Comments on: Representation Versus Participation

By: socialreporter

socialreporter — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:27:08 +0000

Could the BBC co-design it’s new services with community/citizen media interssts? http://tinyurl.com/3t8dvc

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Blogs In Action: Nick Robinson « Nick Reynolds At Work — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:55:16 +0000

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By: David Wilcox

David Wilcox — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:26:33 +0000

There’s now a lively discussion about the BBC’s role across on the UK and Ireland e-democracy exchange
http://tinyurl.com/26jjst

By: David Wilcox

David Wilcox — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:29:11 +0000

Thanks Nick for clarification. On representation versus participation, and the role of the web, see also recent speech by Michael Wills referenced here http://tinyurl.com/2m5gom

By: nickreynoldsatwork

nickreynoldsatwork — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 12:56:06 +0000

As I commented on your blog David, its important to seperate out the My BBC Local idea and the Digital Democracy proposals. They’re not the same thing. We are already trying to start a conversation about the Digital Democracy on the Internet Blog, but I don’t know what stage MyBBCLocal is at or whether it would be appropriate for us to blog about it.

By: David Wilcox

David Wilcox — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:12:06 +0000

Nick – thanks for the link, Two thoughts:
* good to see the issue of representation and participation aired here. It’s one that has long exercised people in the (offline) participation field, but doesn’t cross enough online except through e-democracy, which can be a bit institutional. Lee Bryant and I tried bridging the gap a couple of years ago in a chapter for a book published by Involve http://tinyurl.com/b9fqq There’s now a few more bloggers in the participation field, and I’ll point them over here
* On the BBC’s plans for local news and engagement, raised in my post, I’m concerned that the BBC and the BBC Trust give us a fair chance to engage before a decision is made. A first step would be to have somewhere to talk about this. The Trust doesn’t have an online space. Could the BBC Internet blog host a discussion, or would hat be inappropriate? Should it be a trusted third party? I’ve flown the idea with the RSA over here http://tinyurl.com/28vh8p but no response from them so far.