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'''The agenda has moved to the much prettier [[http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/node/4037 Berkman events site]].'''
The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School
and USC's Annenberg School for Communication
 
 
 
'''Program'''
 
'''Thursday, March 27'''
 
18:30 - 19:00 Registration
 
'''19: 00 - 20:00 Opening Conversation'''
 
Ernest Wilson, USC Annenberg
 
John Palfrey, Berkman Center
 
Richard Sambrook, BBC Global News
 
'''20:30 Cocktail reception'''
 
 
 
'''Friday, March 28 '''
 
'''8:30 – 9:00 Registration & Coffee'''
 
'''9:00 – 10:30 Framing the Discussion'''
 
Moderated by John Palfrey
 
What are the intrinsic qualities of information needed for democracy?
 
Ellen Hume, Center for Future Civic Media, MIT
 
How does the “Web Difference” affect those qualities?
 
David Weinberger, Berkman Center
 
An experimental tool for comparative quantitative analysis of media content
 
Ethan Zuckerman, Global Voices
 
'''10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break'''
 
 
'''11:00 – 12:30 Breakouts I (Two simultaneous sessions)'''
 
'''Beyond Blogs'''
Are current research efforts taking into account
the increasing role of audiovisual media? Alternative
media channels like social networking sites? Journalism
by activists? These developments are particularly
important in the international context.
Moderator:    Mark Jones, Reuters
Presentation: Your City, Your Choice -  Marcelo Soares, Sao Paulo
Discussants:  Torey Malatia, :Vocalo; Ann Olson*, Center for International Media Assistance
 
'''Defining Success, Measuring Impact'''
Dozens of experiments with audience-created content
have failed, many are in limbo. How should we
define success? How much impact is enough? Are
popularity or financial success always the right indicators?
 
Moderator: Jan Schaffer, J-Lab
Presentation: Tracking & Analyzing Community News Models in 50 US cities  - Margaret Duffy, University of Missouri School of Journalism
Discussants: Maureen Mann, the Forum; Ethan Zuckerman, Global Voices
 
 
'''12:30 – 13:30 Lunch '''
 
 
'''13:30 – 14:15  Considering Media as an Ecosystem'''
       
What can link and cluster analysis reveal about the functioning of the media as a system? Do blogospheres function similarly in different countries? What does this imply for diversity, public service, checks on misinformation?
 
John Kelly, Berkman Center & Columbia School of Journalism
Discussants: Richard Jalichandra, Technorati; Jan Schaffer, J-Lab; Jon Funabiki, San Francisco University
 
'''14:15 - 15:45 Breakouts II (two simultaneous sessions)'''
 
'''Seeking Sustainable Models'''
How will creative ideas to support local, regional, national and international newsgathering and dissemination appear and grow? Are either market mechanisms or the enthusiasm of individuals sufficient to build sustainable projects?
 
Moderator: Bill Buzenberg, Center for Public Integrity
Presentations: Pay Choice project - Doc Searls, Project VRM/Berkman; “Save a Newspaper” - Lisa Williams,  Placeblogger.com
Discussants: Owen Smith*, Newspaper Association of America; Jake Shapiro, PRX/Berkman
 
'''Defining the New Fourth Estate'''
Does the disaggregation of the media require new mechanisms to support the public service role of the media? From media literacy to universal broadband access, what are the priorities for society?
 
Moderator: Dan Gillmor, Arizona State University Presentation: Newstrust.net – Fabrice Florin
Discussants: Doreen Weisenhaus, Hong Kong University; Glenn Reynolds*, Instapundit
 
'''15:45 - 16:15 Coffee Break'''
 
 
'''16:15 – 17:00 Report Back on Breakouts - Action Points'''
 
 
'''17:00 - 17:30 Closing Remarks  - John Palfrey'''
                 
 
 
 
 
 
* Invited

Latest revision as of 16:58, 13 March 2008

Media Re:public

Forum on Participatory Media – Surveying the Field in 2008

March 27-28, 2008


The agenda has moved to the much prettier [Berkman events site].