. . Online Living
... Culture and Policy Issues
 

. Moderator .     Panelists

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. .. Ken Freed -- Writer, Publisher @ Media Visions Journal
. .. (www.media-visions.com)

. .. Steven White -- Planning & Research Director @ MSNBC.com
. .. (www.msnbc.com)
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. .. Diana Hawkins -- Interactive TV pioneer @ Interactive Associates
. .. (www.dianahawkins.com)
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. .. Tom Mahon -- Writer, Marketeer @ Reconnecting.com
. .. (www.reconnecting.com)
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. .. Rev. Hen Sure -- Monk @ Berkeley Buddhist Monastery
. .. (www.drba.org)

A Communication Model . (Interactivity 101)

A Circle
of Life

Every daily interaction alters both the sender and the receiver, and the world in which we live.

We all weave the web of life. Our daily acts alter the lives of everyone on Network Earth.

We mold our media as our media mold us.

Interactivity!

. Online Living Demands...

.Deep Media Literacy

Expanding what it means to be media literate...

1. Media Operating Skills -- Working knowledge of network operations and navigation systems.
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2. Critical Thinking Skills -- Able to analyze media content objectively, detecting propaganda and ruse rhetoric.
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3. Interactivity Appreciation -- Seeing our interactivity alters our media choices, helps us mature into living responsibly free, vital for free-market democracies.

Expanding media industry literacy efforts...

• Education & Community Alliance -- Work with local and global institutions to promote all three levels of deep media literacy. (Grow customers.)
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• Produce Content With Global Sense -- Create and market interactive content informed by a global sense of our universal interactivity, (Grow markets.)

. Facing the Challenges of

.Online Living

Recognizing Dangerous Trends...

• Broadband Wars -- Seeking global media power turns ruthless without the restaint of global sense.
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• Global Future Shock -- Human overload is caused by too much change happening too fast for us to handle.
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• Public Vulnerability -- Overwhelmed people escape by using interacive media as a drug. Prey for predators?
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• Public distrust of media -- Not Big Brother or Soma; what we truly fear is daily practicing personal democracy.

Think Global, Interact Local...

• Support media access investments -- Develop the global Internet by ensuring open access everywhere.
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• Respect the power of interactivity. -- Balance privacy & security. What we do to others, we do to ourselves.
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• Enjoy the power of interactivity. -- We create reality by our interactions. Thoughts transform the world.