Post by Feta on Jul 17, 2011 15:27:08 GMT -5
The purpose of this thread is to invite discussion about how the social media arm of the BBC, known as 'BBC Online' is to be held accountable to the public who pay for its upkeep. As I've suggested previously, if there is 'Feedback' for comment and complaint about BBC Radio, and if 'Points of View' serves the same function for BBC TV, the logical name for a programme that holds BBC Online to account would be 'Input'.
But what form, or format, would this programme take? It would have to be on the internet, so some kind of web site. Without a specific broadcast time and date like the two established programmes mentioned above, there might be little sense of urgency, and little funding available, but if it did receive the same budget, to employ researchers and such like, it might be like nothing else on the net.
In the likelyhood, though, that the BBC will proclaim that in a time of stretched resources, such a venture is not feasible, could someone else take on this role, of taking a measured, unbiased view of our public broadcaster's activities? I don't believe it is really about the money, but rather about establishing a trust, similar to the BBC's Executive Board, of people who can be relied upon to maintain that 'moral compass' when so many are losing it. If they start to come on board, 'Input' will grow organically.
So for a start, can we have some names who might either serve on the board, or as presenters/authors of the site?
Two names that have already come up are Jemima Kiss and Charles Arthur, although the former seems to have cooled to the world wide web somewhat. The choices don't have to be online afficionados, though. Someone with concerns about the net, but little direct experience can provide another perspective.
So throw some names into the hat.
This site allows guests to post, though any kind of poster will leave details of their IP address, I should point out (and just did). But I'm like a dog chasing cars, I wouldn't know what to do with an address if I caught one...
But what form, or format, would this programme take? It would have to be on the internet, so some kind of web site. Without a specific broadcast time and date like the two established programmes mentioned above, there might be little sense of urgency, and little funding available, but if it did receive the same budget, to employ researchers and such like, it might be like nothing else on the net.
In the likelyhood, though, that the BBC will proclaim that in a time of stretched resources, such a venture is not feasible, could someone else take on this role, of taking a measured, unbiased view of our public broadcaster's activities? I don't believe it is really about the money, but rather about establishing a trust, similar to the BBC's Executive Board, of people who can be relied upon to maintain that 'moral compass' when so many are losing it. If they start to come on board, 'Input' will grow organically.
So for a start, can we have some names who might either serve on the board, or as presenters/authors of the site?
Two names that have already come up are Jemima Kiss and Charles Arthur, although the former seems to have cooled to the world wide web somewhat. The choices don't have to be online afficionados, though. Someone with concerns about the net, but little direct experience can provide another perspective.
So throw some names into the hat.
This site allows guests to post, though any kind of poster will leave details of their IP address, I should point out (and just did). But I'm like a dog chasing cars, I wouldn't know what to do with an address if I caught one...