thought Dinners''' ==
* '''[[Food for Thought Dinners]]:''' Coordinate dinner plans with other attendees.

== '''May 16 Openness Sessions''' ==

9:30a.m.- 10:45a.m.

* [[Open Learning]], Austin North - Building an Immersive Networked Future Expressed in Code, Law, Public Media and Human Spirit
* [[Open Innovation]], Austin East - Democratized and Distributed Innovation
* [[The Language of Openness]], Austin West - Framing the Net: What We Say is What We Get
* [[Open Network Architectures]], Hauser 104
* [[The Global Internet | Open World]], Hauser 102 - The Global Internet: Emerging Tech in Emerging Markets
* [[Open Media]], Langdell South - Is Openness Enough?: Media and Democracy in the Networked Age

== '''May 16 Breakout Sessions''' ==

'''[[ Breakout Session Matrix ]]''' - This will be synchronized with the session matrix discussed during the 9-9:30am Proposal period in Ames Courtroom.

* [[Digital Natives]] Session Organizers: John Palfrey and Urs Gasser
* [[Political Transparency | Technology and Political Transparency]] - Session Organizers: Micah Sifry and Ellen Miller
* [[Network Neutrality]] Sessions Organizer: Yochai Benkler
* [[Race and the Internet | Netizenship: Engaging with Race and Diversity Online]] - Session Organizers: David Harris and Rachel Lyon of the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice Austin East
* [[Netizenship]] Session Organizer: Jonathan Zittrain
* [[The Dilemma of Games: Moral Choice in a Digital World]], Session Organizers: Gene Koo and Shenja van der Graaf
* [[Internet and Politics | Political Mobilization, the Internet and the 2008 Elections]]
* [[Democratized and Distributed Innovation]]
* [[Framing the Net: What We Say is What We Get]] - Session Organizers:
* [[Pro-social Games | The Dilemma of Games: Moral choice in a Digital World]]
* [[Media Re:Public - Internet & Media/News | Networked News and Public Discourse]]
* [[Identity & Civil Liberties | Anonymity, Privacy and Identity: Towards a Bill of User rights]]
* [[Open Access: Problems of Collective Action and Promises of Civic Engagement]]
* [[Creative Commons and Science Commons Developments | The Musician and the Scientist Write the Code: Protocols for Compensation and Openness]] via Melanie Dulong
* [[Framing the Net: What We Say is What We Get]] - via Doc Searls
* [[The ECOGogy: how .Gov, .Com, .Org and .Edu get along]] - via Doc Searls
* [[Chilling Effects]] - via Wendy Seltzer
* [[Gatekeepers]] via Wendy Seltzer
* [[Filtering]] via Rob Faris
* [[Open Security]]: Harnessing the Generative Internet for the Public Good (formerly [[Internet Generativity]]) - StopBadware team, Jart Armin
* [[What is settled in the development of internet & society, what do we know is true, what do we agree on?]] - Via Dan Gillmor
* [[Metaphor and net infrastructure understanding and its legal implications]] - via Doc Searls / Judith Donath
* [[Open Access: Problems of Collective Action and Promises of Civic Engagement]] - via Nick Bramble
* [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/berkmanat10/Open_Education_and_the_Future_of_University A Strategy for Open Online Education] - via Charlie Nesson
* [[YouTomb: Peeking Behind the Curtain of YouTube Take-Downs ]] - via Tim Hwang +
* [[Watching v. Surveillance: Who, Where, How]] - via Hal Roberts, Chris Conley
* [[Media Re:Public - Internet & Media/News]] - via Persephone Miel, Jake Shapiro,
* [[Lawyering for the Peer Enterprise]] - Wendy Seltzer, David Ardia,
* [[Why Free Speech Needs Free Culture]] - via Rebecca MacKinnon
* [[A Bill of User Rights and Responsibilities for the Future Net]] - An Open Social Mobile Platform - Digital Institutions for Global Mobile, via Clippinger, Shenja, Oliver, Urs
* [[Identity & Civil Liberties]] - via Clippinger, Mary Rundle, Real ID - Higgins
* [[Beyond Content: The metadata data of abundance]] - via David W.
* [[How to Create an Index of Internet Freedom]] --via Karin Karlekar
* [[Global problem solving]]: Let's think collectively about collective problem solving - Mark Tovey
* [[Business Strategy]]: Let's think collectively about how business strategy will change given the ideas and deads of Johnathan Zittrain, Michael Porter, and Mark Zuckerberg - Michael Rand

== '''Etc''' ==

* '''[[Suggested Readings]]:''' List any relevant academic papers and create H20 playlists.
* '''[[Online Coverage]]:''' Links to blogs, photos, podcasts from conference attendees.
* '''[[Suggestion Box]]:''' Please list any suggestions that you may have for the conference here.
* [[Volunteers]]
* [[Timeline]]
* [[Berkman Memories and Moments - What Does Berkman Mean to You?]]
* [[The Lost Tribe Members - If you are still in touch with folks on this list, please let us know the best way to contact them]]
* [[IRC Log]]

== '''Getting started''' ==
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:FAQ MediaWiki FAQ]
* [http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce MediaWiki release mailing list]

Open Media

2008-05-15T20:41:54Z

Fonchik:

''âItâs a few nanoseconds into the Big Bang, we have four light elements and no galaxiesâ''
â Doc Searls describing the state of new media

This session will be an open discussion of what projects, tools, ideas, actions, might make the emerging online news and information environment as good as it can be. Hand-wringing and rehashing of "bloggers vs. journalists" strictly discouraged.

Some assertions we might discuss:

'''1. (Old media are broken)''' In the United States, content creation and dissemination possibilities afforded by new technology are disrupting the scarcity-based business models of all forms of traditional media. There are already examples of market failures to meet the information needs of a democracy, and the trend is accelerating. The effects are less acute in countries with more dominant public media or lower Internet penetration, but the tendencies are the same.

'''2. (Bloggers didnât break 'em)''' The rise of non-professionals critiquing, aggregating, pointing to or creating news-related content is parallel to the changes in the traditional industry; it is not the cause of the disruption.

'''3. (Bloggers wonât fix 'em)''' At least not on their own. The new participatory media sphere is expanding rapidly, but without intervention will not develop the specific functions needed to fill the gaps created by the crumbling of the traditional institutions.

'''4. (There are lots of new things we can try) ''' The networked media environment offers huge potential to engage new participants, make new connections, and use new techniques and technologies to enhance and improve every aspect of the news and information environment: reporting accuracy, depth, context, responsiveness, comprehensiveness, analysis, links to civic engagement.

'''5. (But we wonât)''' However, the mechanisms of the market and the non-market that currently drive investment of human and other resources are not working to take full advantage of that potential to improve the quality of civic debate and ensure that there are independent institutions able to challenge the powers that be. None of traditional media, tech companies, individuals, and most grant-making institutions have the combination of motivation, expertise and resources needed.

