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A passionate and dedicated team of media professionals committed to supporting local participation in media. In the global media circus the voice of local people is being drowned out by a few multimillion dollar commercial media outlets. CMS champions local media made in, by, and for our local community and this is important so we can retain a level of diversity of opinions and points of view. CMS assist people to deploy media technologies like blogs, vlogs, podcasts, digital storytelling, participatory video and community radio and television both in the interests of local communities, and from local individual experiences, needs, hopes and perspectives. Communities seldom have a say in how they are represented in mass media. Mass media is often expected to meet stringent aesthetic standards and is usually made with a very large audience in mind. We are interested in engaging processes through which participants can shape issues according to their own sense of what is important, and control how they will be represented. In 2007 Community Media Services was awarded a prize by IBM for services to the open source software community.
ServicesGrassroots media often involves people working with unfamiliar technologies and processes. We have developed production workflows that make production easy and accessible, and bring people together to explore issues, voice concerns, and be creative. Our services include:
Although media can be produced by a single individual, media production often requires a group of participants working with an assortment of technologies. We provide workflows and infrastructure that facilitate citizens to organize, conceptualize and produce their own media. Our services are free to qualifying community groups and individuals.
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Community Media Services
Contact - (03) 9419 2555
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