roundtable: Re: Affordability and Access vis Telecoms.

roundtable: Re: Affordability & Access vis Telecoms.

Re: Affordability & Access vis Telecoms.

Michael Eisenmenger (eisenmen@gandalf.rutgers.edu)
Sat, 21 Oct 95 16:22:06 EDT 

Date: Sat, 21 Oct 95 16:22:06 EDT
From: Michael Eisenmenger <eisenmen@gandalf.rutgers.edu>
To: roundtable@cni.org
Subject: Re: Affordability & Access vis Telecoms.
In-Reply-To: Your message of Thu, 21 Sep 1995 12:26 EST
Message-Id: <CMM-RU.1.4.814306926.eisenmen@gandalf.rutgers.edu>


In responce to your inquiry about resources about the internet and 
social change, there are a series of videotapes produced by Paper Tiger 
TV and Deep Dish TV which explore these issues and may be of interest. 
Information about how to get copies follows. Also, Doug Schuler, of 
Computer Professionsals for Social Responsibilty (Seatle) just published 
a book about accessibilty and communications technology. I don't know 
the name of the book I haven't actually seen it yet. I would very much 
like to see the bibliography that you've got on this topic. Please 
forward if possible.

Linda Iannacone
Manhattan Neighborhood Network
110 E. 23rd Street
New York, NY 10012
(212) 260-2670

eisenmen@gandalf.rutgers.edu

About the videos
STAKING A CLAIM IN CYBERSPACE
30 minute video, 1993

Staking a Claim in Cyberspace is perhaps the first independent 
video-documentary to pull together the disparate elements of life in 
Cyberspace, including the articulate voices of dissent against current 
FCC policy as well as an appeal to incite citizens to action.
  
                                                  - WIRED magazine

    Who is going to build and control the new Information Superhighway; 
the data, voice and video communication tool of the future?  Will 500+ 
television channels mean greater access for those people and ideas which 
are currently invisible? Pro-duced for the Deep Dish Satellite Network, 
this video describes the converging technologies of computers, telephone 
and interactive TV. Presented are the voices and ideas of media advocates 
and community organizers working to ensure that the Information 
Superhighway is accessible and functional for all people.

NetRoots: Cultivating the Digital Park

In this 27 minute videotape, Paper Tiger TV returns to the issues 
surrounding the growth of new communication and information technologies. 
New computer networks and information resources are sprouting up around 
the globe as new users continue to redefine and cultivate the 
communications landscape.  Schools, community groups, local governments 
and individuals  are creating digital gardens where we all can sow the 
seeds of our communications future. This program, produced for the Deep 
Dish TV Network,  highlights these visionary models which are working to 
extend the public sphere into the new information environment in ways 
that encourage participation, foster growth and guarantee equal access. 
This show also examines how the paths connecting our new digital gardens 
must be protected from the gates of private interest by a public policy 
that both protects and nurtures the nature of public communications. 

We encourage community organizers to use these programs to increase local 
awareness on public interest issues concerning the NII and other aspects 
of telecommunications. Legislative bills have already been introduced 
into the House and Senate that will drastically effect the communications 
future of all Americans. We must get our local communities involved, the 
decision making process must be made public! 

price: $25 for individuals/grassroots org.  + $5 shipping 
(call for University Library rate)

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