PEG Point

About this original series

PEG Point is a group blog that helps public, educational and government cable-access centers harness the transformative power of the Web. We invite anyone interested in the intersection of community media, technology, and the rebooting of civic journalism to join the conversation.

  • # Episodes

    4 episodes
  • Rating

    TV-G

Episodes of PEG Point

    • On Digital Feudalism (Sascha Meinrath)

      Sascha Meinrath, Director of the Open Technology Initiative at the New America Foundation, discusses digital feudalism, enclosed systems, and the push for opening up critical infrastructures.

      • Release date
        Jul 18, 2010
      • Runtime
        02:19
    • Building Your Own Internet (Sascha Meinrath)

      Sascha Meinrath, Director of the Open Technology Initiative at the New America Foundation, discusses the benefits of community-owned broadband infrastructure, and the obstacles to building out services posed by private corporations.

      • Release date
        Jul 19, 2010
      • Runtime
        03:43
    • Four Action Items (Sascha Meinrath)

      Sascha Meinrath, Director of the Open Technology Initiative at the New America Foundation, outlines the four action items he presented in his keynote address at the Alliance for Community Media 2010 Conference in Pittsburgh.

      • Release date
        Jul 19, 2010
      • Runtime
        04:52
    • PEG and Community Media Centers (Sascha Meinrath)

      Sascha Meinrath, Director of the Open Technology Initiative at the New America Foundation, discusses the role of PEG and community media centers in a functioning democratic society, and the critical need to fight the systematic de-funding of institutions for participatory media.

      • Release date
        Jul 19, 2010
      • Runtime
        02:49
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