WHAT IT IS
1
2
3
4
5
6
For whom is the D.I.Y. "Cool Media Hot Talk Show. on Art & Media" meant? Who is its target audience?
HOW IT WORKS
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
HOW I CAN PARTICIPATE
17
18
19
20
POLICY
21
22
23
24
FEEDBACK
25
26
27
WHAT IT IS
What is "Cool Media Hot Talk Show" exactly?
This is a project which combines:
- a live public event in the popular form of a talk show broadcasted live on the internet;
- interactive online tools to program the event collectively, and participate in it directly;
- extra publishing and information exchange tools.
2
What does the title of the project "Cool Media Hot Talk Show" stand for?
"Cool Media" refers to the term proposed by Marshall McLuhan, the Canadian writer and media theorist. "Cool media," according to McLuhan, are media which are high in audience participation in opposition to "hot media" which are low in participation. Thus the title stands for promotion of the idea of participatory media. To learn more about both concepts developed by McLuhan you can read Marshall McLuhan’s book "Understanding Media. The Extensions of Man." "Hot Talk" suggests participants to take a rather hard critical stance on issues they propose to discuss, as well as the positions of speakers they would like to question. "Cool Media Hot Talk Show" altogether stands for an original interactive participatory media format for organising and executing a talk show on critical issues.
3
What is special about the idea and format of "Cool Media Hot Talk Show"?
"Cool Media Hot Talk Show" has a hybrid format both in terms of method and content. It combines the popular entertaining approach of mass media towards public debates with advanced radically democratic interactive tools for the engagement of the public into very process of the programming of debates.
4
What does the theme "on Art & Media" suppose to highlight?
The theme "on Art & Media" is an invitation for everybody interested in media art internationally to communicate freely to a broader audience the questions s/he is concerned with. These questions can refer to a variety of issues, whether you seek for explanations of an artist what his/her project is about, clarification by a curator of the exhibition's or a festival's idea, question the content of a publication. You can also raise more general questions about the agenda of media art, like for example the long debated issue, "is "media art" a proper term and what exactly it stands for?" Even if you are not sure whether your question is relevant and clear to others, do not hesitate to look for clarifications by sharing and discussing your concerns on the forum related to your entry. Your initial ideas can probably evolve into something else as a result of it.
5
What are the objectives of "on Art & Media" talk show series?
There are few key objectives behind the theme "on Art & Media" as it is approached in the framework of the "Cool Media Hot Talk Show" project:
- to bridge the discursive gap between the professional media art community and the audience by questioning conventional "insiders" terms and concepts, as well as values;
- to bring together professional expertise and common sense curiousness in order to enhance critical public discussion about media art;
- to stimulate a qualitative critical approach towards the discussion and judgement of art projects, where the public can participate actively.
6
For whom is the D.I.Y. "Cool Media Hot Talk Show. on Art & Media" meant? Who is its target audience?
"Cool Media Hot Talk Show. on Art & Media" welcomes everybody, those who know a lot about media art, as well as those who have only a general vague, or hardly any idea at all what it is about, but who are curious to explore the area, ask questions and gain knowledge. It is meant to be a space where professionals (artists, curators, critics, theorists, art historians) meet the general audience and ask each other easy and difficult questions. Although this does not mean that there are prescribed roles for participants. Please feel free to raise topics, propose speakers, and ask questions that you consider important, whoever you are. At the end the public decides!
HOW IT WORKS
7
What is the "Cool Media Hot Talk Show" LIVE EVENT and how can I program it?
- You can propose a topic to be discussed, a speaker to be invited, a question to be asked by submitting your proposal. After filling in and submitting the form, your proposal will be automatically added to the database. Several proposals are possible.
NB Please notice that your proposals should be related to the main theme of the ongoing series of talk shows. The current main theme is "on Art & Media".
If your proposals are not related to the theme, or their content violates the rules of conduct declared on the web-site "Cool Media Hot Talk Show", representatives of the project team are authorised to remove your submission without prior notification.
