Reportr.net » Toys http://www.reportr.net This blog on media, society and technology is run by Professor Alfred Hermida, an award-winning online news pioneer, digital media scholar and journalism educator. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:52:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Jpod fans organise on Facebook to revive the show http://www.reportr.net/2008/04/30/jpod-fans-organise-on-facebook-to-revive-the-show/ http://www.reportr.net/2008/04/30/jpod-fans-organise-on-facebook-to-revive-the-show/#comments Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:26:13 +0000 Alfred Hermida http://reportr.wordpress.com/?p=560 JPod action figure.Image by gak via FlickrFans of the cancelled CBC show, Jpod, are planning to emulate the antics of fans across the border to save their beloved programme.

A Facebook group has been set up to coordinate a mail-in blitz to CBC in support of Jpod on May 19th.

The campaigners are suggested fans send in a little Lego man or woman in honour of the book’s cover and Douglas Coupland‘s passion for Lego.

The campaign is reminiscent of the one in the US that resulted in the brief revival of Jericho.

As the Inside the CBC blog notes, it’s ironic that the “the tech-loving fans of the show are actually using snail mail to launch a campaign!”

(Cross-post from Newslab.ca)

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