BBC local online plans and e-democracy
From:
David Wilcox
Date:
Feb 20 10:39 UTC
Short link
Alex - thanks, and yes I know Lizzie well. She worked with me on the
BBC Trust blogging project
http://www.designingforcivilsociety.org/2007/10/reaching-out--1.html
... and is a stalwart of the emint online community managers list
(which is worth joining)
http://www.emint.org.uk/
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/e-mint/
Probably the best place to comment on BBC plans (as well as my blog of
course:-) is the BBC Internet blog
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2008/02/digital_democracy.html
... and for anyone who has a blog to do their own piece, adding a
del.icio.us tag of bbccouk. It will then show up in the sidebar of the
BBC Internet blog (as mine did)
Anyone got other ideas about how to create more of a public discussion
of this topic? I know from private emails that the analysis in my
original post is correct.
Here's the link for anyone who missed it
http://www.designingforcivilsociety.org/2008/02/bbc-plans-to-su.html
The key issue as I see it: how to get the BBC and BBC Trust to have a
serious consultation/engagement on their plans to support local
democracy and community action. The event in Coventry was shown a well-
developed prototype. It may be great - but shouldn't we see it?
David
On 19 Feb 2008, at 18:57, Alex Stobart wrote:
> David
>
> There is a lady who blogs here
>
> http://lizziejackson.com/about/
>
> It says on her " about Lizzie " page
>
> Lizzie set up and managed the BBC’s online community between
> 1997-2002,
> creating the management and training systems, leading a team of 22
> producers
> and assistant producers and overseeing the devolution of the online
> community management to the production Divisions in 2002. She was
> responsible for the BBC’s Internet safety initiatives from 2003-2007,
> assisting BBC Children’s with the facilitation of their online
> communities
> and user-generated content and the development of editorial policy
> in that
> area
>
> Perhaps whoever is really interested in the subject should comment
> on her
> blog, or ask if she knows current BBC policy makers ?
>
> Regards
>
> Alex
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Wilcox" <<email obscured>>
> To: <<email obscured>>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 11:37 AM
> Subject: Re: [UKIE-EDem] BBC local online plans and e-democracy
>
>
>> Thanks Steven and Stephen or highlighting this.
>>
>> I've followed up with this piece
>> http://www.designingforcivilsociety.org/2008/02/bbc-plans-to-su.html
>>
>> Here's a story about how the BBC is developing new local multi-media
>> services, its Charter remit for "sustaining citizenship and civil
>> society", the closure of BBC Action network, development of citizen
>> (or networked) journalism, and how the BBC Trust consults us on what
>> the BBC is for. These developments and issues may be related ... I
>> don't know .... but I think we should be told. But by whom? Maybe on
>> the BBC Internet blog where they are exploring Digital Democracy.
>>
>> My main point is that the BBC, or BBC Trust, should provide for some
>> means to engage with the rest of us about what they are planning in
>> this field. Anyone have more info?
>>
>> Regards
>> David
>>
>>
>> On 18 Feb 2008, at 17:10, Stephen Coleman wrote:
>>
>>> The BBC is dropping/has dropped the Action Network. It plans to do a
>>> number of other exciting things along these lines in the coming
>>> months. The Action network (previously iCan) was always meant to be
>>> an experiment. The BBC is right to learn from experiments and change
>>> course if that's what seems right.
>>> Stephen
>>>
>>> Stephen Coleman
>>> Professor of Political Communication and Co-Director, Centre for
>>> Digital Citizenship,
>>> Institute for Communications Studies,
>>> University of Leeds
>>>
>>> ________________________________
>>>
>>> From: Steven Clift [mailto:<email obscured>]
>>> Sent: Mon 18-Feb-08 5:04 PM
>>> To: <email obscured>
>>> Subject: [UKIE-EDem] BBC local online plans and e-democracy
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Anyone have an update on the Action Network and how it might related
>>> to ...
>>>
>>>
>>> From:
>>> http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=40081&c=1
>>>
>>> Regional newspapers' fury at BBC local web plan
>>>
>>> 28 January 2008
>>>
>>> By Sarah Lagan, Jason Craig
>>>
>>> The BBC has prompted a new rift with the regional press by planning
>>> a network of 60 ultra-local websites.
>>>
>>> Previous plans for BBC ultra-local TV were dropped in October
>>> following a huge backlash from regional newspapers that feared the
>>> service would stifle their own multimedia online efforts.
>>>
>>> Now Press Gazette has learned that the BBC is planning a new network
>>> of websites, using the latest online localisation and mapping
>>> technology.
>>>
>>> Controller of BBC English Regions Andy Griffee told students at
>>> Coventry University that new service would involve text, audio and
>>> video news which could be navigated using a map of a specified
>>> region.
>>>
>>> ...
>>>
>>> The prototype BBC site covers news, sport, travel and weather with
>>> symbols providing users with the main means of navigating between
>>> sections.
>>>
>>> "E-democracy" will also enable people to research politicians and
>>> political parties via more interactive and informative means.
>>>
>>> Griffee said: "It is work in progress but I intend to go to the BBC
>>> Trust and seek its permission to launch it. Users can decide how
>>> local is important to them. It brings everything together in one
>>> place."
>>>
>>> User-generated content is understood to form a major part of the
>>> proposed new network - which could be narrowed down by the user to
>>> the level of a town.
>>>
>>
>>
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