- You can vote for the proposals of others. All proposals are automatically included into the charts according to the results of the public votes.
- You can establish relations between proposals, where you can determine which questions can be addressed to which speakers and to which topics they can be related. These relations will form data clouds which will determine possible talk show scenarios.
- You can discuss proposals by adding your comments underneath. Your proposal can already be considered as a beginning of the discussion.
- You can discuss and evaluate by voting on the final scenario of the talk show represented as a data-cloud at the page "Show Scenarios".
8
How can I participate in the LIVE EVENT?
- You can attend the event at "De Balie" Centre for Culture and Politics in Amsterdam, or you can follow the live video stream of the full event online. (You also can watch archived video streams on the "Cool Media Hot Talk Show" web-site of previous editions whenever you like. For that go to the "Archive" page).
- You can send your immediate questions and reactions during the show, either via the web-interface of the live event, via SMS, or you can call via regular, mobile or Skype phone lines.
- You can vote online or via mobile phone for the incoming questions and reactions during the show. Your vote will be registered and the rating of an entry will be updated. The questions and reactions highest in rating will be picked up and answered by the speaker.
- And, if YOUR QUESTION gets the highest rating, regardless where you are situated, you win a PRIZE!
9
How can I participate ONLINE in the LIVE EVENT?
At the web site "Cool Media Hot Talk Show", just go to the page LIVE EVENT. There you can:
- follow the live video stream of the LIVE talk show EVENT
- SUBMIT your QUESTIONS and COMMENTS and win the prize if your posting gets the biggest amount of votes
- VOTE for the QUESTIONS and COMMENTS of others, the ones with the highest rating will be picked up by the speaker
10
What is "REPORTS" of the section "EXTRAS"?
"REPORTS" provides you with TOOLS FOR THE EXCHANGE of REPORTS on MEDIA ART EVENTS and PROJECTS. Read how it works:
- You can upload your reports about projects and events, including links to media files.
NB Please notice that your report should be related to the current general theme of the talk show series "ON ART & MEDIA". In case your report does not relate to the theme, or violates the rules of conduct declared at the project web-site, representatives of the project team are authorised to remove your report without prior notification.
- You can have free access to the reports submitted by others. Please pay attention to author- and copyrights notifications and disclaimers.
- You can establish relations between reports and other entries on the project web-site.
*NB PLEASE CHECK WHICH OF ABOVE DESCRIBED TOOLS ARE AVAILABLE FOR REGISTERED AND NOT REGISTERED USERS. **NB PLEASE CHECK THE RULES OF CONDUCT AND TERMS APPLIED IN CASE OF THEIR VIOLATION. ***NB PLEASE CHECK THE PROJECT AUTHOR- AND COPYRIGHT POLICY.
11
What is "PROJECTS" in the section "EXTRAS"?
"PROJECTS" provides you with the TOOLS FOR PRESENTATION AND PUBLIC EVALUATION OF ART PROJECTS. Read how it works:
- You can submit your art project, both realised as well as not yet realised projects, (idea, description, representational materials) to be evaluated by the public.
- You can evaluate art projects submitted by artists and curators using the voting option. Your vote will be automatically registered and consequently the value index of the project will be changed.
- You can establish relations between projects and other entries on the project web-site.
*NB PLEASE CHECK WHICH OF ABOVE DESCRIBED TOOLS AVAILABLE FOR REGISTERED AND NOT REGISTERED USERS. **NB PLEASE CHECK THE RULES OF CONDUCT AND TERMS APPLIED IN CASE OF THEIR VIOLATION. ***NB PLEASE CHECK THE PROJECT AUTHOR- AND COPYRIGHT POLICY.
12
What is "REVIEWS" in the section "EXTRAS"?
"REVIEWS" provides you with the TOOLS FOR PUBLISHING and EVALUATION OF ARTICLES. Read how it works:
- You can build up your reputation as a critic using the publishing and rating tools of the "Cool Media Hot Talk Show" web site.
