http://dooooooom.blogspot.com/2009/03/database-state.html
a story about databases...from a website about databases...
"The Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust has this morning published our report on the UK Database State, which finds that:
* A quarter of all major public sector databases are fundamentally flawed and almost certainly illegal. These should be scrapped or redesigned immediately;...."
There is a link to major press articles about the same study from the link above.
Monday, March 23, 2009
copyright, derrida and argentina
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/03/23/argentine-philosophy.html
"Argentine philosophy prof faces prison time for posting unofficial translations of out of print Derrida texts
Posted by Cory Doctorow, March 23, 2009 4:42 AM | permalink
Horacio Potel, an Argentine philosophy professor at Universidad Nacional de Lanús,, faces criminal charges -- and possible jail time -- for posting unofficial translations of seminal Jacques Derrida texts to his site where his students could see them. Most of these texts were out of print, or had never been translated. Now a publisher is bringing a few of these books into Argentina, and they're trying to get this prof imprisoned for supporting Derrida while he was unavailable."
"Argentine philosophy prof faces prison time for posting unofficial translations of out of print Derrida texts
Posted by Cory Doctorow, March 23, 2009 4:42 AM | permalink
Horacio Potel, an Argentine philosophy professor at Universidad Nacional de Lanús,, faces criminal charges -- and possible jail time -- for posting unofficial translations of seminal Jacques Derrida texts to his site where his students could see them. Most of these texts were out of print, or had never been translated. Now a publisher is bringing a few of these books into Argentina, and they're trying to get this prof imprisoned for supporting Derrida while he was unavailable."
Political communication at Annenberg
Links to the two Annenberg professors Ellen mentioned in class today as related to information needs in elections.
Michael Delli Carpini
http://www.asc.upenn.edu/ascfaculty/FacultyBio.aspx?id=149
Kathleen Hall Jameson
http://www.asc.upenn.edu/ascfaculty/FacultyBio.aspx?id=129
and the Annenberg Public Policy Center - great resource for election studies
http://www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/
Michael Delli Carpini
http://www.asc.upenn.edu/ascfaculty/FacultyBio.aspx?id=149
Kathleen Hall Jameson
http://www.asc.upenn.edu/ascfaculty/FacultyBio.aspx?id=129
and the Annenberg Public Policy Center - great resource for election studies
http://www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/
ad icons for privacy
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/19/an-icon-that-says-theyre-watching-you/
Great article in a NY Times blog about ways in which data capture by advertisers on websites could identified through a simple coding system. The post features an interview with Annenberg U Penn Professor Joe Turow.
Great article in a NY Times blog about ways in which data capture by advertisers on websites could identified through a simple coding system. The post features an interview with Annenberg U Penn Professor Joe Turow.
wikileaks
http://wikileaks.org/
Curious if anyone in class has come across this site before. They have been in some of the alternative press quite a lot lately.
Here is a link from boingboing.net with some related stories about government efforts at shutting them down.
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/03/22/wikileaks-needs-your.html
From the article: "The Wikileaks website was established to allow participants to anonymously disclose documents of public interest, including materials discussing such issues of national importance as U.S. Army operations at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, human rights abuses in China, and political corruption in Kenya."
I have only just recently come across the site and am not that familiar with it. But find this flurry of activity around it via lawsuits and counter suits interesting.
Curious if anyone in class has come across this site before. They have been in some of the alternative press quite a lot lately.
Here is a link from boingboing.net with some related stories about government efforts at shutting them down.
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/03/22/wikileaks-needs-your.html
From the article: "The Wikileaks website was established to allow participants to anonymously disclose documents of public interest, including materials discussing such issues of national importance as U.S. Army operations at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, human rights abuses in China, and political corruption in Kenya."
I have only just recently come across the site and am not that familiar with it. But find this flurry of activity around it via lawsuits and counter suits interesting.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
more articles re: privacy & data and surv.
these are from mainstream print and bcast news oputlets:
'NSA has massive database of Americans' phone calls' 2006
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-05-10-nsa_x.htm
this last story especially talks about telecom corporations giving data to the government in full coorperation of customers, unrelated to any particular cases or concerns about an individual or suspect.
