Pool (website)

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ABC Pool
Type of site
Participatory media
Owner Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Created by ABC
Website http://pool.abc.net.au/
CommercialNo
Launched2008
Current statusClosed

ABC Pool was a website housed within the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) as part of ABC Radio National's Multi-platform and Content Development department. The site was launched as a public beta in August 2008 [1] and is a space where people can upload, share, collaborate and communicate with other members of the 'Pool' community. [2] [3] Some of the best work on the site has resulted in on-air outcomes through programs on ABC Radio National and ABC Open network. ABC Pool was a project that explores the space between broadcast and participatory media.

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is Australia's national broadcaster founded in 1929. It is principally funded by the direct grants from the Australian government but is expressly independent of government and partisan politics. The ABC plays a leading role in journalistic independence and is fundamental in the history of broadcasting in Australia.

ABC Radio National Australian radio network

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Contents

The site made use of Creative Commons licences, both releasing limited ABC archival material as CC and allowing users to license their work as CC.Pool has been one of the ABC's first websites to take advantage of Creative Commons Licensing, enabling Pool's online community to share content within a safe legal framework, allowing for pastiche and adaptation.

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The Pool website went offline in June 2013. [4]

Activities

Visitors, Members and Community Editors were able to use ABC Pool in different ways, with varying degrees of involvement.

Visitors to Pool

Members of Pool

Members who are Community Editors

MyBurb

MyBurb was an augmented reality project set around the suburb of Redfern which ABC Pool developed during 2011. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ ABC Radio National Media Report transcript
  2. ↑ ABC Opens its Archives – Slowly
  3. ↑ Sharing and Remixing Via the ABC
  4. ↑ http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/97461/20130616-0003/pool.abc.net.au/index.html
  5. ↑ Hutchinson, Jonathon P. (January 2016). "The future of digital archive collections: Augmenting public service media geo-locative archives". Mobile Media & Communication. 4 (1): 37–51. doi:10.1177/2050157915590008.
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