This podcast is a recording from a 2007 forum that the Australian Centre for Democracy and Justice hosted with Ellie Rennie.

Globally, media industries are conglomerating and rationalising operations for economic efficiency much to the detriment of the consumer and citizen, creating an oligopoly and reducing the number of voices herd. But the fight is not over. All over the world, community media is experiencing resurgence. Driven by Information and Communication Technologies that ease difficulty of use and cost are making it easier to make media leading to a boom in citizen-generated media. The question is “can it last?”