'Viacom lawsuit: Google told to hand over all YouTube user detailsYouTube users to be revealed' 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/jul/04/youtube.google?gusrc=rss&feed=media
'Democrats quiz telecom companies about spy program role' 2007
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9789709-7.html
canada story: 'Government moving to access personal info, sparking privacy fears'2007
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2007/09/12/tech-privacy.html
'NSA has massive database of Americans' phone calls' 2006
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-05-10-nsa_x.htm
this last story especially talks about telecom corporations giving data to the government in full coorperation of customers, unrelated to any particular cases or concerns about an individual or suspect.
'Viacom lawsuit: Google told to hand over all YouTube user detailsYouTube users to be revealed' 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/jul/04/youtube.google?gusrc=rss&feed=media
'Democrats quiz telecom companies about spy program role' 2007
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9789709-7.html
canada story: 'Government moving to access personal info, sparking privacy fears'2007
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2007/09/12/tech-privacy.html
some links relatde to data and privacy and surveillance
at the risk of being too dogmatic or (fill in the blank here), here is a very unscientific set of links to a few specific cases of abuse of, mistaken identity or other people directly harmed by aspects of data retention and / or patriot act in us.
in developing our own individual views on the policies etc, we should properly consider a wide range of issues, benefits and consequences.
since we didnt do such a great job of providing specific examples of "good people" suffering negative consequences, i wanted to list some cases here.
the aclu is very involved in fighting the patriot act and has a lot fo information as to why and on what ground they are concerned. they also have a page of 'targets of illegal spying'
http://www.aclu.org/safefree/general/24287res20060227.html
these cases relate more to spying and surveillance stemming from individual participation or involvement in protests or activist groups or NGOs. One question these cases raise is one that is brought up in the US and that is what about the people who don't realise they are on watch lists. there were an unprecedented number of cases of people being held on account of being a terrorist suspect based on being arab, arab american, muslim, being of a darker complexion in general, having the same or similar name of someone who is wanted, or for far more random and even nonsensical reasons. the list include members of congress, a Catholic nun, a 6 year old, and nelson mandela. this link also has some of those stories:
watching the watch list
http://www.aclu.org/privacy/spying/watchlistcounter.html
the patriot act and the name articles about its controversy are a good place to start for examples. but we talked also about other kinds of data retention by private companies.
good site for tracking these issues from privacy advocacy perspective. they have interesting privacy tool links and a good overview of some laws and policies:
http://epic.org/
www.privacyinternational.org is also worth looking at for more global perspectives.
an account of many forms of data issues in us
http://www.privacyrights.org/fs/fs11-pub.htm
since i mentioned racial profiling and police activity, here is an interesting study:
http://www.racialprofilinganalysis.neu.edu/planning/
more a bit later. but hope this is of some use.
other articles on issues related to facebook and google already posted on this site.
in developing our own individual views on the policies etc, we should properly consider a wide range of issues, benefits and consequences.
since we didnt do such a great job of providing specific examples of "good people" suffering negative consequences, i wanted to list some cases here.
the aclu is very involved in fighting the patriot act and has a lot fo information as to why and on what ground they are concerned. they also have a page of 'targets of illegal spying'
http://www.aclu.org/safefree/general/24287res20060227.html
these cases relate more to spying and surveillance stemming from individual participation or involvement in protests or activist groups or NGOs. One question these cases raise is one that is brought up in the US and that is what about the people who don't realise they are on watch lists. there were an unprecedented number of cases of people being held on account of being a terrorist suspect based on being arab, arab american, muslim, being of a darker complexion in general, having the same or similar name of someone who is wanted, or for far more random and even nonsensical reasons. the list include members of congress, a Catholic nun, a 6 year old, and nelson mandela. this link also has some of those stories:
watching the watch list
http://www.aclu.org/privacy/spying/watchlistcounter.html
the patriot act and the name articles about its controversy are a good place to start for examples. but we talked also about other kinds of data retention by private companies.
good site for tracking these issues from privacy advocacy perspective. they have interesting privacy tool links and a good overview of some laws and policies:
http://epic.org/
www.privacyinternational.org is also worth looking at for more global perspectives.
an account of many forms of data issues in us
http://www.privacyrights.org/fs/fs11-pub.htm
since i mentioned racial profiling and police activity, here is an interesting study:
http://www.racialprofilinganalysis.neu.edu/planning/
more a bit later. but hope this is of some use.
other articles on issues related to facebook and google already posted on this site.
survey sez: people want unrestricted access to internet
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE52H4YD20090318
afghantistan open media report
http://nai.org.af/spip.php?article78
recent report from afghan ngo is focussed on role of local radio.
recent report from afghan ngo is focussed on role of local radio.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
antisemitism and the media
FYI, as part of tomorrow's conference there is a session related to the media.
