“The rationale for public access television was that the airwaves belong to the people, that in a democratic society it is useful to multiply public participation in political discussion, and that mainstream television severely limited the range of views and opinion. Public access television, then, would open television to the public, it would make possible community participation, and thus would be in the public interest of strengthening democracy.”
Television in read/write, do-it-yourself culture. Audiences are no longer just audience, they are now also able to be producer. Public access, community access television allows community to speak for themselves, by themselves.
Several definitions of public-access tv from: Wikipedia, Museum of Broadcast Communications.
Examples of public-access tv: worldwide links to 700 community & public access television sites.
