new media literacy

1. new media literacy www.artec.org.uk • Frank Boyd • arts technology centre • BBC future development artec

2. background www.artec.org.uk • theatre practise • community arts/ • participatory multimedia • political/social context

3. principles www.artec.org.uk • empowerment through creative practise • quality of process • quality of product • development

4. old media technologies www.artec.org.uk • one to many • exclusive • author/consumer • established forms

5. new media technologies www.artec.org.uk • many to many • participatory • anyone can publish • no established forms

6. access ° infrastructure www.artec.org.uk • = reading + comprehension • = writing + creating • = literacy

7. key concerns www.artec.org.uk • creativity and culture • community and the citizen • commerce and industry

8. arts technology centre • access to digital media • training and education • research and development • production

9. training and education • access to digital arts • vocational training • long-term unemployed • industry standards

10. training and education • formal education • outreach programmes • community organisations

11. research and development • artists residency • channel • events • software development

12. production and publishing artec • creative projects • public sector • commercial projects

13. independent european media • influencing policy on • support for independent media • creativity and research • the public domain • access and education building a network

14. independent european media european cultural backbone • a coalition of institutions and individuals working together to use and develop participatory media for social change.

15. ecb objectives • achieve improved technical infrastructure • develop new tools for creative expression and widen access to them • enhance participatory and inclusive forms of social interaction bandwidth tools form

16. ecb objectives • stimulate critical debate about the social and cultural effects of technological development • mediate between various social actors, including businesses, governments, educational and cultural sectors • strengthen the links between members in greater Europe, connecting them to wider international communities and initiatives catalyst policy network

17. ecb strategies: exchange • business strategies, fund-raising, project management, technology, legal issues etc. • thematically focussed working groups and meetings on issues relating to media-cultural practices • collaborative projects share knowledge working groups research

18. ecb strategies: campaign • raise public awareness • engage in dialogue with cultural and media policy makers • promote best practice in new media culture promote lobby disseminate

19. ecb strategies: create • develop tools for collaboration • develop online environments for information exchange, communication and digital decision making • develop projects between members of the ECB and others software spaces collaboration

20. new media literacy www.artec.org.uk • Frank Boyd • frank@artec.org.uk artec