Death to the Podcast in the Dawning of a Mass Media Revolution
Shovio.com, Talk Back TV: A New Kind of Broadcasting
I’ve been spending every waking hour for the last few months helping to develop a revolutionary technology. It’s a new way to watch radio. Yes, I said “watch”. The site may be a tad amateurish since it’s still in the process of development. Even as I’m typing this, the coding is being dramatically morphed. The technology created by J.J. Astro (the rocket scientist that came up with it all) is bound to change the way we relate to media in the future.
Several established professional radio show hosts have left the FM for the WWW. You are able to respond to them immediately by either typing in the chat next to the viewer window or call in with sound AND video.
This is all LIVE and FREE by the way, just register to watch.
Shovio Broadcasting “Talk Back TV”
TBTV’s mission is a democratic one interested in changing the face of broadcasting as we know it. American Mass Media these days fill the radio and airwaves with what most of us would consider digital pieces of fiber-less turds. (Shovio itself is non-biased politically but I’m not.)
Today’s mass media sucks. TV is generally horrible, and we all know the unfortunate turn that news broadcasting has taken. So then, if most of us agree, instead of complaining yet LETTING our fellow Americas watch what we know to be crap, why not make it better?
1) Why Media should be educational, just ask Plato
a. With a better educated America we can foster a happier society
b. Plato believed education’s primary role should be to teach good character, citizenship, and strong leadership, and produce “sociable and happy citizens”, keeping each child’s personal interest and aptitude in mind by encouraging CREATIVITY.
c. An educated America will cultivate a more productive society advancing beyond our foreign counterparts
- Other countries are FAR beyond ours academically, but we have a unique constitution just waiting for us to tap into and unleash our boundless potential. THAT is the very idea that laid the governmental foundation of America.
d. School is boring so people turn to t.v.
- America’s public school system emerged during the Industrial Revolution answering the need for cheap labor, and a lot of it. Child labor became all the rage for factory owners. These owners subsidized public schools but not for the purpose of educating them to their fullest ability.
- This is why children weren’t encouraged to think critically or independently. In fact, creativity was stifled as it would only create trouble making one less motivated to do crap work. Sheep that stayed in line were rewarded.
e. Quality programming is not just a necessity, it’s in demand
- Studies show that people want quality content but will settle for what they are given. Somewhere down the line, this concept was ignored by those controlling mass media. 
2) Our underlying governmental system encourages this platform
a. Take full advantage of the freedom of speech-SPEAK UP. What better way to keep the media dictators in check then to hand over control to the people?
b. Current leaders of our country (government, big business etc.) want to keep you distracted
- Rupert Murdoch and FOX Network’s Political Agenda-to get as many Americans voting Republican for his own selfish motives (read about it)
3) This is the new radio/TV-capable of being more informative and cooperative
a. You know why wiki works so well, right?
- Supports the democratization of knowledge and information. No longer are people just the content consumers but are now the content producers.
- Just as informative and accurate as an encyclopedia in print, if not more so because of rapid updates
b. BUT Shovio is even MORE effective because
- Immediate responses and corrections through a conversation in real time
- Serves as public forum through the ability to talk back/give opinions
- What better way to learn then with the wisdom of the crowd? When they say “it takes a village,” that doesn’t mean a single staff of biased writers.
- The “every-man” should call-in with his/her honest, uninformed opinions on what the host is saying.