Selector/Gatekeepers
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Content selectors who make decisions about what content
will flow through the medium
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Directors
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Organisers of content and content producers who guide
a variety of people in other roles through the process of producing messages
and performances
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Performers
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Senders of messages who perform or recreate messages
that have been created by others.
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Transcriber/Recorders
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Recorders of messages who, through the action of transcription/recording,
enable messages to be preserved over time, distributed multiple times,
and/or transmitted across space.
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Content Editors
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Content intermediaries who seek to "improve"
messages within, in general, the scope of an editorial guideline.
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Content Integrators
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Content intermediaries who organize a variety of messages
into an integrated "performance".
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Reproducers
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Content intermediaties who reproduce messages that have
been created by others
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Distributor/Carriers
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Content intermediaties who transport, transmit, and/or
deliver messages that have been created by others.
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Publishers/Producers
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Organizers of media instances who enable the creation,
production, and distribution of messages.
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Advertisers
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Supporters of message production whose "return"
on investment is the addition of promotional content that accompanies
the message or performance.
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Retailers
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Content or service intermedaries who provide access
to either message content or the medium in exchange for a fee.
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Representative/Advocates
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Intermediaries who act on behalf of other participants
(agents, lawyers, etc).
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Regulators
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Content or service intermediaries who attempt to regulate
the content within a medium.
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Critics
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Creators of messages (often within a different medium)
who critique content within a medium.
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Investors
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Individuals or organization that finance the creation,
performance, packaging, distribution of messages or the operation of a
medium, generally with an expectation of a direct financial return on
the investment.
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Financial Management
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Individuals who track and/or manage financial and other
resources associated within a media instance or production.
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Production Support
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Others who act in support of a media instance or production.
Other generic roles may be hidden within this general category.
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Propinquitous Interactive
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Director, Production Support
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Correspondence
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Transcriber/Recorder, Distributor/Carrier, Production Support
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Telephonic
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Distributor/Carrier, Retailer, Critic
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Static Art
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Selector/Gatekeeper, Publisher/Producer, Reproducer, Representative/Advocate,
Critic, Production Support
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Networked Computer
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Publisher/Producer, Advertiser, Content Integrator, Distributor/Carrier,
Critic, Financial Management, Production Support
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Live Presentational
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Selector/Gatekeeper, Publisher/Producer, Director, Performer, Content
Integrator, Critic, Financial Management, Production Support
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Publication
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Selector/Gatekeeper, Publisher/Producer, Director, Content Editor, Advertiser,
Content Integrator, Reproducer, Distributor/Carrier, Retailer, Investor,
Financial Management, Production Support
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Dynamic Art
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Selector/Gatekeeper, Publisher/Producer, Director, Performer, Transcriber/Recorder,
Content Editor, Advertiser, Content Integrator, Reproducer, Distributor/Carrier,
Retailer, Representative/Advocate, Critic, Investor, Financial Management,
Production Support
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Broadcast
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Selector/Gatekeeper, Publisher/Producer, Director, Performer, Transcriber/Recorder,
Content Editor, Advertiser, Content Integrator, Reproducer, Distributor/Carrier,
Retailer, Representative/Advocate, Regulator, Critic, Investor, Financial
Management, Production Support
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