Summary
The onAir POST is the key element/content container of the onAir Knowledge & Information Sharing System. platform. The post shown in the Feature Image is displayed in full screen view within a HUB website.
- Posts can be about a topic, person, or organization. Posts can have, in addition to having text and images, all types of media such as YouTube videos, Google Docs, PDFs, and Wikipedia entries;
- Posts can have news items embedded within them such as videos, articles, livestreams, and press releases;
- Posts are organized in Categories and Sub-categories in a Hub’s site header and can appear in multiple categories within a hub as well as shared with other hubs;
- Posts are best viewed and curated on a computer (desktop, laptop, or tablet) with a display at least 1000 pixels wide;
- Posts are initially viewed in a slideshow format by selecting the thumbnails to scroll through the posts and by selecting the tabs to browse its content and the up arrow to return to the main tabs;
- Select the feature image or post title for a full-screen view of a post’s content;
- Posts can be shared via social media and email.
Smart Phones are best for viewing the latest news of posts you follow. Hub membership is required for this My onAir feature.
Select the logo next to a Hub’s title to view links to other related hubs.
26/02/2024 (02:00)
February 2024 video on the onAir network and the the US onAir Network of 50 state onAir hubs and a national US onAir Hub at us.onair.cc.
This video has been narrated by: Karina Lipsman
Transcript:
A strong democracy … depends on … all of us ..
Introducing . United States … onAir … A nonprofit nonpartisan network .. working to become .. the People’s Platform for Democracy A Network of Hubs.
We are a network .. of 50 .. curated onAir state hubs … Who share their content with …… The national .. US onAir .. Hub ……… A New Resource for Democracy.
Now more than ever, we need unbiased information from sources you can trust … Our onAir volunteers … from US colleges, universities, and nonpartisan organizations … Provide a new resource for democracy …. The Platform
The US onAir Network of hubs connect citizens with their government … candidates … issues.. and each other By providing a platform on which users can find information on who represents them …. How to vote .. and much more …
US onAir is a place where you can Learn ……. Discuss ….… and Find Common Ground… With your representatives, experts, and fellow Americans …
US onAir’s Mission … Democracy … has always been a struggle … That is why our mission at US onAir is to bring together Americans to become better informed and engaged in our democracy… We support civil discussion and constructive and impactful solutions.
Your Voice Matters Join the conversation … onAir Your Voice Matters… at … us.onair.cc
onAir Member Benefits
Each hub has its own form for registering to become a member. Select the “Join” button on a computer. Membership is free and easy to join.
Participating in Discussions
Select the comment icon to go to the DISCUSS section at the bottom of each post. You can ask the authors a question, give them your feedback/suggestions, and participate in a forum. Forum topics are determined by the post’s author in addition to the “Open Discussion” forum.
If you want to comment on a post that is shared from another hub, select the onAir post link at the bottom of the post’s summary to go to the hub where the post’s is shared from.
When you become a member of an onAir hub member, you will also be able to comment on any public or Advocate onAir post in any onAir hub as long as it the post’s author enables commenting.
Contributing News Items
Under the silhouette icon that appears when you are logged in is a menu selection titled “Add News Item“. When select it:
- Add a title for your news item
- Select the type of news item e.g. Article, Video
- Add a shorter title (optional)
- Add additional reference information (optional) such as author, date, source, and source link
- Add news item content in the field at the bottom.
You can also send your news item to the one of the hub’s curators (select “Contact” in the footer of each page) or to: onAircurators@onair.cc.
My onAir Favorites
To assemble your favorite posts that you want to follow, when you are in post select the favorite icon (star). To view all your favorite posts, select the silhouette icon then “Posts I follow”.
Curating Existing Posts
If you want to curate an existing post, ask one of the hub’s curators to make you an author of a post.
- Require no programming skills
- Can be displayed in multiple categories in a hub;
- Are ordinarily under the CC-NC (Creative Commons-Non Commercial) license and can be shared with any other onAir Hub and automatically updated from the original post
Note: We are in the process of updating our earlier video “Touring the US onAir Network” to incorporate many of the new onAir features and hubs.
Moderating Post Discussions
As one of the authors of a post, you will be able to moderate the discussions and answer questions. You can also contact one of the hub’s curators or onAircurators@onair.cc to request a commenter be banned from commenting on your post.
Authoring a Profile Post
We recommend that you work with one of the hub’s curators (or onAircurators@onair.cc) to request and curate a profile post until such time we provide a FAQ and instructional video. Curating a post does NOT require any web or software programming experience.
Authoring an Advocate Post
Anyone can purchase an Advocate post and determine whether some or all of its content is under our Creative Commons Non Commercial or copyrighted.
People who volunteer to curate or moderate posts can receive a profile post for free.
onAir Networks & Hubs
The onAir is a dynamic, browser-based Knowledge & Information Sharing System (KISS). The onAir platform supports the development of public and custom onAir HUB websites that display posts curated by onAir members. All onAir public hubs are overseen by our 501c3 nonprofit onAir Networks and the nonprofits we work with on each hub.
- All onAir Hubs are hosted on the “onair.cc” domain;
- OnAir Hubs aggregate and promote the best, publicly available knowledge about a topic and its related news, events, resources, people, and organizations.
- Multiple Hubs on a similar topic can be organized as a NETWORK of hubs.
Our first two beta networks are focused on Artificial Intelligence (top hub at ai.onair.cc) and Government and Politics (top hub at us.onair.cc) with 50 onAir state hubs.
Curation & Moderation Guidelines
We are dedicated to maintaining respectful, engaging and informative conversations. See this post for more information on our Guidelines for Curation & Moderation. Our nonprofit partners can customize these guidelines with the approval of onAir Networks.
In addition, all public content is under under the Creative Commons NonCommercial license which permits content sharing and adaptation as long as proper attribution is given to its author(s) and is used for non-commercial purposes. See this post for more information on this license.
See this post for more information on our Terms of Service.
Privacy Policy
Simply visiting an onAir Hub does not expose your identity publicly. When you submit your email addresses and name for any purpose, that data will only be used by onAir Networks. onAir Networks will not sell your information. You also can, at any time, request that your information be removed from the onAir system. Such requests will be honored within one business day.
For more information on our Privacy Policy, see this post.
