Shovio-Death to the Podcast in the Dawning of a Mass Media Revolution
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Shovio.com, Talk Back TV: A New Kind of Broadcasting
Now I've been spending every waking hour for the past few months helping to develop a revolutionary technology. It's a new way to watch radio. Yes, I said "watch". The site may be amateurish but the technology J.J. Astro (the rocket scientist that came up with it all) coded is bound to change the way we relate to media in the future.
Several established professional show hosts have left the FM for the WWW including, The RadioChick, Sid Rosenburg and Goumba Johnny. You (the viewer/listener) are able to respond to them immediately by either typing in the chat next to the viewer window or calling-in with sound AND video.
This is all LIVE and FREE by the way, just register.
Shovio Broadcasting’s Mission for “Talk Back TV”
Their mission is a democratic one interested in changing the face of broadcasting as we know it. American Mass Media these days fill the radio and airwaves with what most of us would consider digital pieces of fiber-less turds.
(Shovio itself is non-biased politically but I’m not.)
Today’s mass media sucks. T.V. is generally horrible, and we all know the unfortunate turn that news broadcasting has taken. So then, if most of us agree, instead of complaining yet LETTING our fellow Americas watch what we know to be crap, why not make it better?
1. Why Media should be educational, just ask Plato
a. A more educated America fosters a happier society
b. Plato believed the primary role of education should be to teach good character, citizenship, and strong leadership. It should serve to produce "sociable and happy citizens", taking each child’s personal interest and aptitude into account, and encouraging CREATIVITY.
c. An educated America can cultivate a more productive society, advancing beyond our foreign counterparts
- Other countries are academically FAR beyond ours, but we have a unique constitution waiting to be tapped into to unleash our boundless potential. THAT is the very idea that laid the governmental foundation of America.
d. School is boring, so people turn to T.V.
- Our public school system emerged during the Industrial Revolution answering the need for cheap labor, and a lot of it. Child labor became all the rage for factory owners. These owners subsidized public schools but not for the purpose of educating them to their fullest ability.
- Thus, children weren’t encouraged to think critically or independently. In fact, creativity was stifled as it would only serve to get you in trouble. The sheep that stayed in line were rewarded.
- Not only is quality programming a necessity, it’s in demand
- Studies show people want quality content but will settle for what they are given. Somewhere down the line, this concept was ignored by those controlling mass media.
2. The underlying governmental system encourages this platform
- To take full advantage of freedom of speech, we need to SPEAK UP. What better way to keep the media dictators in check than to hand over control to the people?
b. Current leaders of our country want to keep you distracted
· Rupert Murdoch and FOX network’s political agenda
Ø to get as many Americans voting Republican for his own selfish motives (read about it)
3. This is the new radio/TV- more informative and cooperative
a. You know why wiki works so well, right?
· It supports the democratization of knowledge and information. No longer are people just the consumers of content, they are now producing the content themselves.
· Just as informative and accurate as an encyclopedia in print, if not more so because of rapid updates and edits
b. BUT Shovio is even MORE effective because
· You get immediate updates and edits through a conversation in real time.
· What better way to learn than with the wisdom of the crowd? When they say “it takes a village,” that doesn’t mean a single staff of biased writers.
· Serves as public forum through its ability to have public talk back and give opinions
· The “everyman” can call-in to give his/her honest, uninformed opinions on what the host is saying
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