Mitchell and Webb ask, what do you reckon?

In: BBC|broadcast|citizen journalism|user-generated content|video

25 Mar 2008

The British comedy duo of Mitchell and Webb make fun of the current trend towards interactivity and user-generated content by broadcasters such as the BBC. The clip is from their BBC show, That Mitchell and Webb Look:

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simonelli

March 25th, 2008 at 10:58 pm

Should we keep sending in our emails and letting you know what we think about interactivity and user-generated content?

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Steven

April 25th, 2008 at 6:13 am

It’s a global conversation about having a global conversation!

Welcome to the hall of mirrors, where we see ourselves endlessly reflected. Hopefully the BBC can recover its confidence and give us stimulating programs again, instead of user generated content.

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art sindlinger

July 20th, 2008 at 11:43 am

brilliant – thanks for posting the clip.

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week 8: Singapore’s media innovation | Multi-Media Journalism

September 9th, 2008 at 2:13 am

[...] Press Holdings runs a successful site dedicated to user generated content, known as STOMP. The description sounds similar to OhMyNews, but it is much less formal and [...]

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Technology and Politics » Blog Goliard

December 8th, 2008 at 2:41 pm

[...] and Webb really deserve the last word here (the full skit can be found here): What possible reason could there be for you to not email us? Certainly ignorance shouldn’t be a [...]

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Mitchell & Webb - Brilliant! | hilpers

January 18th, 2009 at 11:30 am

[...] & Webb – Brilliant! http://reportr.net/2008/03/25/mitche…do-you-reckon/ Pretty subversive in a way. I’m surprised the BBC let them get away with it. Well, that’s what I [...]

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February 14th, 2009 at 3:59 am

[...] incredible Archers message board overseen crucially by a brilliant host)  is an illustration that the usual doesn’t normally apply when you try to work with Radio 4 [...]

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