BBC local online plans and e-democracy
From:
alex stobart
Date:
Feb 19 18:57 UTC
Short link
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" <davidwilcox@mac.com>
To: <ukie@groups.dowire.org>
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:clift@publicus.net]
>> 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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