'''6. (Unless you help)''' Coordinated efforts by multiple stakeholders are needed to stimulate media projects with public service missions, regardless of their revenue model. They may be standalone, within existing media organizations or new networks of organizations and individuals.

7'''. (Use cross-breeding to let 1000 new hybrid flowers bloom)''' Projects should be based on cross-sector, multi-media collaboration and experimentation that builds on the expertise, resources and energy extant in traditional media institutions, technology companies, civil society, and the audience itself. Small experiments should be encouraged.

Perhaps some promising examples of "1000 new hybrid flowers" blooming here in the [newly announced Knight News Challenge Winners][http://www.newschallenge.org/winners/2008]

'''What do we want from the news?'''

''Functional roles''

Reporting

Coverage

Providing context, analysis, âmaking sense of the worldâ

Watchdog function

Building the public sphere/community/social capital, promoting engagement

'''Qualities needed to achieve those functions'''

''Classical (I purposely leave out âobjectiveâ -- itâs lost its usefulness)''

Timely

Independent

Relevant

Accessible (language, price, delivery)

Comprehensive

Accurate

Politically Neutral

Balanced

Pluralistic

Representative of the community

''New''

Transparent

Interactive

Participatory

Multimedia

Multiplatform

'''What Kinds of Content Are We Talking About'''

Can we put "news" content into three categories?

Information â i.e., various kinds of content directly from the source and/or publicly available: sports scores, stock prices, calendar of City Council meetings, state budget

Reporting â stories or other items created by author(s) based on gathering information from one or more sources and/or observing events

Deliberation â analysis, opinion, discussion

'''Hypotheses for discussion'''

No one who makes any pretense of interest in current events actually relies on blogs or other amateur content alone for her news (or ever will)

Low-income and minority communities are underrepresented as both topics and authors in online media: as much as in traditional media? or more?

Online pointing activity (blogging, social bookmarking, aggregating) tends to amplify a specific subset of mainstream content, making other content less visible

The long tail effect has limited power in the arena of current events - time sensitive material needs to be found in time to be relevant, it can't build an audience slowly

Linux/FOSS development is either the wrong model for participatory media or the right model interpreted the wrong way (meaning: in order to achieve the qualities and carry out the functions of news media, participatory media needs to be more organized and less volunteer-based than most people seem to think)

Editing in every sense of the word is indispensable and there are critical editorial functions that are not being fulfilled by the non-traditional media

Hyperlocal reporting might be accomplished w/volunteers, but only with a carefully designed robust organization, probably with some central support structures

News agencies may end up ruling the world

It's not about people losing their willingness to pay for the news: in fact Americans have long had a culture of getting broadcast news for âfreeâ and perhaps paying for the delivery systems, it is primarily the traditional newspaper industryâs failure to re-imagine themselves that is responsible for the business crisis they are in

-30-

Food for Thought Dinners

2008-05-15T19:49:02Z

Fonchik:

[http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=110882158133837467442.00044cbe341dde79fa47f&ll=42.377917,-71.110382&spn=0.02124,0.040169&z=15 Restaurant Map]

* '''Suggestion:
* can't we reserve second tables for the dinners which seem with huge waiting lists - e.g. the Gene Koo, and the David Weinberger ones?''' [[User:Veni Markovski|Veni Markovski]] 12:59, 15 May 2008 (EDT)
** Yes, I just did :-) Power to the blogger -- PHB
** We've found over the years that these discussions work best when the group is small enough for everyone to easily talk to each other. But there's nothing stopping more dinners from being planned! Anyone can spearhead a new dinner. Talk to a Berkman staffer about finding a local restaurant and getting a table reserved.
*** We can have two groups of 8 having 2 discussions on the same topic in the same restaurant, though. I'm considering doing that with media, which is almost full before even being on the wiki.
* Thanks, guys. See you at the second table :) [[User:Veni Markovski|Veni Markovski]] 14:41, 15 May 2008 (EDT)
* Perhaps we can do the Oxford desert thing and re-org tables at the desert course.

Food for Tought dinners will take place on May 15th at 8:00 pm after the cocktail reception. The dinners allow conference attendees to engage in informal, themed conversation with other conference participants.Weâve made the reservationsâall you have to do is show up and enjoy! Please note that attendees will pay their own dinner costs.

Attendance is limited to eight people per dinner. Please add your name to the dinner you want to attend below. If you decide not to attend a dinner to which you are signed up, please delete yourself from the list. If you have any questions, please email Amar at ashar@cyber.law.harvard.edu.

Restaurant locations and maps are listed with each dinner. For restaurants in Harvard Square, expect approximately a 10 minute walk from the final plenary session in Ames Courtroom on May 15. For restaurants in Porter Square, expect approximately a 15 minute walk from Ames.

Maps for each restaurant are available at the registration table outside Ames.

'''Improtant wait list/drop off info''': When you add yourself to the wait list for a dinner, please to include your contact contact info. If you sign up but decide not to attend a dinner, please contact the first person on the wait list. Thank you!

== [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/gkoo Gene Koo], Berkman Center Fellow -- Unfinished Nodes: Wild Speculation on the Future of the Internet ==
*Reservations at [http://www.graftonstreetcambridge.com/ Grafton Street] [http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hs=K7X&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=grafton+street&near=Cambridge,+MA&fb=1&cid=0,0,11156335974385770182&sa=X&oi=local_result&resnum=1&ct=image MAP: 1230 Massachusetts Ave]
# - Dan Rosenblum [http://www.twentyfirstcenturydigital.com 21st Century Digital]
# - Jim Morris
# - Mike Minor [http://good.net/ good.net]
# - Troy Ablan [http://good.net/ good.net]
# - Mark Shea [http://depts.washington.edu/mcdm/ University of Washington] and [http://www.microsoft.com/learning/default.mspx Microsoft Learning]
# - Yunan Yuan
# - Scott Lozier

*Second Table booked for 8:30 at Grafton st. - please add yourself from wait list
# - Phill Hallam-Baker pbaker@verisign.com [http://dotcrimemanifesto.com/]
# - [[Veni Markovski]], [http://www.icann.org ICANN], Bulgaria
# - Marc Covitz, New York University
# - Chris Barr, Yahoo! Inc.
# - Edoardo Piccolotto - [http://www.aninternetvoice.com/ Blog]
# -
# -
# -