Antisemitism in Contemporary Europe: An International Symposium
Central European University
Auditorium, Nádor utca 9, 1051 Budapest, Hungary
March 19, 2009
1:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Session 3: Media, Internet and Antisemitism
Moderator: Ágnes Heller
Michael Shafir (Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca)
Freedom of Expression and Holocaust Denial: When Antisemites Turn
Democrats
Mihály Szilágyi-Gál (Institute for Art Theory and Media Studies, ELTE, Budapest)
Encoded Hate Speech and the Media: a Hungarian-European-American Comparison
Michael Whine (Community Security Trust; Board of Deputies of British Jews, UK)
Best Practices in Combating Antisemitism Online
Antisemitism in Contemporary Europe: An International Symposium
Central European University
Auditorium, Nádor utca 9, 1051 Budapest, Hungary
March 19, 2009
1:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Session 3: Media, Internet and Antisemitism
Moderator: Ágnes Heller
Michael Shafir (Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca)
Freedom of Expression and Holocaust Denial: When Antisemites Turn
Democrats
Mihály Szilágyi-Gál (Institute for Art Theory and Media Studies, ELTE, Budapest)
Encoded Hate Speech and the Media: a Hungarian-European-American Comparison
Michael Whine (Community Security Trust; Board of Deputies of British Jews, UK)
Best Practices in Combating Antisemitism Online
environment and comm conference
fyi, following session on green media
The Media and the Environment: between complexity and urgency
International Conference
2-3 April 2009, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal
More information available at: http://www.ics.ul.pt/instituto/ev/meenv/
The Media and the Environment: between complexity and urgency
International Conference
2-3 April 2009, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal
More information available at: http://www.ics.ul.pt/instituto/ev/meenv/
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
and moer!
THE ROLE OF DEEP PACKET INSPECTION IN MOBILE NETWORKS
[SOURCE: Arbor Networks, AUTHOR: ]
In a crowded mobile broadband market, providers need a way to differentiate themselves with value-added offerings. By using deep packet inspection (DPI), mobile providers can create service packages that prioritize and limit traffic based on subscriber, application type, time-of-day and other variables. Read this white paper to learn how DPI-based solutions provide deep business intelligence, service control and bandwidth management to help mobile providers innovate and differentiate in a competitive mobile landscape.
http://benton.org/node/20031
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CHINA SAYS $41 BILLION TO BE SPENT ON 3G
[SOURCE: Reuters, AUTHOR: Kirby Chien]
Chinese telecom operators will spend about $41 billion on next generation (3G) mobile networks over the next two years, the government said on Friday. In addition, China will support the development of core microchips, terminals and testing equipment as it expands network coverage, Minister of Industry and Information Technology Li Yizhong was quoted on the ministry's website as saying. Li said last week that at least $29.2 billion would be spent on 3G next year alone, while long-awaited licenses would be awarded by early next year.
http://benton.org/node/20059
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MUSIC INDUSTRY TO ABANDON MASS SUITS
[SOURCE: Wall Street Journal, AUTHOR: Sarah McBride, Ethan Smith]
After years of suing thousands of people for allegedly stealing music via the Internet, the recording industry is set to drop its legal assault as it searches for more effective ways to combat online music piracy. The decision represents an abrupt shift of strategy for the industry, which has opened legal proceedings against about 35,000 people since 2003. Critics say the legal offensive ultimately did little to stem the tide of illegally downloaded music. And it created a public-relations disaster for the industry, whose lawsuits targeted, among others, several single mothers, a dead person and a 13-year-old girl. Instead, the Recording Industry Association of America said it plans to try an approach that relies on the cooperation of Internet-service providers. The trade group said it has hashed out preliminary agreements with major ISPs under which it will send an email to the provider when it finds a provider's customers making music available online for others to take.
http://benton.org/node/20061
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[SOURCE: Arbor Networks, AUTHOR: ]
In a crowded mobile broadband market, providers need a way to differentiate themselves with value-added offerings. By using deep packet inspection (DPI), mobile providers can create service packages that prioritize and limit traffic based on subscriber, application type, time-of-day and other variables. Read this white paper to learn how DPI-based solutions provide deep business intelligence, service control and bandwidth management to help mobile providers innovate and differentiate in a competitive mobile landscape.
