- EngageMedia
EngageMedia is a not-for-profit
video sharing website and free software project that began in March 2005. Launched in October 2006, the site focuses on video about social justice and environmental issues inAustralia ,Southeast Asia and thePacific .In addition to being a video sharing site EngageMedia develops
Free and Open Source Software online video distribution tools, including a content management system based onPlone calledPlumi , and conduct research intoFOSS video codecs, their uptake and implementation.In June 2006 EngageMedia collaborated with CandidaTV in
Rome to put on Transmission at the Forte Prenestinosocial centre . Transmission was a global gathering of free software developers and video activists developing online video distribution tools for social justice and media democracy.The event in Rome was followed up by
London , Re:Transmission, in October 2006, and Vx:Mission Amsterdam in January 2007.In May 2008 a Transmission Asia-Pacific (TXAP) event was coordinated by EngageMedia and the Jakarta based Ruangrupa near Sukabumi in West Java. The five day event brought together 55 video activists and developers from 15 countries throughout the Asia-Pacific.
References
* [http://www.dlux.org.au/codingcultures/handbook.html A Handbook for Coding Cultures]
* [http://www.nowrunning.com/news/news.asp?id=7067 Cyberspace new home for alternative films]
* [http://www.metamute.org/en/Sustaining-Autonomous-Media-Networks-Part-II Sustaining Autonomous Media Networks]ee also
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Media activism
*Internet activism
*Alternative media External links
* [http://engagemedia.org EngageMedia.org]
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