== [https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/wseltzer Wendy Seltzer], Berkman Center Fellow -- Saving the Open University Network (from Entertainment's Demands for Monitoring)==
*Reservations at [http://www.templebarcambridge.com/ Temple Bar] [http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&q=temple+bar&near=Cambridge,+MA&fb=1&cid=0,0,13500899818381353596&sa=X&oi=local_result&resnum=1&ct=image MAP: 1688 Massachusetts Ave]
# - Leena Kuusniemi
# - Geoff Goodell
# - Joey Mornin
# - Brett Horvath
# - Mike McGuire
# - Scott Bradner
# - j <i>(is 'j' a person? if not, Devon Copley would like j's spot)</i>
# - Katherine Lonergan
*Wait List
# - Devon Copley, Noank Media (dcopley -at- noankmedia -dot- com)
# -Sheree Carter-Galvan, Yale University (sheree.carter-galvan@yale.edu)
# -
#

== [https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/lhyde Lewis Hyde], Berkman Center Fellow -- ''The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World'' ==
*Reservations at [http://www.henriettastable.com/ Henrieta's Table] [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=henrietta's%20table&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&sa=N&tab=wl MAP: The Charles Hotel, 1 Bennett St]
# - Jace Cooke
# - Michelle Syba
# - Mark Tovey, WorldChanging.com
# - Howard Silverman
# - Esther Dyson
# - Geeta Dayal
# - Oleksiy Stolyarenko
*Wait List
# - Yvette Wohn (Berkman Center/Harvard)
# -
# -

== Nick Bramble, Harvard Law School '08 -- [http://ssrn.com/abstract=1132870 Open Access]: Problems of Collective Action and Promises of Civic Engagement ==
*Reservations at [http://www.tanjoreharvardsq.com/ Tanjore] [http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hs=vW&q=Tanjore+cambridge&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl&oi=property_suggestions&resnum=0&ct=property-revision&cd=1 MAP: 18 Eliot St]
# - Diane Tucker
# - Pavel Kuznetsov, RAS
# - Federico Morando, [http://nexa.polito.it/ NEXA Center for Internet & Society]
# - Enrico Bertacchini, [http://nexa.polito.it/ NEXA Center for Internet & Society]
# - Alzo Slade
# - Kevin Donovan, Georgetown Students for Free Culture
# - Chris Kelley, Georgetown Students for Free Culture
*Wait List
# - Thomas Kriese [http://www.omidyar.net/ Omidyar Network]
# - Mark Tovey, WorldChanging
# - Geeta Dayal, MIT Center for Future Civic Media
# - Patrick Meier, [http://irevolution.wordpress.com/bio/ PhD Candidate & iRevolution]

== [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/rlloyd Renee Lloyd], Berkman Center Fellow -- Where Are the Women in Technology? ==
*Reservations at [http://www.z-square.com/ Z Square] [http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=z+square&near=Cambridge,+MA&fb=1&cid=0,0,13182437681640774651&sa=X&oi=local_result&resnum=1&ct=image MAP: 14 JFK St]
# -Elizabeth Cohen (Atlanta Girls' School)
# -Carie Burgess, [http://depts.washington.edu/mcdm Univ of Washington MA in Digital Media] and [http://www.microsoft.com/unlimitedpotential/default.mspx Microsoft Corporation, Unlimited Potential Group]
# -George Cohen (The Walker School)
# - Adriana Gil Miner (UW Digital media)
# - Ellen Hume, Center for Future Civic Media,MIT
# - Caroline Nolan (Berkman Center)
#-Miriam Simun (Berkman Center)
# - Joyce Searls

*Wait List
# -
# -
# -
# -

== [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/hroberts Hal Roberts], Berkman Center -- Mapping Surveillance ==
*Reservations at [http://www.graftonstreetcambridge.com/ Grafton Street] [http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hs=K7X&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=grafton+street&near=Cambridge,+MA&fb=1&cid=0,0,11156335974385770182&sa=X&oi=local_result&resnum=1&ct=image MAP: 1230 Massachusetts Ave]
# - R. David Edelman (Oxford Univ.)
# - Tom Seivert, Nat'l Security Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School of Government
# - Jay Bregman, Founder & CTO, [http://www.ecourier.co.uk eCourier.co.uk]
# - Renata Avila (cc Guatemala)
# - Ari Melber, The Nation
# - Theresa Riley, P.O.V.
# - James Williamson, Cambridge [whichever dinner may have an opening]
*Wait List
# - Chris Conley, Berkman Center (cconley@cyber.law.harvard.edu)
# - Mahmood Enayat, Oxford Internet Institute
# -
# -

== [https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/dweinberger David Weinberger], Berkman Fellow -- People for the Ethical Treatment of the Open Net: What can we do to keep our Internet open and free? ==
Reservations at [http://www.daedalusharvardsquare.com/ Daedalus] [http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hs=0Tt&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=daedalus&near=Cambridge,+MA&fb=1&cid=0,0,10850291139456213443&sa=X&oi=local_result&resnum=1&ct=image MAP: 45 1/2 Mount Auburn St]
# - [http://camplesegroup.com/blog/ Cole Camplese], The Pennsylvania State University
# - Chris Millet, The Pennsylvania State University
# - Sam Generoux, Library and Archives Canada
# - James Williamson, Cambridge [whichever dinner may have an opening]
# - Cristiana Sappa, [http://nexa.polito.it/ NEXA Center for Internet & Society]
# - Janette Mark, Canadian Heritage, Ottawa
# - Jenny Attiyeh, [http://www.thoughtcast.org ThoughtCast]
*Wait List
# - John Moore, Chilmark Research
# - [http://searls.com Doc Searls], Berkman Center
# - [http://keithhopper.com Keith Hopper], [http://www.publicinteractive.com Public Interactive]
# - JP Rangaswami, BT Design
# - Meg Garlinghouse Yahoo!
# - Grete Pasch
# - Rodrigo Arias.
# = Tim Wu, Columbia University
# - Anna Masera, 011393388250612

== [http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/freeculture/ Tim Hwang] and [http://freeculture.mit.edu/ Greg Price] Harvard and MIT Free Culture -- YouTomb: Peeking Behind the Curtain of YouTube Take-Downs -- A bunch of crazy kids just figured out a way to track what, when, and why things are being taken down on YouTube. So what do we now? ==
*Reservations at [http://www.spicethaicuisine.com/restaurant/start.asp Spice] [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=l&hl=en&geocode=&q=Spice+Thai&near=Cambridge,+MA&ie=UTF8&ll=42.376205,-71.118407&spn=0.013284,0.029182&z=15 MAP: 24 Holyoke Street]PLEASE NOTE: This is the correct dinner location, NOT the location listed in your conference packet!
# - Chris Marsden
# - Andrew Sellars, [http://andyontheroad.wordpress.com/ Andy on the Road], [http://www.hobnox.com/ Hobnox]
# - Ethan Zuckerman
# - Dave Witzel, [http://www.policycommons.org/ PolicyCommons], [http://www.CGDev.org Center for Global Development]
# - Mark Tovey, Worldchanging.com
# - [http://alexleavitt.com/ Alex Leavitt], Boston University
# - Jeff Young, Chronicle.com
*Wait List
# -
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# -
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==[https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/pmiel Persephone Miel], Berkman Center Fellow, [http://www.mediarepublic.org Media Re:public] The Future of the Media and How to Top It ==

