OPPORTUNITIES / CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: The Monteverde new media expedition

A new media expedition?

• expand your media skills
• support restoration of habitats
• support conservation of endangered species
• support the livelihoods of local people
• help extend the Bellbird Biological Corridor into schools and homes worldwide

Costa Rica’s Monteverde cloud forest is one of the most biologically diverse places on our planet. But like wild places around the world, its fragile ecosystems are under enormous stress.

Come join our new media expedition in Costa Rica this July 8th-21^st to expand your new media production skills, while helping to create a sustainable environment for animals, plants, and people.

During a one or two-week program, you’ll work with journalists, educators, artists and travelers who’ll create a multimedia project for local conservation and community groups working on the “Bellbird Biological Corridor”– a project to reforest & re-connect a patchwork of forests, farms and communities from the Monteverde cloud forest down to the Pacific Ocean.

The goal of the expedition is to digitally illustrate the ecosystems and communities in the corridor — through short documentary filmmaking, digital animation & mapping, photos, audio and educational resources –  and make these tools accessible locally and to homes and classrooms worldwide.  By creating networks of learning and support, we will join forces with local communities to protect ecosystems and endangered species, and ultimately, the health of our planet.

APPLY NOW!!!

OPPORTUNITIES: The Monteverde New Media Expedition

A new media expedition?

• expand your media skills
• support restoration of habitats
• support conservation of endangered species
• support the livelihoods of local people
• help extend the Bellbird Biological Corridor into schools and homes worldwide

Costa Rica’s Monteverde cloud forest is one of the most biologically diverse places on our planet. But like wild places around the world, its fragile ecosystems are under enormous stress.

Come join our new media expedition in Costa Rica this July 8th-21^st to expand your new media production skills, while helping to create a sustainable environment for animals, plants, and people.

During a one or two-week program, you’ll work with journalists, educators, artists and travelers who’ll create a multimedia project for local conservation and community groups working on the “Bellbird Biological Corridor”– a project to reforest & re-connect a patchwork of forests, farms and communities from the Monteverde cloud forest down to the Pacific Ocean.

The goal of the expedition is to digitally illustrate the ecosystems and communities in the corridor — through short documentary filmmaking, digital animation & mapping, photos, audio and educational resources –  and make these tools accessible locally and to homes and classrooms worldwide.  By creating networks of learning and support, we will join forces with local communities to protect ecosystems and endangered species, and ultimately, the health of our planet.

Find out more and apply!!!

ARTICLES: Young people switch media 27 times per hour

While naysayers fear technology is destroying the attention spans of our nation's youth, it may be far more detrimental to the future of advertising, a recent study reveals. 

"Digital natives" – those who've never lived in a world without 24/7 cable TV, Internet access and cellphones – switch media venues 27 times per nonworking hour, according a small-but-telling study commissioned by Time Inc. and conducted by Innerscope Research. And, as Advertising Age notes, if the kids keep switching between cellphones, TVs, magazines (young people still read magazines, right?), there may not be nearly enough time for advertisers to sell them stuff!

http://www.technolog.msnbc.msn.com/technology/technolog/young-people-switch-media-27-times-hour-689770

RESEARCH: Swedish study: Young generation prefer ‘old style’ media

A recent study has revealed that the youth of today prefer to spend their time with their nose in a newspaper or listening to the radio, even though internet technology continues to improve. The study from Gothenburg university, shows that in the 9-14 year age group, 75 percent of kids surveyed preferred to give their time to TV, radio, recorded music and reading normal books – instead of the internet. 


While social networking sites such as Facebook continue to soar in popularity worldwide, the study shows a trend of younger people to keep a distance from the net. In the 15-24 age group, the percentage of people who did not list the internet as a media preference stood at 60. By the age of 30, however, non-fiction and educational book reading was diminishing, as was the usage of TV and radio. The younger generation meanwhile are mostly attracted to the net for music, videos and social networking, the study showed. 


The study also showed that the 9-24 year age group was not big users of tablet computers and e-books, whereas the use of smartphones in this group has multiplied in just a couple of years. Internet has been described as a complement rather than a competitor to older media outlets, and the situation was compared to the introduction of television in the 1950's.

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NEWS / SOCIAL MEDIA: Social media is the space for change, says the youth of India

NEW DELHI: In a nationwide survey conducted amongst the youth of India, nearly 76 per cent of youth believe that social media empowers them to bring change to the world we live in. 

They are convinced that causes for women and movements against corruption can be driven through this medium that is now growing as a source for information. In fact, as many as 28 per cent source information from social media sites whereas around 54 per cent prefer a mix of print, television and social media.

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