Re: Web, Television and Debate

Adam,

This (Web & TV IG) is not the correct forum to discuss this. Please take
offline or take up with content producers/broadcasters (like PBS).

Regards,
Glenn

On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 1:32 AM, Adam Sobieski <adamsobieski@hotmail.com>wrote:

> Web and Television Interest Group,
> Philosophy of the Web Community Group,
>
>
> *Show Concept: Great Debates*
>
> An idea for a PBS or a Web series show, tentatively titled, for purposes
> of discussion, *Great Debates*, includes scholars, lawyers, pundits, and
> orators from around the nation, or the entire world, arguing and debating
> in each existing discussion or debate format as well as explorations of new
> debate formats, for example including the use of portable computers at
> podiums for advanced forms of notes and Web use.
>
> In addition to topics resembling those debated on the 1970's show *The
> Advocates*, *Great Debates* topics could include a broader set of
> philosophical, scholarly and scientific debate topics.
>
> Web series are a new possibility available with Web and video. There are
> also new possibilities from combinations of episodic shows and show website
> features and content, new features from combinations of the Web and
> television. Some website topics for *Great Debates* include audience
> participation with regard to the selection of debate topics as well as the
> linking to of an inclusive number of third parties' post-debate analysis
> segments per episode.
>
>
> *The Advocates*
>
> *The Advocates* was a public television network presentation of KCET, Los
> Angeles and WGBH, Boston made possible by grants from the Corporation for
> Public Broadcasting and the Ford Foundation. The purpose of the series was
> to stimulate public participation, and understanding, by focusing on
> realistic choices that must be made in the future, by having both sides of
> the question presented, and by demonstrating the interest which public
> officials have in both reasoned arguments and the views of their
> constituents. Having a one hour time slot, the program topics varied
> depending on current news and concerns of the public. The program ran from
> October 5, 1969 through May 23, 1974; then again bi-weekly from January 26,
> 1978 through September 9, 1979.
>
> *The Advocates* invited the public to mail in their votes to determine
> the winner, as other television shows would later come to do with cellular
> telephones, text messaging, and the Web. Influential figures who appeared
> on the show include Vice President Joe Biden who appeared on the show in
> 1974.
>
> http://openvault.wgbh.org/collections/advocates-advocates
> http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/speccol/mss/advocates/advocates.shtml
> http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/speccol/mss/advocates/boxlist.shtml
> http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/1994/94-003.html
> http://wgbhalumni.org/2012/09/12/roger-fisher/
>
>
> *A Website for a Great Debates Show*
>
> After each *Great Debates* episode airs, the content could become
> available on the show's website. The show's website could include searching
> into episode transcripts, and other Web video features and ergonomics
> resembling those observed on other websites such as YouTube including: the
> use of phones and tablets as remote control devices (
> http://youtube-global.blogspot.com/2012/11/making-it-easier-to-watch-youtube.html,
> http://youtube-global.blogspot.com/2013/01/yt-ces-2013.html) and
> enhancements with regard to navigating video (
> http://youtube-global.blogspot.com/2012/03/looking-ahead-in-youtube-player.html)
> and between videos.
>
> Transcripts, WebVTT tracks, and other post-production data could be of use
> for the indexing, searching, retrieving and navigating of show content.
> XML-based transcripts could make use of RDFa.
>
> Multiple categories of search result content are simultaneously possible
> on the show's website; in addition to the show's episodes, other venues
> with regular debate content, for example university debate clubs, could
> upload content to or ping the show's website, as could video bloggers,
> including in response to content on the website.
>
> The audience could participate in the selection of debate topics on the
> website. Audience participation can also be enhanced by a Web discussion
> forum area hosted on the show website or linked to from the show website.
>
> User interface topics can include feedback buttons on video players; users
> can indicate when they agree with something that an orator said in a video,
> for example.
>
>
> *Post-Debate Analysis and Discussion*
>
> The *Great Debates* website can link to and/or host post-debate analyses
> and discussion segments from an inclusive number of third-party teams per
> episode. When watching episodes from the show's website, menus could
> indicate options for post-debate analyses and discussions, as well as other
> Web-based features and content.
>
>
> *3D Video Technology*
>
> Utilizing RGBD sensor technologies on the set, a number of RGBD sensors
> simultaneously, photographs can be obtained during post-production. During
> post-production, moments can be selected by photographers, moving around
> virtually in the 3D space of the debate studio, obtaining pictures for the
> website, including to enhance website content, multimedia presentations, or
> navigation with transcripts into video content.
>
>
> *Studio Audiences*
>
> People might enjoy attending the filming of some debates. With
> advancements in audio technology and digital signal processing, studio
> audiences can be present during the filming of debates without audience
> reactions appearing in post-produced audio tracks or with studio audience
> reactions in separate audio tracks.
>
>
> *Moderators*
>
> *Great Debates* could have a number of moderators, and possibly guest
> moderators. Some debate formats might include one moderator and other
> formats a group of moderators. Moderators could add value to episodes of
> the show though the bulk of the content would be from the scholars,
> lawyers, pundits and orators.
>
> One show moderator could be a DOJ, FBI, NSA, or military employee which
> could add additional value insofar as illustrating to the audience that
> Americans can debate broadly and comfortably in the presence of public
> sector personnel including on the topics of laws and policies, law
> enforcement policy, national security policy, and military budget policy.
>
>
> *Conclusion*
>
> An exciting idea is described for a PBS or a Web series show, tentatively
> titled, for purposes of discussion, *Great Debates*, expanding upon the
> concepts of the 1970's television show *The Advocates*. New features
> available with combinations of episodic shows and show website features and
> content, new features from combinations of the Web and television, are
> described as are some other modern technological and show production topics.
>
>
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Adam Sobieski
>