* Reservations at [http://www.casablanca-restaurant.com/ Casablanca] 40 Brattle St (8 pm in Persephone's name)

# - Jeanne Bourgault, [http://www.internews.org Internews Network]
# -
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*Waiting List
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Food for Thought Dinners

2008-05-15T18:24:08Z

Fonchik:

[http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=110882158133837467442.00044cbe341dde79fa47f&ll=42.377917,-71.110382&spn=0.02124,0.040169&z=15 Restaurant Map]

* '''Suggestion:
* can't we reserve second tables for the dinners which seem with huge waiting lists - e.g. the Gene Koo, and the David Weinberger ones?''' [[User:Veni Markovski|Veni Markovski]] 12:59, 15 May 2008 (EDT)
** We've found over the years that these discussions work best when the group is small enough for everyone to easily talk to each other. But there's nothing stopping more dinners from being planned! Anyone can spearhead a new dinner. Talk to a Berkman staffer about finding a local restaurant and getting a table reserved.
*** We can have two groups of 8 having 2 discussions on the same topic in the same restaurant, though. I'm considering doing that with media, which is almost full before even being on the wiki.

Food for Tought dinners will take place on May 15th at 8:00 pm after the cocktail reception. The dinners allow conference attendees to engage in informal, themed conversation with other conference participants.Weâve made the reservationsâall you have to do is show up and enjoy! Please note that attendees will pay their own dinner costs.

Attendance is limited to eight people per dinner. Please add your name to the dinner you want to attend below. If you decide not to attend a dinner to which you are signed up, please delete yourself from the list. If you have any questions, please email Amar at ashar@cyber.law.harvard.edu.

Restaurant locations and maps are listed with each dinner. For restaurants in Harvard Square, expect approximately a 10 minute walk from the final plenary session in Ames Courtroom on May 15. For restaurants in Porter Square, expect approximately a 15 minute walk from Ames.

Maps for each restaurant are available at the registration table outside Ames.

'''Improtant wait list/drop off info''': When you add yourself to the wait list for a dinner, please to include your contact contact info. If you sign up but decide not to attend a dinner, please contact the first person on the wait list. Thank you!

== [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/gkoo Gene Koo], Berkman Center Fellow -- Unfinished Nodes: Wild Speculation on the Future of the Internet ==
*Reservations at [http://www.graftonstreetcambridge.com/ Grafton Street] [http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hs=K7X&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=grafton+street&near=Cambridge,+MA&fb=1&cid=0,0,11156335974385770182&sa=X&oi=local_result&resnum=1&ct=image MAP: 1230 Massachusetts Ave]
# - Dan Rosenblum [http://www.twentyfirstcenturydigital.com 21st Century Digital]
# - Jim Morris
# - Mike Minor [http://good.net/ good.net]
# - Troy Ablan [http://good.net/ good.net]
# - Mark Shea [http://depts.washington.edu/mcdm/ University of Washington] and [http://www.microsoft.com/learning/default.mspx Microsoft Learning]
# - Yunan Yuan
# - Scott Lozier
*Wait List
# - Marc Covitz, New York University (mc2734 at nyu dot edu)
# - Edoardo Piccolotto
# - Chris Barr, Yahoo! Inc. cbarr@yahoo-inc.com
# - Veni Markovski, ICANN, Bulgaria veni@veni.com
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== [https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/wseltzer Wendy Seltzer], Berkman Center Fellow -- Saving the Open University Network (from Entertainment's Demands for Monitoring)==
*Reservations at [http://www.templebarcambridge.com/ Temple Bar] [http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&q=temple+bar&near=Cambridge,+MA&fb=1&cid=0,0,13500899818381353596&sa=X&oi=local_result&resnum=1&ct=image MAP: 1688 Massachusetts Ave]
# - Leena Kuusniemi
# - Geoff Goodell
# - Joey Mornin
# - Brett Horvath
# - Mike McGuire
# - Scott Bradner
# - j <i>(is 'j' a person? if not, Devon Copley would like j's spot)</i>
# - Katherine Lonergan
*Wait List
# - Devon Copley, Noank Media (dcopley -at- noankmedia -dot- com)
# -Sheree Carter-Galvan, Yale University (sheree.carter-galvan@yale.edu)
# -
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== [https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/lhyde Lewis Hyde], Berkman Center Fellow -- ''The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World'' ==
*Reservations at [http://www.henriettastable.com/ Henrieta's Table] [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=henrietta's%20table&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&sa=N&tab=wl MAP: The Charles Hotel, 1 Bennett St]
# - Jace Cooke
# - Michelle Syba
# - Mark Tovey, WorldChanging.com
# - Howard Silverman
# -
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*Wait List
# - Yvette Wohn (Berkman Center/Harvard)
# - Edoado Piccolotto
# -
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== Nick Bramble, Harvard Law School '08 -- [http://ssrn.com/abstract=1132870 Open Access]: Problems of Collective Action and Promises of Civic Engagement ==
*Reservations at [http://www.tanjoreharvardsq.com/ Tanjore] [http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hs=vW&q=Tanjore+cambridge&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl&oi=property_suggestions&resnum=0&ct=property-revision&cd=1 MAP: 18 Eliot St]
# - Diane Tucker
# - Pavel Kuznetsov, RAS
# - Federico Morando, [http://nexa.polito.it/ NEXA]
# - Enrico Bertacchini, [http://nexa.polito.it/ NEXA]
# - Alzo Slade
# - Kevin Donovan, Georgetown Students for Free Culture
# - Chris Kelley, Georgetown Students for Free Culture
*Wait List
# - Thomas Kriese [http://www.omidyar.net/ Omidyar Network]
# - Mark Tovey, WorldChanging
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== [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/rlloyd Renee Lloyd], Berkman Center Fellow -- Where Are the Women in Technology? ==
*Reservations at [http://www.z-square.com/ Z Square] [http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=z+square&near=Cambridge,+MA&fb=1&cid=0,0,13182437681640774651&sa=X&oi=local_result&resnum=1&ct=image MAP: 14 JFK St]
# -Elizabeth Cohen (Atlanta Girls' School)
# -Carie Burgess, [http://depts.washington.edu/mcdm Univ of Washington MA in Digital Media] and [http://www.microsoft.com/unlimitedpotential/default.mspx Microsoft Corporation, Unlimited Potential Group]
# -George Cohen (The Walker School)
# - Adriana Gil Miner (UW Digital media)
# - Lisa Stone, BlogHer
# - Caroline Nolan (Berkman Center)
#-Miriam Simun (Berkman Center)
# - Joyce Searls

