Future Challenges for Media Literacy Charles Mok Internet Society Hong Kong 2008.10.31

Media Literacy Future challenges for all Regulators, policy-makers Media Educators Users – everybody Found on Wikipedia Media literacy aims to enable people to be skillful creators and producers of media messages, both to facilitate an understanding as to the strengths and limitations of each medium, as well as to create independent media.

Future challenges for all

Regulators, policy-makers

Media

Educators

Users – everybody

Found on Wikipedia

Media literacy aims to enable people to be skillful creators and producers of media messages, both to facilitate an understanding as to the strengths and limitations of each medium, as well as to create independent media.

For regulators Beyond a regulator's role How do you support the media you do not regulate? (at least, not through licensing)‏ Do you know them, or support their causes? People's Radio in Hong Kong – they may be violating existing law, but should the regulator/government support their causes instead?

Beyond a regulator's role

How do you support the media you do not regulate? (at least, not through licensing)‏

Do you know them, or support their causes?

People's Radio in Hong Kong – they may be violating existing law, but should the regulator/government support their causes instead?

1. Business not the only focus anymore Media were business Regulators give license to companies New media not driven by commercial motives; e.g. bloggers, citizen journalism How does regulators adjust to accommodate other incentives of new media? But this is a two-way development: e.g. 'hybrid economy' (Lawrence Lessig's Remix ) Not about protecting consumers anymore, but protecting creators – prosumers? Culture/environment that promotes innovation and creativity, freedom of information

Media were business

Regulators give license to companies

New media not driven by commercial motives; e.g. bloggers, citizen journalism

How does regulators adjust to accommodate other incentives of new media?

But this is a two-way development: e.g. 'hybrid economy' (Lawrence Lessig's Remix )

Not about protecting consumers anymore, but protecting creators – prosumers?

Culture/environment that promotes innovation and creativity, freedom of information

2. Content/application focus It's not about basic service provisions anymore Services and utilities received by consumers are no longer just provided by licensees, in fact, most of it not by the licensees Even for traditional licensing activities including frequency allocation, auction of spectrum, how to consider factors such as the development of content and applications? E.g. upcoming BWA (Wimax) and Mobile TV in HK

It's not about basic service provisions anymore

Services and utilities received by consumers are no longer just provided by licensees, in fact, most of it not by the licensees

Even for traditional licensing activities including frequency allocation, auction of spectrum, how to consider factors such as the development of content and applications?

E.g. upcoming BWA (Wimax) and Mobile TV in HK

3. Read-only to Read/Write One of the key concept from Lessig's Remix . Beyond regulation and business...a cultural issue DRM? Creative Commons Hong Kong Where are the regulators?

One of the key concept from Lessig's Remix .

Beyond regulation and business...a cultural issue

DRM?

Creative Commons Hong Kong

Where are the regulators?

4. Media Education Who's educating who? Young people don't take the law and ethics seriously... Or are we 'making a generation of criminals out of our children'? Media literacy – who is illiterate? HK news today: students poor handwriting makes it impossible for graders to decipher Whose problem is it? Is it a problem at all?

Who's educating who?

Young people don't take the law and ethics seriously...

Or are we 'making a generation of criminals out of our children'?

Media literacy – who is illiterate?

HK news today: students poor handwriting makes it impossible for graders to decipher

Whose problem is it?

Is it a problem at all?

Thank you Charles Mok Internet Society Hon Kong www.isoc.hk charlesmok.blogspot.com [email_address]