http://benton.org/node/20031
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CHINA SAYS $41 BILLION TO BE SPENT ON 3G
[SOURCE: Reuters, AUTHOR: Kirby Chien]
Chinese telecom operators will spend about $41 billion on next generation (3G) mobile networks over the next two years, the government said on Friday. In addition, China will support the development of core microchips, terminals and testing equipment as it expands network coverage, Minister of Industry and Information Technology Li Yizhong was quoted on the ministry's website as saying. Li said last week that at least $29.2 billion would be spent on 3G next year alone, while long-awaited licenses would be awarded by early next year.
http://benton.org/node/20059
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QUICKLY
MUSIC INDUSTRY TO ABANDON MASS SUITS
[SOURCE: Wall Street Journal, AUTHOR: Sarah McBride, Ethan Smith]
After years of suing thousands of people for allegedly stealing music via the Internet, the recording industry is set to drop its legal assault as it searches for more effective ways to combat online music piracy. The decision represents an abrupt shift of strategy for the industry, which has opened legal proceedings against about 35,000 people since 2003. Critics say the legal offensive ultimately did little to stem the tide of illegally downloaded music. And it created a public-relations disaster for the industry, whose lawsuits targeted, among others, several single mothers, a dead person and a 13-year-old girl. Instead, the Recording Industry Association of America said it plans to try an approach that relies on the cooperation of Internet-service providers. The trade group said it has hashed out preliminary agreements with major ISPs under which it will send an email to the provider when it finds a provider's customers making music available online for others to take.
http://benton.org/node/20061
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more articles
GOOD MORNING, LIBERIAN MEDIA
[SOURCE: The Christian Science Monitor, AUTHOR: Bill Glucroft]
Across Africa, local news organizations have been both victims and victimizers while operating under unstable regimes. Liberia's press enjoys far greater freedom now that it operates under a democratic system. But freedom is a blessing and a curse, says Oscar Bloh, director of Monrovia's Talking Drum Studio, a group started by the Washington-based Search for Common Ground. Mr. Bloh says the media still needs a comprehensive strategy to transform themselves from a business that will publish anything to make money, to one that sees itself as a public service that promotes stability.
http://benton.org/node/20060
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NEW YORK TIMES TO LAUNCH 'INSTANT OP-ED'
[SOURCE: Editor&Publisher, AUTHOR: Joe Strupp]
The New York Times is planning to launch a new "Instant Op-Ed" next month that will allow the paper's Web site to post immediate expert viewpoints on breaking news, according to Editorial Page Editor Andrew Rosenthal. "Our Op-Ed now is very rapid response, but it is at the most the next day," said Rosenthal. "We are looking at a way to take advantage of the expandability of the Internet, the back and forth of it and the instantaneous nature of the Internet. Taking ideas that have existed in Op-Ed form and giving them a robust position online." Rosenthal said three editors, among them former editorial writers, are teaming up with a Web producer to oversee the initiative. He said the team is gathering a list of numerous experts on a variety of issues to be ready to provide quick comments, essays and columns on issues or stories that come up in the news. He said the idea is to have a group that provides opinions soon after news occurs, with a solid Web space dedicated to them.
http://benton.org/node/20030
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[SOURCE: The Christian Science Monitor, AUTHOR: Bill Glucroft]
Across Africa, local news organizations have been both victims and victimizers while operating under unstable regimes. Liberia's press enjoys far greater freedom now that it operates under a democratic system. But freedom is a blessing and a curse, says Oscar Bloh, director of Monrovia's Talking Drum Studio, a group started by the Washington-based Search for Common Ground. Mr. Bloh says the media still needs a comprehensive strategy to transform themselves from a business that will publish anything to make money, to one that sees itself as a public service that promotes stability.