*Wait List
# -Ellen Hume, Center for Future Civic Media,MIT
# -
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== [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/hroberts Hal Roberts], Berkman Center -- Mapping Surveillance ==
*Reservations at [http://www.graftonstreetcambridge.com/ Grafton Street] [http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hs=K7X&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=grafton+street&near=Cambridge,+MA&fb=1&cid=0,0,11156335974385770182&sa=X&oi=local_result&resnum=1&ct=image MAP: 1230 Massachusetts Ave]
# - R. David Edelman (Oxford Univ.)
# - Tom Seivert, Nat'l Security Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School of Government
# - Jay Bregman, Founder & CTO, [http://www.ecourier.co.uk eCourier.co.uk]
# - Renata Avila (cc Guatemala)
# - Ari Melber, The Nation
# - Theresa Riley, P.O.V.
# - James Williamson, Cambridge [whichever dinner may have an opening]
*Wait List
# - Chris Conley, Berkman Center (cconley@cyber.law.harvard.edu)
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== [https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/dweinberger David Weinberger], Berkman Fellow -- People for the Ethical Treatment of the Open Net: What can we do to keep our Internet open and free? ==
Reservations at [http://www.daedalusharvardsquare.com/ Daedalus] [http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hs=0Tt&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=daedalus&near=Cambridge,+MA&fb=1&cid=0,0,10850291139456213443&sa=X&oi=local_result&resnum=1&ct=image MAP: 45 1/2 Mount Auburn St]
# - [http://camplesegroup.com/blog/ Cole Camplese], The Pennsylvania State University
# - Chris Millet, The Pennsylvania State University
# - Sam Generoux, Library and Archives Canada
# - James Williamson, Cambridge [whichever dinner may have an opening]
# - Cristiana Sappa, [http://nexa.polito.it/ NEXA]
# - Janette Mark, Canadian Heritage, Ottawa
# - Jenny Attiyeh, [http://www.thoughtcast.org ThoughtCast]
*Wait List
# - John Moore, Chilmark Research
# - [http://searls.com Doc Searls], Berkman Center
# - [http://keithhopper.com Keith Hopper], [http://www.publicinteractive.com Public Interactive]
# - JP Rangaswami, BT Design
# - Edoardo Piccolotto
# - Meg Garlinghouse Yahoo!
# - Grete Pasch
# - Rodrigo Arias.
# = Tim Wu, Columbia University

== [http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/freeculture/ Tim Hwang] and [http://freeculture.mit.edu/ Greg Price] Harvard and MIT Free Culture -- YouTomb: Peeking Behind the Curtain of YouTube Take-Downs -- A bunch of crazy kids just figured out a way to track what, when, and why things are being taken down on YouTube. So what do we now? ==
*Reservations at [http://www.spicethaicuisine.com/restaurant/start.asp Spice] [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=l&hl=en&geocode=&q=Spice+Thai&near=Cambridge,+MA&ie=UTF8&ll=42.376205,-71.118407&spn=0.013284,0.029182&z=15 MAP: 24 Holyoke Street]PLEASE NOTE: This is the correct dinner location, NOT the location listed in your conference packet!
# - Chris Marsden
# - Andrew Sellars, [http://andyontheroad.wordpress.com/ Andy on the Road], [http://www.hobnox.com/ Hobnox]
# - Ethan Zuckerman
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# - [http://alexleavitt.com/ Alex Leavitt], Boston University
*Wait List
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Open Media

2008-05-14T01:51:34Z

Fonchik:

''âItâs a few nanoseconds into the Big Bang, we have four light elements and no galaxiesâ''
â Doc Searls describing the state of new media

This session will be an open discussion of what projects, tools, ideas, actions, might make the emerging online news and information environment as good as it can be. Hand-wringing and rehashing of "bloggers vs. journalists" strictly discouraged.

Some assertions we might discuss:

'''1. (Old media are broken)''' In the United States, content creation and dissemination possibilities afforded by new technology are disrupting the scarcity-based business models of all forms of traditional media. There are already examples of market failures to meet the information needs of a democracy, and the trend is accelerating. The effects are less acute in countries with more dominant public media or lower Internet penetration, but the tendencies are the same.

'''2. (Bloggers didnât break 'em)''' The rise of non-professionals critiquing, aggregating, pointing to or creating news-related content is parallel to the changes in the traditional industry; it is not the cause of the disruption.

'''3. (Bloggers wonât fix 'em)''' The new participatory media sphere is expanding rapidly, but without intervention will not develop the specific functions needed to fill the gaps created by the shrinking of the traditional market.

'''4. (We can do almost anything)''' Emerging technologies offer incredible potential to enhance and improve every aspect of the news and information environment: reporting accuracy, depth, context, responsiveness, comprehensiveness, analysis, links to civic engagement.

'''5. (But we wonât)''' The mechanisms of the market and the non-market that currently drive investment of human and other resources are not working to take advantage of that potential. Not in old media, not in tech companies, not by individuals, and not by most grant-making institutions. There are bits of innovation here and there, but it's not enough.

'''6. (Unless you help)''' Coordinated efforts by multiple stakeholders are needed to stimulate media projects with public service missions, regardless of their revenue model.

7'''. (Use cross-breeding to let 1000 new hybrid flowers bloom)''' Projects should be based on cross-sector, multi-media collaboration and experimentation that builds on the expertise, resources and energy extant in traditional media institutions, technology companies, civil society, and the audience itself.

'''What do we want from the news?'''

''Functional roles''

Making basic information accessible

Providing context, analysis, âmaking sense of the worldâ

Watchdog function

Building the public sphere/community/social capital, promoting engagement

'''Qualities needed to achieve those functions'''

''Classical (I purposely leave out âobjectiveâ -- itâs lost its usefulness)''

Timely

Independent

Relevant

Accessible (language, price, delivery)

Comprehensive

Accurate

Politically Neutral

Balanced

Pluralistic

Representative of the community

''New''

Transparent

Interactive

Participatory

Multimedia

Multiplatform

'''What Kinds of Content Are We Talking About'''

Can we put "news" content into three categories?

Information â i.e., various kinds of content directly from the source and/or publicly available: sports scores, stock prices, calendar of City Council meetings, state budget

Reporting â stories or other items created by author(s) based on gathering information from one or more sources and/or observing events

Deliberation â analysis, opinion, discussion

'''Hypotheses for discussion'''

No one who makes any pretense of interest in current events actually relies on blogs or other amateur content alone for her news (or ever will)

Low-income and minority communities are underrepresented as both topics and authors in online media: as much as in traditional media? or more?

