[IMC-Video] Time magazine

[Sasha Costanza-Chock]

Well. No mention of access inequality. But perhaps, when 'user generated 
content' reaches the cover of Time magazine it means that the open 
publishing aspect of Indymedia 'is dead.'

... instead, the only remaining value of our network (which is 
considerable) is our connection to social movements. So, maybe its time 
for local IMCs to take stock and do a critical self evaluation as to how 
connected we are to movements and movement organizations locally, and 
prioritize that work of outreach, training, growing...

peace
schock


Time magazine's "Person of the Year" is You
 >
 > http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061217/tc_nm/time_dc
 >
 > You were named Time magazine "Person of the Year" on Saturday for the
 > explosive growth and influence of user-generated Internet content
 > such as blogs, video-file sharing site YouTube and social network
 > MySpace.
 >
 > "For seizing the reins of the global media, for founding and framing
 > the new digital democracy, for working for nothing and beating the
 > pros at their own game, Time's Person of the Year for 2006 is you,"
 > the magazine's Lev Grossman wrote.
 >
 > The magazine has put a mirror on the cover of its "Person of the
 > Year" issue, released on Monday, "because it literally reflects the
 > idea that you, not us, are transforming the information age," Editor
 > Richard Stengel said in a statement....[more]
 > --
 > Lisa McLaughlin, Ph.D.
 > Associate Professor, Mass Communication & Women's Studies
 > Editor, Feminist Media Studies
 > Director of Graduate Studies, M.A. Program in Mass Communication
 >
 > Mass Communication
 > Williams Hall
 > Miami University-Ohio
 > Oxford, OH 45056
 > USA
 > Tele: +1 513-529-3547
 > Fax: +1 513-529-1835