Mediapedia: Get Heard
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Mediapedia is a collaborative guide to the many communication mediums through which we can work together and reach audiences to organize towards a better world. What are media?Mediums are methods of communicating with audiences and spreading ideas like talking and podcasting. Many mediums are accessible to all for little time and effort. Media are applied uses of particular mediums like RantRadio and CNN. The Media refers to all the agenda-setting media sources that are either "tainting our collective unconscious" with "mind-control propaganda" or "informing consumers" and "promoting democracy" depending on which media you believe. Medium DescriptionsEach medium is described and explained.DOSPEC Media TechWhat technology is needed to use the media effectively. Media ExamplesEach medium has links and case studies that exemplify how to do it well and how to do it wrong. Mediums are personal tooInterpersonal communication and group organizing involves mediums like talking and videoconferencing just as large-scale campaigns use mediums like podcasting and advertising. Ideapedia.org: Get Ideas
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Mediums |
| Medium | Description |
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| Postering | Postering is putting up large posters in visible locations where people will see them and receive the message. Postering around town beautifies city. |
| Audio Streaming Server | Streaming audio with icecast |
| Calling | Phoning people up is often the surest way to reach them to announce events and discuss activities |
| Video Letter Writing | |
| Photography | Images have power and taking compelling photographs can add a lot to your communications |
| Viral Video | Spreading viral videos can get your message out to millions of people one friend and forwarded email and IM at a time |
| Videoing | Video is a medium whose audiovisual power merits the effort it takes to produce. |
| Second Lifing | Virtual reality is a new world through which to communicate and build things |
| Radio Rebuttal | Community radio stations have an obligation to give you airtime to rebut what you have heard |
| Second Life Podcasting | Creating podcast audio and video shows using Second Life as a virtual reality recording studio with guests and audience |
| Droplifting | Droplifting is the act of inserting one's own (often homemade) media into media distribution facilities (such as retail outlets). |
| Discing | |
| Speaking | Effective public speaking is a powerful asset for anyone who needs to address audiences and exert inspiring leadership. |
| Publishing | |
| Inviting | |
| Texting | |
| Word of Mouth | |
| Listserving | Listserves allow groups to email each other with open or moderated mailing lists |
| Zineing | Zines are DIY publishing: one-time or regularly published booklets smaller in scope than books or magazines |
| Group Organizing | |
| Grant Writing | Grant writing can net large amounts of money from large institutional sources like foundations and government agencies. |
| Stickering | |
| Quoting | Voltaire may be right that "a witty quote proves nothing" but a command of apt quotes can make your points powerfully. |
| Dollaring | |
| Patching | Designing and wearing patches on clothing and bags is a good way to cover up logos, repair holes and spread messages all at once |
| Skateboard Designing | |
| Chalking | The concrete fields are your billboard. |
| Flyering | Flyering is distributing simple paper materials with pertinent information about your message |
| Talking | |
| World of Warcraft | Preaching to the apathetic about the wonders of the Big Blue Room. |
| Newsing | |
| Digging | |
| Bindering | |
| Easter Egging | |
| Carding | |
| Idea Carding | |
| Writing | |
| Buzzword Bingo | |
| Podcasting | |
| Meeting | |
| Event Organizing | Events take you and your message directly to the people. |
| Question & Answering | |
| Indymedia | Indymedia is an independent journalism network where you can post news stories |
| Awarding | |
| DJing | |
| Comics | |
| Television | |
| Radio | |
| Door Hanging | Mini-flyers designed to be hung on doorknobs. |
| Craftivism | Using arts and crafts to promote an idea |
| Rioting | A massive disorganized crime wave |
| Disinvesting | Communicating a message by a coordinated economic strike |
| Boycotting | Communicating a message about a company by refusing to purchase their goods and services |
| Zine Cover | A holding cover for a zine or a pile of zines |
| Cold Calling | Using the telephone networks to initiate communication with a variety of audiences without their initiation. |
| Banner Dropping | Releasing large banners over highly trafficked public spaces |
| Basic Mechanics | Fixing most mechanical thing |
| Boycotting | The act of abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with someone or some organization as an expression of protest or as a means of coercion. |
| Shirting | |
| Mottoing | Promoting a good motto can say a lot about you in few words |
| Signing | Signing puts signs where people can see them to send a message |
| Ribboning | Ribboning campaigns promote awareness of a message with symbolic ribbons such as web images, lapel pins and car magnets |
| Stenciling | |
| Removabling | Removabling is putting up street art that is easily and cleanly removable so that people might take it home to keep instead of painting over it |
| Nonviolence | |
| Fundraising | Fundraising means gathering the money a project needs to succeed |
| Animating | Animation can spice up any visual presentation in web pages and videos. |
| MacBook Skinning | MacBook Skinning |
| Submissioning | submissioning |
| Music | |
| Countering | |
| Refridgerator Poetry | Refridgerator Poetry |
| YouTubing | |
| Covert Channels | Hiding communication in a normal channel of communication |
| Desktopping | |
| Screencasting | A video screen capture to demonstrate how to do something on the computer |
| Trouble Ticket | A trouble ticket |
| Tabling: Set Up & Talk | |
| Daymaking | Making a special recurring day of the year, month or week to observe an event is a great way to create a new tradition. |
| Branding | Branding is the creation of an image for something |
| Naming | A good name can really help and a bad one can really hinder |
| Plugging | plugging something you like to get the word out about it |
| Avataring | Creating avatars for IMing, foruming and gaming is like communicating with clothing but in virtual reality |
| Parodying | Making fun of something by imitating it in an over-the-top way |
| Demonstrating |
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