Online pointing activity (blogging, social bookmarking, aggregating) tends to amplify a specific subset of mainstream content, making other content less visible

The long tail effect has limited power in the arena of current events - time sensitive material needs to be found in time to be relevant, it can't build an audience slowly

Linux/FOSS development is either the wrong model for participatory media or the right model interpreted the wrong way (meaning: in order to achieve the qualities and carry out the functions of news media, participatory media needs to be more organized and less volunteer-based than most people seem to think)

Editing in every sense of the word is indispensable and there are critical editorial functions that are not being fulfilled by the non-traditional media

Hyperlocal reporting might be accomplished w/volunteers, but only with a carefully designed robust organization, probably with some central support structures

News agencies may end up ruling the world

It's not about people losing their willingness to pay for the news: in fact Americans have long had a culture of getting broadcast news for âfreeâ and perhaps paying for the delivery systems, it is primarily the traditional newspaper industryâs failure to re-imagine themselves that is responsible for the business crisis they are in

-30-

Open Media

2008-05-14T01:33:16Z

Fonchik:

''âItâs a few nanoseconds into the Big Bang, we have four light elements and no galaxiesâ''
â Doc Searls on the state of new media

'''Persephone's 7 assertions (for discussion!)'''

1. (Old media are broken) In the United States, content creation and dissemination possibilities afforded by new technology are disrupting the scarcity-based business models of all forms of traditional commercial media. There are already examples of market failures to meet the information needs of a democracy, and the trend is accelerating. The effects are less acute in countries with more dominant public media or lower Internet penetration, but the tendencies are the same.

2. (Bloggers didnât break 'em) The rise of non-professionals critiquing, aggregating, pointing to or creating news-related content is parallel to the changes in the traditional industry; it is not the cause of the disruption.

3. (Bloggers wonât fix 'em) The new participatory media sphere is expanding rapidly, but without intervention will not develop the specific functions needed to fill the gaps created by the shrinking of the traditional market.

4. (We can do almost anything) Emerging technologies offer incredible potential to enhance and improve every aspect of the news and information environment: reporting accuracy, depth, context, responsiveness, comprehensiveness, analysis, links to civic engagement.

5. (But we wonât) The mechanisms of the market and the non-market that currently drive investment of human and other resources are not working to take advantage of that potential. Not in old media, not in tech companies, not by individuals, and not by most grant-making institutions. There are bits of innovation here and there, but it's not enough.

6. (Unless you help) Coordinated efforts by multiple stakeholders are needed to stimulate media projects with public service missions, regardless of their revenue model.

7. (Use cross-breeding to let 1000 new hybrid flowers bloom) Projects should be based on cross-sector, multi-media collaboration and experimentation that builds on the expertise, resources and energy extant in traditional media institutions, technology companies, civil society, and the audience itself.

'''What do we want from the news?'''

''Functional roles''

Making basic information accessible

Providing context, analysis, âmaking sense of the worldâ

Watchdog function

Building the public sphere/community/social capital, promoting engagement

'''Qualities needed to achieve those functions'''

''Classical (I purposely leave out âobjectiveâ -- itâs lost its usefulness)''

Timely

Independent

Relevant

Accessible (language, price, delivery)

Comprehensive

Accurate

Politically Neutral

Balanced

Pluralistic

Representative of the community

''New''

Transparent

Interactive

Participatory

Multimedia

Multiplatform

'''What Kinds of Content Are We Talking About'''

Can we put "news" content into three categories?

Information â i.e., various kinds of content directly from the source and/or publicly available: sports scores, stock prices, calendar of City Council meetings, state budget

Reporting â stories or other items created by author(s) based on gathering information from one or more sources and/or observing events

Deliberation â analysis, opinion, discussion

'''Hypotheses for discussion'''

No one who makes any pretense of interest in current events actually relies on blogs or other amateur content alone for her news (or ever will)

Low-income and minority communities are underrepresented as both topics and authors in online media: as much as in traditional media? or more?

Online pointing activity (blogging, social bookmarking, aggregating) tends to amplify a specific subset of mainstream content, making other content less visible

The long tail effect has limited power in the arena of current events - time sensitive material needs to be found in time to be relevant, it can't build an audience slowly

Linux/FOSS development is either the wrong model for participatory media or the right model interpreted the wrong way (meaning: in order to achieve the qualities and carry out the functions of news media, participatory media needs to be more organized and less volunteer-based than most people seem to think)

Editing in every sense of the word is indispensable and there are critical editorial functions that are not being fulfilled by the non-traditional media

Hyperlocal reporting might be accomplished w/volunteers, but only with a carefully designed robust organization, probably with some central support structures

News agencies may end up ruling the world

It's not about people losing their willingness to pay for the news: in fact Americans have long had a culture of getting broadcast news for âfreeâ and perhaps paying for the delivery systems, it is primarily the traditional newspaper industryâs failure to re-imagine themselves that is responsible for the business crisis they are in

-30-

Open Media

2008-05-14T01:32:24Z

Fonchik:

Open Media

2008-05-14T01:31:10Z

Fonchik:

''âItâs a few nanoseconds into the Big Bang, we have four light elements and no galaxiesâ''
â Doc Searls on the state of new media

'''Persephone's 7 assertions (for discussion!)'''

1. (Old media are broken) In the United States, content creation and dissemination possibilities afforded by new technology are disrupting the scarcity-based business models of all forms of traditional commercial media. There are already examples of market failures to meet the information needs of a democracy, and the trend is accelerating. The effects are less acute in countries with more dominant public media or lower Internet penetration, but the tendencies are the same.

2. (Bloggers didnât break 'em) The rise of non-professionals critiquing, aggregating, pointing to or creating news-related content is parallel to the changes in the traditional industry; it is not the cause of the disruption.

3. (Bloggers wonât fix 'em) The new participatory media sphere is expanding rapidly, but without intervention will not develop the specific functions needed to fill the gaps created by the shrinking of the traditional market.

4. (We can do almost anything) Emerging technologies offer incredible potential to enhance and improve every aspect of the news and information environment: reporting accuracy, depth, context, responsiveness, comprehensiveness, analysis, links to civic engagement.

5. (But we wonât) The mechanisms of the market and the non-market that currently drive investment of human and other resources are not working to take advantage of that potential. Not in old media, not in tech companies, not by individuals, and not by most grant-making institutions. There are bits of innovation here and there, but it's not enough.

6. (Unless you help) Coordinated efforts by multiple stakeholders are needed to stimulate media projects with public service missions, regardless of their revenue model.

7. (Use cross-breeding to let 1000 new hybrid flowers bloom) Projects should be based on cross-sector, multi-media collaboration and experimentation that builds on the expertise, resources and energy extant in traditional media institutions, technology companies, civil society, and the audience itself.

'''What do we want from the news?'''

''Functional roles''

Making basic information accessible
Providing context, analysis, âmaking sense of the worldâ
Watchdog function
Building the public sphere/community/social capital, promoting engagement

Qualities needed to achieve those functions

''Classical (I purposely leave out âobjectiveâ -- itâs lost its usefulness)''

Timely
Independent
Relevant
Accessible (language, price, delivery)
Comprehensive
Accurate
Politically Neutral
Balanced
Pluralistic
Representative of the community

''New''

Transparent
Interactive
Participatory
Multimedia
Multiplatform

'''What Kinds of Content Are We Talking About'''

Can we put "news" content into three categories?