http://benton.org/node/20060
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NEW YORK TIMES TO LAUNCH 'INSTANT OP-ED'
[SOURCE: Editor&Publisher, AUTHOR: Joe Strupp]
The New York Times is planning to launch a new "Instant Op-Ed" next month that will allow the paper's Web site to post immediate expert viewpoints on breaking news, according to Editorial Page Editor Andrew Rosenthal. "Our Op-Ed now is very rapid response, but it is at the most the next day," said Rosenthal. "We are looking at a way to take advantage of the expandability of the Internet, the back and forth of it and the instantaneous nature of the Internet. Taking ideas that have existed in Op-Ed form and giving them a robust position online." Rosenthal said three editors, among them former editorial writers, are teaming up with a Web producer to oversee the initiative. He said the team is gathering a list of numerous experts on a variety of issues to be ready to provide quick comments, essays and columns on issues or stories that come up in the news. He said the idea is to have a group that provides opinions soon after news occurs, with a solid Web space dedicated to them.
http://benton.org/node/20030
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why grant making on media policy matters
http://gfem.org/node/496
this is a good piece to read. from becky lentz, a colleague and assoc prof at mcgill university.
cheers,
kate
this is a good piece to read. from becky lentz, a colleague and assoc prof at mcgill university.
cheers,
kate
video clips from info-activism
fyi
A list of videos that focus on campaign issues from different parts of the globe, as reflected among participants who recently joined the Info-Activism 2009 camp in Bangalore [http://www.informationactivism.org/]
Sandra Sudhoff... on mapping and its role in development
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjn3oAv1C48&feature=channel_page
Sree... of Mahiti.org, and NGO that offers Free Software solutions to NGOs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zVmxmgSxzI&feature=channel_page
From Indonesia, and the Greens
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hSOoTbtmyI&feature=channel_page
Journo Noha's TortureInEgypt, a single-purpose blog and website making it point
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfmC0m45wb0&feature=channel_page
Child sex abuse... and issues from Chennai (India)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JKduC0DvtY&feature=channel_page
Global Voices... some views via the Netherlands
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pDrlndHyHg&feature=channel_page
Going Dutch in cyberspace, researching India a quarter century ago (P. Reimens)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3L_Wjck9JM&feature=channel_page
On HIV/AIDS in Eastern Africa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6Nsa6AJ6GQ&feature=channel_page
Tor, Tor, Tor... keeping you safe online
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpIFxPXjqkg&feature=channel_page
Mapping, what's that all about? A brief (and incomplete) introduction
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_bVkHl9CY8&feature=channel_page
Genner, the Maya civilisation, and anthropology today
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lNDLkWkQE4&feature=channel_page
Info-activism, source camps... the Tactical Tech way (background issues)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUARIQR3zZA&feature=channel_page
Dirk Slater, on sex-worker issues in Asia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iaqg0bhhOc&feature=channel_page
David Timothy... on the printed word and non-profit organisations
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TryGSmEtmY&feature=channel_page
Cheekay, APC.org, ICT4D... beyond the alphabet soup
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EU5L-WTJgo&feature=channel_page
Engagemedia, what's that? (A YouTube for the alternative world?)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-tJqZZAg-A&feature=channel_page
New thinking... out of Berlin (also talks of re.publica)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrOsens9tio&feature=channel_page
An interview with Alaa Abd El Fatah, a techie from Egypt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lq8SzfL7FaI&feature=channel_page
Women matter... in tech too (Sally from South Africa)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8dLvgnC1Sk&feature=channel_page
From Tajikistan... issues and news
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZAh_w1-Bl4&feature=channel_page
The Reverend Rupee ... up and about in Bangalore (don't take this serious!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6tR7zRGy1I&feature=channel_page
Brasil computes... Pixel expalins the issues
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HI9T0wxG6pM&feature=channel_page
Taking up the Tibetan cause... technology in exile
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BR5rBuyqdSc&feature=channel_page
An online archive of digital video: what Pad.ma is donig in India
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygsi-qCMFv4&feature=channel_page
Open Street Maps, and all ... understanding what the project is about
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sN8SlwLnJ7I&feature=channel_page
Design issues... out of India: views from the next generation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxJPWiB8i0M&feature=channel_page
Malaria... an African viewpoint
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cK925Ect_Jo&feature=channel_page
CiviCRM... and Michal Mach (taking CRM to the non-profit world)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZ2fKrtz5dY&feature=channel_page
From Mark, in South Africa: campaigns, media and radical thought
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieh3kL6NX9M&feature=channel_page
The alt.media... a view from Argentina: Marie Trigona explains her views
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AEBu5UlfCY&feature=channel_page
Researching technology use, from Down Under (Dr Dr Tanya Notley
