I figured I might as well document it here and see how people feel about it.
Proposed Name: Got My Vote
Proposed Website: www.gotmyvote.com
Pitch:
A Panel of up to 6 relevant people with Anchor and Studio Audience ala ABC's "Q&A" but with live webcam, skype, twitter, telephone, studio & viewing audience participation.
The fundamental difference being a web-based live voting system for all viewers where "The Worm" is live on the screen throughout the entire show. This will of course require registration to reduce the effect of "gaming the worm".
It's "The Worm" that gives rise to the name of the production "Got My Vote". Everything discussed on the show will be judged by the audience. I like to think of it as "Talkback Radio with Pictures".
The first truly democratic television production where viewers can actively participate by influencing the overall direction of the worm in real time.
This is particularly well suited to Community TV and would also foster an active audience who could participate through the week at the gotmyvote.com forum.
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Comments
I think this could be used quite well with a great debate show http://www.ted.com/talks/debate_does_the_world_need_nuclear_energy.html and perhaps http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kuzYwzGoXw&feature=related
Basically just adding a layer/level of technology to an already good idea: )
On any weekly topic?
I imagine this would be difficult to setup with arguments that present more than 2 discrete choices (i.e. worm only really works with Labour vs Libs) if you add in Labour/Libs/Greens/Democrats/Don Key's it would be much harder to have a “worm setup”
Mind you this is only a minor grievance and could easily be avoided by only choosing topics with 2 polar alternatives…
— Shaddowofadream
I figure 2 or 3 topics each week so there's plenty of time to discuss things thoroughly.
There's no reason we couldn't have multiple different coloured worms representing different preferences… But all this could be worked out as we go.
I think it's better to GO than to wait for it to be perfect.
I like the idea without the worm