Information â i.e., various kinds of content directly from the source and/or publicly available: sports scores, stock prices, calendar of City Council meetings, state budget

Reporting â stories or other items created by author(s) based on gathering information from one or more sources and/or observing events

Deliberation â analysis, opinion, discussion

'''Hypotheses for discussion'''

No one who makes any pretense of interest in current events actually relies on blogs or other amateur content alone for her news (or ever will)

Low-income and minority communities are underrepresented as both topics and authors in online media: as much as in traditional media? or more?

Online pointing activity (blogging, social bookmarking, aggregating) tends to amplify a specific subset of mainstream content, making other content less visible

The long tail effect has limited power in the arena of current events - time sensitive material needs to be found in time to be relevant, it can't build an audience slowly

Linux/FOSS development is either the wrong model for participatory media or the right model interpreted the wrong way (meaning: in order to achieve the qualities and carry out the functions of news media, participatory media needs to be more organized and less volunteer-based than most people seem to think)

Editing in every sense of the word is indispensable and there are critical editorial functions that are not being fulfilled by the non-traditional media

Hyperlocal reporting might be accomplished w/volunteers, but only with a carefully designed robust organization, probably with some central support structures

News agencies may end up ruling the world

It's not about people losing their willingness to pay for the news: in fact Americans have long had a culture of getting broadcast news for âfreeâ and perhaps paying for the delivery systems, it is primarily the traditional newspaper industryâs failure to re-imagine themselves that is responsible for the business crisis they are in

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Open Media

2008-05-13T21:18:42Z

Fonchik:

''âItâs a few nanoseconds into the the Big Bang, we have 4 light elements and no galaxiesâ''
â Doc Searls on the state of new media

Persephone's assertions (for discussion!)

1. (Old media is broken) In the United States, new content creation and dissemination possibilities afforded by new technology are disrupting the scarcity-based business models of all forms of traditional commercial media. There are already examples of market failures to meet the information needs of a democracy, and the trend is accelerating. The effects are less acute in countries with more dominant public media or lower Internet penetration, but the tendencies are the same.

2. (Bloggers didnât break it) The rise of non-professionals critiquing, aggregating, pointing to or creating news-related content is parallel to the changes in the traditional industry; it is not the cause of the disruption.

3. (Bloggers wonât fix it) The new participatory media sphere is expanding rapidly, but without intervention will not develop the specific functions needed to fill the gaps being created by the shrinking of the traditional market.

4. (We can do anything) Emerging technologies offer incredible potential to enhance and improve every aspect of the news and information environment: reporting, context, responsiveness, comprehensiveness, analysis, links to civic engagement.

5. (But we wonât) The mechanisms that currently drive investment of human and other resources are not functioning to take advantage of that potential.

6. (Unless you help) Coordinated efforts by multiple stakeholders are needed to stimulate media projects with public service missions, regardless of their revenue model.

7. (Use cross-breeding to let 1000 new hybrid flowers bloom) Projects should be based on cross-sector, multi-media collaboration and experimentation that builds on the expertise, resources and energy extant in traditional media institutions, technology companies, civil society, and the audience itself.

4.1 Normative definition of desired news/information environment
4.1.1 Functional roles
Making basic information accessible
Providing context, analysis, âmaking sense of the worldâ
Watchdog function
Public sphere/community-building/promoting engagement/building social capital
4.1.2 Qualities needed to achieve those functions (cite basic journalism text?)
4.1.2.1 Classical (I purposely leave out âobjectiveâ itâs lost its usefulness)
Timely
Independent
Relevant
Accessible (language, price, delivery)
Comprehensive
Accurate
Politically Neutral
Pluralistic
Representative of the community
4.1.2.2 New
Transparent
Interactive
Participatory
Multimedia
Responsive
'''Definitions - Types of Content
'''
Information â i.e., various kinds of content directly from the source and/or publicly available: sports scores, stock prices, calendar of City Council meetings, state budget

Reporting â stories or other items created by author(s) based on gathering information from one or more sources and/or observing events

Deliberation â analysis, opinion, discussion

Overarching Theories we would like to test:

No one who makes any pretense of interest in current events actually relies on blogs or amateur content alone for her news (or ever will)

Low-income and minority communities are underrepresented as both topics and authors in online media

Online pointing activity (blogging, social bookmarking, aggregating) tends to amplify a specific subset of mainstream content, making other content even less visible

The long tail effect has only limited power in the world of current events [another GV example] this is also why Wikipedia is an inadequate model;

Linux and FOSS is either the wrong model for new media or the right model interpreted the wrong way

Editing in every sense of the word is indispensable and there are critical editorial functions that are not being fulfilled by the current structure of the online information environment
4.3.7 Hyperlocal reporting might be accomplished w/volunteers, but only with the right organization
4.3.8 news agencies may end up ruling the world
4.3.9 we have long have a culture of getting broadcast news for âfreeâ and perhaps paying for the delivery, it is primarily the traditional newspaper industryâs failure to re-imagine themselves that has created the business crisis they are in

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2008-05-13T21:12:13Z

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== '''Berkman's 10th Anniversary Conference and Celebration''' ==

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* '''[http://www.berkmanat10.org Main Conference Website]'''
* '''[http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/berkmanat10/agenda Agenda]:''' The schedule as it currently stands.
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* '''[[Social Tools]]:''' Post questions to the question tool, IRC Channel information, Facebook group and more.
* '''[[Travel Related | Directions, Maps, Travel]]'''
* '''[http://cyber.law.harvard.edu Berkman Center for Internet & Society]'''
* '''[[Suggested Attire]]'''

== '''May 15 Food for Thought Dinners''' ==
* '''[[Food for Thought Dinners]]:''' Coordinate dinner plans with other attendees.

== '''May 16 Openness Sessions''' ==

9:30a.m.- 10:45a.m.