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IfU7-43ZzY&feature=channel_page
What is digiactive? An introduction to digiactive.org
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqNLvTDdoW8&feature=channel_page
SMS, the Philippines and migrant workers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCsQjzhi6So&feature=channel_page
Tactical Tech... in India
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihL3qWKe90g&feature=channel_page
Mobile video... that's live and works
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=parABlCNrlI&feature=channel_page
Women's issues from Egypt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gfe2WervrEs&feature=channel_page
A designer ... from Zimbabwe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEoJEd_edJo&feature=channel_page
Views from Hungary: human rights and governance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ohd5zlM4kYQ&feature=channel_page
Issues from Hong Kong, and sex-workers there
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYPAwNhnxac&feature=channel_page
SANGONeT... and what that's all ... from South Africa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyaTJ6KJDOY&feature=channel_page
How 15 people triggered off a major global campaign (electronic voting)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PfCSuJ-1AU&feature=channel_page
Kenya, Kipp and Martus (a human-rights, software-based reporting tool)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Olbo-hr5zI&feature=channel_page
Work like an Egyptian (techie)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KD8EYS_qHuE&feature=channel_page
Human rights needs attention too
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FV6bcXC91JM&feature=channel_page
Coping with drugs... from Russia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mj_I7q4QiS8&feature=channel_page
David Taylor, and Radical Design (US)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0OKFO_rpYQ&feature=channel_page
A filmmaker from Lebanon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrk1hNT59Wg&feature=channel_page
The politics of technology (Anivar Aravind, a young techie from India)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2dGml_EqCg&feature=channel_page
Sex workers issues... from India
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITG-l874fto&feature=channel_page
Migration concerns, as seen from South East Asia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YS82Q-G2pXw&feature=channel_page
The 'pink panties' strike: an unusual campaign you wouldn't believe happened in India!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1R0Q8TLNQQ&feature=channel_page
Alt.work from South Africa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8ZiS5z7L54&feature=channel_page
Is Google evil? Plans to translate a book...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEWXqnGuY-o&feature=channel_page
Hand-massage, Filipina style [the camp has its light aspects too!]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYlpbgS_JEk&feature=channel_page
From a blogger in India: Dina Mehta speaks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLg-OvffCRY&feature=channel_page
Gunner, the man behind Aspirations Tech
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRfgI0mlJPU&feature=channel_page
Wikileaks, what's it all about?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWxq9O1GYf0&feature=channel_page
A list of videos that focus on campaign issues from different parts of the globe, as reflected among participants who recently joined the Info-Activism 2009 camp in Bangalore [http://www.informationactivism.org/]
Sandra Sudhoff... on mapping and its role in development
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjn3oAv1C48&feature=channel_page
Sree... of Mahiti.org, and NGO that offers Free Software solutions to NGOs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zVmxmgSxzI&feature=channel_page
From Indonesia, and the Greens
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hSOoTbtmyI&feature=channel_page
Journo Noha's TortureInEgypt, a single-purpose blog and website making it point
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfmC0m45wb0&feature=channel_page
Child sex abuse... and issues from Chennai (India)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JKduC0DvtY&feature=channel_page
Global Voices... some views via the Netherlands
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pDrlndHyHg&feature=channel_page
Going Dutch in cyberspace, researching India a quarter century ago (P. Reimens)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3L_Wjck9JM&feature=channel_page
On HIV/AIDS in Eastern Africa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6Nsa6AJ6GQ&feature=channel_page
Tor, Tor, Tor... keeping you safe online
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpIFxPXjqkg&feature=channel_page
Mapping, what's that all about? A brief (and incomplete) introduction
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_bVkHl9CY8&feature=channel_page
Genner, the Maya civilisation, and anthropology today
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lNDLkWkQE4&feature=channel_page
Info-activism, source camps... the Tactical Tech way (background issues)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUARIQR3zZA&feature=channel_page
Dirk Slater, on sex-worker issues in Asia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iaqg0bhhOc&feature=channel_page
David Timothy... on the printed word and non-profit organisations
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TryGSmEtmY&feature=channel_page
Cheekay, APC.org, ICT4D... beyond the alphabet soup
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EU5L-WTJgo&feature=channel_page
Engagemedia, what's that? (A YouTube for the alternative world?)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-tJqZZAg-A&feature=channel_page
New thinking... out of Berlin (also talks of re.publica)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrOsens9tio&feature=channel_page
