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20
Years of Two-Way TV
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The
goal is the same: to bring people together to explore
the important and problematic aspects of their common
lives as human beings on Planet Earth.
The media NGO Internews Network
was founded in 1982 and is the precursor of Internews
Interactive. Internews' mission was to use media
to foster international understanding.
One of its first projects was a
two-way interactive satellite television program
linking Soviet and American citizens in dialogue
and song, in an effort to address the danger of nuclear
war. The program led to a number of satellite programs
known as "Spacebridges," which linked people
in the USSR and elsewhere to Americans. During that
period, US-Soviet relations had hit a nadir during
which President Reagan described the USSR as an 'Evil
Empire.' Mediation was used to help create understanding
during tense videolinks broadcast on ABC News, which
ultimately won two national Emmy Awards.
Digital video technology has made "two-way" video
tools more accessible and less costly. During the
next phase of videobridging which began in 1993,
compressed digital videoconferencing was used for
a series of programs broadcast throughout Europe
and on PBS, called Vis á Vis. Then, webcams
allowed us to connect citizens to the TV studio.
Next, personal digital communications devices will
let many more people connect with television.
Two Way Television
Programs (1982-2004)
Spacebridges (Internews)
Linking Us Together 1982-83
Remembering War 1984
Nuclear Winter 1984
Peace Child 1985
Five Continents 1985
Together to Mars 1986
Chernobyl 1986
Phil Donahue Series 1987
Capital to Capital Series 1987-89
Vis à Vis
European Series (15 programs) 1992-94 (Point du Jour & Internews)
U.S. Series (Internews & Yerosha)
-Beyond the Veil 1997
-Blue and Black 1998
-Speaking In Tongues 2002
US Interactive
Minnesota Citizens Forum and Debate 1998
Minnesota Urban-Rural Dialogues Series 1999
California Capitol Week 2000
-Education
-Healthcare
SNAP Series 2003
Y*Vote 04 Series 2004
FAQs Series 2004
Videolink Call-Ins
Listening to Beirut 2001
Afghan Women: Eyes on the Future 2001
Globalization: The Great Divide 2001 (Article Z & InterAct)
Sweatshops 2002
America Alone? 2003
International Videolinks
YNC (South Africa) 1999-2000
Chat The Planet Series (NextNext) 2003-05
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