* [[Open Learning]], Austin North - Building an Immersive Networked Future Expressed in Code, Law, Public Media and Human Spirit
* [[Open Innovation]], Austin East - Democratized and Distributed Innovation
* [[The Language of Openness]], Austin West - Framing the Net: What We Say is What We Get
* [[Open Network Architectures]], Hauser 104
* [[The Global Internet | Open World]], Hauser 102 - The Global Internet: Emerging Tech in Emerging Markets
* [[Open Media]], Langdell South - Is Openness Enough?: Media and Democracy in the Networked Age

== '''May 16 Breakout Sessions''' ==

* [[Digital Natives]] Session Organizers: John Palfrey and Urs Gasser
* [[Political Transparency | Technology and Political Transparency]] - Session Organizers:
* [[Network Neutrality]] Sessions Organizer: Yochai Benkler
* [[Race and the Internet | Netizenship: Engaging with Race and Diversity Online]] - Session Organizers: David Harris and Rachel Lyon of the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice Austin East
* [[Netizenship]] Session Organizer: Jonathan Zittrain
* [[The Dilemma of Games: Moral Choice in a Digital World]] Session Organizers: Gene Koo and Shenja van der Graaf
* [[Internet and Politics | Political Mobilization, the Internet and the 2008 Elections]]
* [[Democratized and Distributed Innovation]]
* [[Principles | Going global: The Growing Role of Companies and Informal Processes in Restricting Speech on the Internet]]
* [[Framing the Net: What We Say is What We Get]] - Session Organizers:
* [[Pro-social Games | The Dilemma of Games: Moral choice in a Digital World]]
* [[Media Re:Public - Internet & Media/News | Networked News and Public Discourse]]
* [[Identity & Civil Liberties | Anonymity, Privacy and Identity: Towards a Bill of User rights]]
* [[Open Access: Problems of Collective Action and Promises of Civic Engagement]]
* [[Creative Commons and Science Commons Developments | The Musician and the Scientist Write the Code: Protocols for Compensation and Openness]]
* [[Framing the Net: What We Say is What We Get]] - via Doc Searls
* [[The ECOGogy: how .Gov, .Com, .Org and .Edu get along]] - via Doc Searls
* [[Chilling Effects]] - via Wendy Seltzer
* [[Gatekeepers]] via Wendy Seltzer
* [[Filtering]] via Rob Faris
* [[Open Security]]: Harnessing the Generative Internet for the Public Good (formerly [[Internet Generativity]]) - StopBadware team, Jart Armin
* [[What is settled in the development of internet & society, what do we know is true, what do we agree on?]] - Via Dan Gillmor
* [[Metaphor and net infrastructure understanding and its legal implications]] - via Doc Searls / Judith Donath
* [[Principles]] - via Colin Maclay
* [[Open Access: Problems of Collective Action and Promises of Civic Engagement]] - via Nick Bramble
* [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/berkmanat10/Open_Education_and_the_Future_of_University A Strategy for Open Online Education] - via Charlie Nesson
* [[YouTomb: Peeking Behind the Curtain of YouTube Take-Downs ]] - via Tim Hwang +
* [[Watching v. Surveillance: Who, Where, How]] - via Hal Roberts, Chris Conley
* [[Media Re:Public - Internet & Media/News]] - via Persephone Miel, Jake Shapiro,
* [[Lawyering for the Peer Enterprise]] - Wendy Seltzer, David Ardia,
* [[Why Free Speech Needs Free Culture]] - via Rebecca MacKinnon
* [[A Bill of User Rights and Responsibilities for the Future Net]] - An Open Social Mobile Platform - Digital Institutions for Global Mobile, via Clippinger, Shenja, Oliver, Urs
* [[Identity & Civil Liberties]] - via Clippinger, Mary Rundle, Real ID - Higgins
* [[Beyond Content: The metadata data of abundance]] - via David W.
* [[How to Create an Index of Internet Freedom]] --via Karin Karlekar

== '''Etc''' ==
* '''[[Suggested Readings]]:''' List any relevant academic papers and create H20 playlists.
* '''[[Online Coverage]]:''' Links to blogs, photos, podcasts from conference attendees.
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* [[The Lost Tribe Members - If you are still in touch with folks on this list, please let us know the best way to contact them]]

== '''Getting started''' ==
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Open Media

2008-05-13T21:00:06Z

Fonchik: New page: ''âItâs a few nanoseconds into the the Big Bang, we have 4 light elements and no galaxiesâ'' â Doc Searls on the state of new media Persephone's assertions (for discussion!) 1. ...

Attendees

2008-04-30T01:11:12Z

Fonchik:

* [http://www.cs.cmu.edu//~jhm Jim Morris], Carnegie Mellon
* Amar Ashar, [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu Berkman Center for Internet & Society]
* Ahrash N Bissell [http://learn.creativecommons.org ccLearn - Creative Commons]
* Karin Deutsch Karlekar, Senior Researcher and Managing Editor, [http://freedomhouse.org Freedom House]
* Robert Leirer Justice, 405 Seventh Street, Logansport, Indiana 46947.
* Cole W. Camplese, [http://ets.tlt.psu.edu Director, Education Technology Services] The Pennsylvania State University
* Lexie Koss [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu Berkman Center for Internet & Society]
* Seth Young [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu Berkman Center for Internet & Society]
* Steve Garfield [http://stevegarfield.com SteveGarfield.com]
* Sam Gilbert [http://www.goodworkproject.org/research/digital.htm GoodPlay Project]
* Melanie Dulong, [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu Berkman Center for Internet & Society]
* Gil Press, EMC
* Andy Oram, [http://oreilly.com O'Reilly Media]
* Persephone Miel [http://mediarepublic.org Media Re:public]
* Jules Polonetsky, Chief Privacy Officer and SVP Consumer Advocacy, AOL, [http://privacygourmet.com PrivacyGourmet.com]
* Barry Fishman, Associate Professor of Learning Technologies, University of Michigan School of Education and School of Information
* [http://johneckman.com/ John Eckman], Sr. Director Optaros Labs, [http://www.optaros.com/user/jeckman/ Optaros] [http://www.openparenthesis.org/ Blog (open parenthesis)] [http://twitter.com/jeckman @jeckman]
* DaithÃ Mac SÃthigh, [http://www.tcd.ie/law Law School, Trinity College Dublin] & blog : [http://www.lexferenda.com lexferenda.com]
* Maria Daniels, [http://www.pbs.org/americanexperience PBS | American Experience]
* Becca Tabasky, [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu Berkman Center for Internet & Society]
* Jay Bregman, Founder & CTO, [http://www.ecourier.co.uk | eCourier.co.uk]
* Rachel Murray, Web Gal, [http://www.facinghistory.org Facing History and Ourselves]
* Tom Seivert, National Security Fellow, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
* Bonnie Peirce [http://www.b3ok.org B3OK]
* Stephane de Messieres, Executive Director, [http://www.citizensmarket.org Citizens Market]
* Jeanne Bourgault, [http://www.internews.org Internews Network]

Gatekeepers

2008-03-11T20:24:04Z

Fonchik:

I want to propose a cross-cutting discussion of "gatekeepers" for the Berkman conf, focusing on architecture and the way it has been used or abused, with the aim of gaining new insights from a crossing of disciplines. So we might include copyright, Net neutrality, citizen journalism, and badware or filtering, for example, comparing where we're imposing restriction (physical, legal, or metaphorical) and what route-around or collateral damage we see.

Just a comment - can we include the idea (or am I the only person who believes this?) that gatekeepers also play a positive role sometimes, including in media? -- Persephone