Digital technologies and new media open up more people than ever to producing their own content and having their voices heard. These are values that community broadcasting has been championing for decades and it’s great that these technologies are facilitating more voices, but too often we are focusing on the platforms and the technologies and not the people. Some content makers are self sufficient and make outstanding content that represents their perspective and their story to the world, but our society is still grossly unequal and many people aren’t comfortable or have the skills to effectively exercise their voice.
The analogy is handing someone the keys to the car, but not teaching them how to drive. You’d get something like this:
- Some people will drive at 5km’s an hour until they figure it out, by which time they could have just walked to their destination.
- Some will put their foot flat on the accelerator, run over a few bunnies on the way and figure it out.
- Some will drive around in circles until the petrol runs out.
- And some will crash the moment they touch the car.
You wouldn’t give someone the keys to your car without teaching and supporting them how to use it. We should be careful not to do the same with online and digital technologies.
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