Beyond Broadcast 2006: Reinventing Public Media in a Participatory Culture Panel III: What Is The Community Dimension Of Media? Social networks and online communities are a powerful and growing phenomenon. What can public media learn from these models? With a strong trusted relationship with large audiences, nationally and locally, public media organizations can extend their role as conveners of conversation and connection, but there are many challenges in mindset, risk, culture and practice. What does it mean to enable and nurture online communities in a media context? How do these spaces represent a redefined public media of their own? Moderator: Ethan Zuckerman (Global Voices, Berkman Center) Panelists: Tom Gerace (Gather.com) Thomas Kriese (Omidyar Network) Brendan Greeley (Radio Open Source) Rhea Mokund (Listenup.org) Less