- You can submit your article which will be reviewed and evaluated by the public.
- You can review or comment on the others articles.
- You can evaluate articles using the voting option. Your vote will be automatically registered and consequently rating of the article changed.
- You can establish relations between reviews and other entries on the project web-site.
*NB PLEASE CHECK WHICH OF ABOVE DESCRIBED TOOLS AVAILABLE FOR REGISTERED AND NOT REGISTERED USERS. **NB PLEASE CHECK THE RULES OF CONDUCT AND TERMS APPLIED IN CASE OF THEIR VIOLATION. ***NB PLEASE CHECK THE PROJECT AUTHOR- AND COPYRIGHT POLICY.
13
How are RATINGS calculated and how does the VOTING SYSTEM work?
The rating of the proposed topics, speakers, questions is calculated according to the audience votes. The rating is represented in the charts following a "top-down" system. You can vote for the proposals of topics, speakers, questions by clicking on the "plus" (+) or "minus" (-) buttons next to the proposed entry. You can do it only once per day for one proposed entry. Your vote will be automatically registered by the system and the rating of the entry will be automatically re-calculated as a result of your vote. The same system is applied to evaluation of entries in the sections "Projects" and "Reviews".
14
How is the final decision about the LIVE EVENT scenario made?
The proposed topics, speakers and questions related to each other and highest in rating, are automatically organised in a data cloud, which is represented at the front page in the section PRELIMINARY LINE-UP. Approximately one month prior to the LIVE EVENT everybody is welcome to join the discussion at the LIVE EVENT page, where the possible scenarios are to be finally shaped as they appear according to the data cloud representation.
15
Can I propose myself as a speaker?
Yes, you can propose yourself as a speaker. Do not forget to present your statement and argue your position on the issue about which you would like to speak. Take into account that you can be discarded as a speaker if your proposal is not related to the main theme of the ongoing series of talk shows "on Art & Media", if it violates the rules of conduct declared at the web-site of the project, or if the aim of your participation is solely to advertise your project, organisation, etc. In any of these cases your proposal can be removed by a representative of the project team without prior notification.
16
What happens if a person, who was suggested to be invited as a speaker and obtained the highest rating, is not able to participate in the talk show?
If the SPEAKER with the highest rating cannot participate in the live talk show event, the next speakers highest in rating will be approached by representatives of the project team. The changes in the scenario will always be discussed collectively and approved online in the TUNE IN section of the front page.
HOW I CAN PARTICIPATE
17
What can I do as a project participant?
There are two levels of participation in the the project, depending on whether you are a registered or an unregistered user. Please check the FAQ bellow.
18
How can I participate as a REGISTERED USER?
As a registered user you can have full access to the overall project content and facilities related to the "Cool Media Hot Talk Show" event programming, participation in the live event, access to archived materials, and extras. More specifically it means the following: - talk show programming tools: submitting proposals of speakers, topics, questions; voting for the others proposals, discussion of your own and others proposals;
- participation in the live event: free access to the live video broadcast, submitting questions and comments, voting for incoming questions and comments;
- use of "Extras" tools for publishing, evaluation and discussion;
Both registered and unregistered users have access to the overall content of the web-site, including charts, discussion, archive, "Extras", as well as the following interactive tools, including all forms of voting system: - voting for the proposals of speakers, topics, questions;
- evaluation of the articles of in the section "Reviews";
- evaluation of art projects submitted in the section "Projects";
- free access to the live broadcast of the "Cool Media Hot Talk Show" event;
- voting for the incoming immediate questions-reactions during the live event;
- news letter.
19
How can I participate as an UNREGISTERED USER?
