Empowering Democracy with Aggregation

Using new-media to empower movements is one of the most exciting applications of 21st century communication technology. The internet creates the potential to communicate, but it is the applications being developed that give us the ability to do so.

Presently, Equilibrium Media is researching the very best applications from the leading edge of these technologies to fulfill our mission: To inform and entertain the shift to a global culture of sustainability. While "sustainability" is often interpreted to mean "ecology", the truth is the political sphere is equally--if not more--important, because the ecological strains we face are caused by political concerns being played out. (See China's stance on Green House Gas emissions.)

So, empowering democracy--and our collective ability to lead society in a desirable direction--is an important application of this technology. One offering we will certainly be implementing on WWW.EQ.TV is Splashcast, and a great application of their player is the ability to aggregate videos into one channel, as is the case with the SplashCast player below that contains all the videos in all the candidates’ offical YouTube channels.

We will certainly be using this to empower our own users to share their own creations--original and aggregated--on their profile pages, and potentially as EQ content creators. Additionally, we are looking into using this to publish some or all of our professional content. For now though, check out the channel below, and head on over to Splashcast to see more of what these folks are developing.