An interview with Alaa Abd El Fatah, a techie from Egypt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lq8SzfL7FaI&feature=channel_page
Women matter... in tech too (Sally from South Africa)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8dLvgnC1Sk&feature=channel_page
From Tajikistan... issues and news
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZAh_w1-Bl4&feature=channel_page
The Reverend Rupee ... up and about in Bangalore (don't take this serious!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6tR7zRGy1I&feature=channel_page
Brasil computes... Pixel expalins the issues
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HI9T0wxG6pM&feature=channel_page
Taking up the Tibetan cause... technology in exile
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BR5rBuyqdSc&feature=channel_page
An online archive of digital video: what Pad.ma is donig in India
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygsi-qCMFv4&feature=channel_page
Open Street Maps, and all ... understanding what the project is about
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sN8SlwLnJ7I&feature=channel_page
Design issues... out of India: views from the next generation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxJPWiB8i0M&feature=channel_page
Malaria... an African viewpoint
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cK925Ect_Jo&feature=channel_page
CiviCRM... and Michal Mach (taking CRM to the non-profit world)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZ2fKrtz5dY&feature=channel_page
From Mark, in South Africa: campaigns, media and radical thought
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieh3kL6NX9M&feature=channel_page
The alt.media... a view from Argentina: Marie Trigona explains her views
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AEBu5UlfCY&feature=channel_page
Researching technology use, from Down Under (Dr Dr Tanya Notley
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IfU7-43ZzY&feature=channel_page
What is digiactive? An introduction to digiactive.org
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqNLvTDdoW8&feature=channel_page
SMS, the Philippines and migrant workers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCsQjzhi6So&feature=channel_page
Tactical Tech... in India
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihL3qWKe90g&feature=channel_page
Mobile video... that's live and works
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=parABlCNrlI&feature=channel_page
Women's issues from Egypt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gfe2WervrEs&feature=channel_page
A designer ... from Zimbabwe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEoJEd_edJo&feature=channel_page
Views from Hungary: human rights and governance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ohd5zlM4kYQ&feature=channel_page
Issues from Hong Kong, and sex-workers there
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYPAwNhnxac&feature=channel_page
SANGONeT... and what that's all ... from South Africa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyaTJ6KJDOY&feature=channel_page
How 15 people triggered off a major global campaign (electronic voting)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PfCSuJ-1AU&feature=channel_page
Kenya, Kipp and Martus (a human-rights, software-based reporting tool)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Olbo-hr5zI&feature=channel_page
Work like an Egyptian (techie)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KD8EYS_qHuE&feature=channel_page
Human rights needs attention too
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FV6bcXC91JM&feature=channel_page
Coping with drugs... from Russia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mj_I7q4QiS8&feature=channel_page
David Taylor, and Radical Design (US)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0OKFO_rpYQ&feature=channel_page
A filmmaker from Lebanon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrk1hNT59Wg&feature=channel_page
The politics of technology (Anivar Aravind, a young techie from India)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2dGml_EqCg&feature=channel_page
Sex workers issues... from India
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITG-l874fto&feature=channel_page
Migration concerns, as seen from South East Asia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YS82Q-G2pXw&feature=channel_page
The 'pink panties' strike: an unusual campaign you wouldn't believe happened in India!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1R0Q8TLNQQ&feature=channel_page
Alt.work from South Africa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8ZiS5z7L54&feature=channel_page
Is Google evil? Plans to translate a book...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEWXqnGuY-o&feature=channel_page
Hand-massage, Filipina style [the camp has its light aspects too!]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYlpbgS_JEk&feature=channel_page
From a blogger in India: Dina Mehta speaks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLg-OvffCRY&feature=channel_page
Gunner, the man behind Aspirations Tech
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRfgI0mlJPU&feature=channel_page
Wikileaks, what's it all about?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWxq9O1GYf0&feature=channel_page
Monday, March 16, 2009
mroe articles, privacy, journalism, etc
from benton headlines - see esp privacy articles in preparation for next week's class.
PRIVACY
Many See Privacy on Web as Big Issue, Survey Says
A Call to Legislate Internet Privacy
Tim Berners-Lee warns against website snooping
JOURNALISM
The State of the News Media
Stewart, Cramer TV battle royal draws big audience
As Markets Fell, Pundits Came Down On Obama
Google Chairman Pledges to Stand With Journalists, Increase Transparency
Knight Foundation Backs Plan to Hire 50 Laid-off Journalists to Teach 'News Literacy'
Capitalism Finds Voice in China TV
INTERNET/BROADBAND
TV goes overboard with Internet
Will The Social Media Revolution Be Twittered -- Or Squashed?