If you are not registered user, you can not submit your proposals of topics, speakers, questions, which also assumes you can not participate in the discussion of proposals and final scenarios. Both registered and unregistered users have access to the overall content of the web-site, including charts, discussion, archive, "Extras", as well as the following interactive tools, including all forms of voting system: - voting for the proposals of speakers, topics, questions; - evaluation of the articles in the section "Reviews";
- evaluation of art projects submitted in the section "Public Value";
- free access to the live broadcast of the "Cool Media Hot Talk Show" event;
- submitting questions and comments during the live event;
- voting for the incoming immediate questions-reactions during the live event;
- news letter.
20
Shall I necessarily register myself to participate in the project?
You are asked to register yourself in case if you wish to have access to all interactive facilities of the project web site, which gives you opportunities to submit your content, including: event programming (submission of proposals), discussion, and "Extras". You are not required to register yourself if you intend to have access only to: the overall content of the web-site without the right to submit your own content, to the overall voting system (event programming, live event, "Extras" sections) without the right to submit your proposals and articles, to the live video broadcast of the event including the possibility to submit your questions or comments, to the news letter. Being an an unregistered user, you can not take part in the discussion.
POLICY
21
What is the privacy policy of the project?
There is no requirement to submit any of your private data besides your E-mail address, if you wish to participate as a registered user in the "Cool Media Hot Talk Show" project. Any other personal information about yourself that you would like to communicate voluntarily to others by creating your own participant profile, will not be subjected to any further dissemination by us. However, since the participants profiles are meant to be openly accessible for other visitors of the web site, we can not guarantee prevention of unauthorised use of personal data represented in your profile by third parties. Therefore please make your own decision which information about yourself you would like to be publicly accessible in your participant profile, and beware of possibility of its misuse. For any further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact us.
22
What is the authorship and copyright policy of the project?
We request project participants to assume their own responsibility for compliance with authorship and copyright regulations regarding the materials they submit at the web site of the "Cool Media Hot Talk Show" project. If you submit your own materials, for the use of which your retain necessary rights, you can specify yourself under which conditions you would like others to use your materials. For that you can use both "copyright" and "creative commons" licensing systems. If you wish to submit materials, for the use of which you do not retain required rights, please make sure that the rights of the author or copyright owner are not violated, or that you have permission to use these materials. In case we receive a complaint regarding unauthorised use of information materials, we retain the right for ourselves to remove those materials from the web site without prior notification to the person who submitted them in the first place.
23
What are the rules of the conduct at the "Cool Media Hot Talk Show" web site?
- Your postings content-wise should be related to the current main theme of the show "on Art & Media", or to the project idea as such, if you wish discuss it critically.
- Your postings should not contain messages and expressions of offensive or discriminating nature.
- Your postings should not contain materials which you are not eligible or authorised to use and disseminate.
- Your postings should not contain advertisement.
24
What happens if I violate the rules of conduct at the "Cool Media Hot Talk Show" web site?
If your posting violates the rules of conduct declared above, it will be removed from the web site by a representative of the project team without prior notification. If your abuse of the rules of conduct appears to be regular, your registration will be cancelled.
FEEDBACK
25
How can I get updates on recent project developments?
There are several options to get access to regular updates about recent developments in the "Cool Media Hot Talk Show" project.
You can subscribe to the "Cool Media Hot Talk Show" project newsletter: https://mailing.balie.nl/mailman/listinfo/coolmediahottalk
26
Whom shall I contact if I have technical problems?
You can contact our technical support by sending your e-mail
27
Whom shall I contact if I want to communicate my critical observations or suggestions regarding the project?
We very much welcome your comments, critique, and suggestions. They can be either publicly discussed at the web site of the project, or sent directly to us: mail
Browse
by topic, speaker or question
by latest entries
by hottest discussions
by rating
Reports
about events
see reportssubmit your report
Projects
to be pitched and evaluated
see and evaluate projectssubmit your project
Reviews
of projects and events
see and evaluate reviewssubmit your review
People
and their profiles
see profilescreate your profile
2008 Cool Media Hot Talk Show, The CoolMediators Foundation