Your Voice in Space
Today, the British Space Organisation launched it’s new youth orientated campaign ‘Your Voice In Space’. The BSO has teamed up with one of the best Media schools in the country at Bournemouth University in order to combine the knowledge and expertise of the students within the project.
‘Your Voice In Space’ is a new campaign, looking to raise awareness of cultural and global identity within the 14 – 24 year old age bracket, through the planned launch of a space probe.
The probe would be unique in that it would house a two-way transmitter that allows several media forms to be relayed to and from the probe. People are encouraged to answer weekly questions through the use of social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter, as well as YouTube and the BSO main website. These answers are then ‘posted’ into space through the probe.
The initiative is also unique in that it is completely free. Many similar projects have gone before the Your Voice In Space campaign, but none have been this accessible to so many people worldwide.
The Bournemouth Media School is the only Centre for Excellence in Media Practice in the UK and offers courses such as Journalism and Communication and Computer Animation. The talents of the students studying for degrees in Television, Interaction Media Production and Scriptwriting have been employed by the BSO. These students are involved not only in the broadcasting surrounding the probe, but also in the day to day running of the websites and other content that the campaign requires.
Commenting on the launch, Rob Hawkes, Interactive Media student and Chief Technical Officer of the BSO, said; ‘This is a great opportunity for us as media students and we are very lucky to be involved in such a project. It also gives us valuable experience in that we can put what we have been studying into practice.’
A spokesman from the BSO also welcomed the launch, stating that; ‘We are always looking to conjure new interest in space science. One of our main aims is to get under 25s involved and interested in such subjects. The students at the Bournemouth Media School will be the perfect addition to the campaign, as they will be striving for the attention of their own peers.’
The BSO was established in 2009 to ‘rejuvenate interest in space science and exploration.’
Website address: http://britishspace.org.uk/
Email address: press@britishspace.org.uk
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