The Seven Deadly Sins of Community Programming
Liora Salter · Canadian Journal of Communication · 1978
This September, the second national conference of independent video producers, entitled "The Fif th Network, was held in Toronto. Most of the participants had attended the first conference in Vancouver in 1973; many had extensive experience not only in producing video but also in the often fruitless negotiations with cable operators and the CRTC in attempting to get those programnes before a viewing public. Almost everyone present was a veteran of numerous government projects funded to "use video as a catalyst for social change" or a "tool for comnunity animation". No one had much tolerance for further rhetoric as a result.