http://constantflux.org/2008/09/02/experimental-media/ Hacking the Future Sat, 04 Apr 2026 02:43:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://constantflux.org/2008/09/02/experimental-media/#comment-551 Nas Hoosen Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:48:25 +0000 http://constantflux.org/?p=276#comment-551 You know, I've been saying pretty much the same thing about local media products for a while now. Why aren't we, with our current 'deficiency', seeking to encourage more cross-pollination between multiple media platforms? Of course, we often see why (especially in journalism lectures at university, let me tell you); the old biases are still standing up like barbed wire fencing around each alternate media hub. The newspaper 'journos' still see themselves as better than the TV/radio guys, who like to think of themselves as stars (and, honestly, who in South Africa can convince you that they're an honest-to-gosh "star"?). Maybe I'm oversimplifying the issue a little, but I certainly believe that the separatist attitudes of many people in the media hierarchy are afraid of your proposed "Experimental Media", because it's not a sure bet and doesn't allow them to maintain their current attitudes towards other forms of media. Just a thought, and I could always be wrong. You know, I’ve been saying pretty much the same thing about local media products for a while now. Why aren’t we, with our current ‘deficiency’, seeking to encourage more cross-pollination between multiple media platforms? Of course, we often see why (especially in journalism lectures at university, let me tell you); the old biases are still standing up like barbed wire fencing around each alternate media hub. The newspaper ‘journos’ still see themselves as better than the TV/radio guys, who like to think of themselves as stars (and, honestly, who in South Africa can convince you that they’re an honest-to-gosh “star”?).
Maybe I’m oversimplifying the issue a little, but I certainly believe that the separatist attitudes of many people in the media hierarchy are afraid of your proposed “Experimental Media”, because it’s not a sure bet and doesn’t allow them to maintain their current attitudes towards other forms of media.
Just a thought, and I could always be wrong.

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