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American University’s Center for Social Media has posted video and audio from the recent Beyond Broadcast gathering.
I attended BB in 06 and 07 but couldn’t make it because of schedule conflicts this year. If you found yourself in a similar situation, then check out the very complete report here.
I’ve just started digging into this, but [...]

I wasn’t able to get away for the Beyond Broadcast gathering this year - a shame because I went the first two years and was excited and overwhelmed by all the great stuff. There’s always next year.
Dennis Haarsager, NPR interim CEO, was among the speakers yesterday and AU’s Center for Social Media blog has an [...]

Hey kids - check out the videos from this year’s Beyond Broadcast conference at MIT. All the major presentations are there, from Steve Schultze’s opening, to Henry Jenkins, John Palfrey, and the panels. I’ve said it before, but this conference had some really exceptional moments, among them the presentations by Jenkins and Palfrey. Get ‘em [...]

I missed Dave Weinberger’s post about the closing talk he gave at Beyond Broadcast. I had a hard time taking notes during the short presentation - the result of a brain that was too full and fingers that were too tired. But I made a note about participatory culture and democracy and the concept of [...]

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I don’t think BB has yet posted audio but Christin Roman has. Go here for a complete list (within the post) of audio available. Here for your enjoyment, the two presentations I enjoyed the most yesterday:

Henry Jenkins
John Palfrey

UPDATE: The effervescent Jenny Attiyah of Thoughtcast has posted interviews from Beyond Broadcast. At [...]

Notes:
Exploring the thread between participatory culture and participatory democracy. Mainstream media is interested in user-generated content, but it’s not likely to transform broadcast media. Their interest is a sign of thrashing around.
The excitement about democracy is that its ours. As we enter into this participatory age, with a new sense of “ours”, how does this [...]

Moderator: Jesse Walker, Managing Editor, Reason Magazine
Elizabeth Osder, Senior Director, Product Development, Yahoo! Media Group
Kenny Miller, Executive VP and Creative Director, MTV Global Digital Media Team
Arin Crumley, Four Eyed Monsters

A few notes:
Crumley: We’re becoming very sophisticated at the new literature - media. We’re beginning to understand it as a conversation. Perhaps concepts like “NewAssignment.net” are [...]

John Palfrey, Executive Director of the Berkman Center at Harvard Law School
This lecture was 15 minutes is length - a lot of information crammed into a small space, vut an excellent overview of the station of academic research into participatory culture. My notes follow:
Two recommended books: “Convergence Culture” and “The Wealth of Networks”
Does participatory culture [...]

Henry Jenkins is the Director of the Comparative Media Studies Program, MIT.
UPDATE: Before I get to the notes, this was undoubtedly the best presentation of the entire day, and one of the best of the entire week here. Jenkins’ work is brilliant and deserves more recognition. His book, “Convergence Culture”, is on my reading list.
NOTES:
What [...]

I’m in my seat at MIT for today’s Beyond Broadcast event - and we can expect some great insights today, from the likes of Henry Jenkins, John Palfrey and David Weinberger.
Audio and video streaming information is here.
We’re having some trouble with wifi inside the auditorium - something the tech people are furiously trying to fix [...]

Ethan’s seven minute history of the communities on the Internet is a classic. He presented it at the open of the session on social networking that he moderated at last week’s Beyond Broadcast convening. Read it here.

Moderator: Patricia Aufderheide. Participants: Mark Cooper, Consumer Federation; Diane Mermigas, The Hollywood Reporter; Dan Nova, Highland Capital Partners.
Because of a minor issue (let’s call it Autosave), these notes are adapted from Jessica Duda’s excellent summary on the Beyond Broadcast blog. I summarize them here not to pass them off as my own but to have [...]