Widespread Telecommuting Could Save Consumers $228 Billion, Businesses $260 Billion
FCC's Rural Healthcare Program is Still Delayed
Maine expanding school laptop program with Apple
Bell Canada doesn't want to share next-gen fiber network
PRIVACY
Many See Privacy on Web as Big Issue, Survey Says
A Call to Legislate Internet Privacy
Tim Berners-Lee warns against website snooping
JOURNALISM
The State of the News Media
Stewart, Cramer TV battle royal draws big audience
As Markets Fell, Pundits Came Down On Obama
Google Chairman Pledges to Stand With Journalists, Increase Transparency
Knight Foundation Backs Plan to Hire 50 Laid-off Journalists to Teach 'News Literacy'
Capitalism Finds Voice in China TV
INTERNET/BROADBAND
TV goes overboard with Internet
Will The Social Media Revolution Be Twittered -- Or Squashed?
Widespread Telecommuting Could Save Consumers $228 Billion, Businesses $260 Billion
FCC's Rural Healthcare Program is Still Delayed
Maine expanding school laptop program with Apple
Bell Canada doesn't want to share next-gen fiber network
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
bits and pieces
WAL-MART PLANS TO MARKET DIGITAL HEALTH RECORDS SYSTEM
[SOURCE: New York Times, AUTHOR: Steve Lohr]
Wal-Mart Stores is striding into the market for electronic health records, seeking to bring the technology into the mainstream for physicians in small offices, where most of America's doctors practice medicine. Wal-Mart's move comes as the Obama administration is trying to jump-start the adoption of digital medical records with $19 billion of incentives in the economic stimulus package. The company plans to team its Sam's Club division with Dell for computers and eClinicalWorks, a fast-growing private company, for software. Wal-Mart says its package deal of hardware, software, installation, maintenance and training will make the technology more accessible and affordable, undercutting rival health information technology suppliers by as much as half.
http://benton.org/node/23139
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NEW JOB FOR THE MAN WHO EXPOSED COMCAST'S P2P THROTTLING
[SOURCE: ars technica, AUTHOR: Nate Anderson]
Robb Topolski, the man who helped to bring to light Comcast's throttling of P2P uploads, has a new job: Chief Technologist of the Open Technology Initiative at the New America Foundation. OTI is the New America unit headed by Sascha Meinrath. The move is significant because Topolski now serves in an official capacity with three of the main DC groups fighting for network openness and white spaces, New America, Free Press, and Public Knowledge. (He was already advising the latter two groups.) That combination of jobs should make Topolski an even more influential voice on network management issues in DC.
http://benton.org/node/23136
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SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER SAYS WORKERS TOLD JOBS WILL END
[SOURCE: Reuters, AUTHOR: Robert MacMillan]
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer has told employees they might lose their jobs as soon as next week after a deadline for Hearst Corp to sell the newspaper passed on Monday. Hearst, which also may close the San Francisco Chronicle if the paper cannot cut costs, has not yet decided what to do with the Seattle paper. "These options exist: 1) Seek buyer. If no buyer, then 2) Go digital, or 3) Close. No decision has been made," Hearst spokesman Paul Luthringer told the paper.
http://benton.org/node/23117
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CANADA REJECTS CUTBACKS ON US SERIES BUYS
[SOURCE: Reuters, AUTHOR: Etan Vlessing]
The Canadian government has rejected a proposal by the country's television regulator to curb domestic broadcasters' spending on U.S. series. Domestic broadcasters contend that they require the profits generated by airing U.S. series to subsidize the production of expensive homegrown dramas. Canadian independent producers, unions and guilds favor the CRTC's proposal for a so-called 1:1 ratio on Canadian and non-Canadian program expenditures as a welcome measure to promote homegrown series production.
[SOURCE: New York Times, AUTHOR: Steve Lohr]
Wal-Mart Stores is striding into the market for electronic health records, seeking to bring the technology into the mainstream for physicians in small offices, where most of America's doctors practice medicine. Wal-Mart's move comes as the Obama administration is trying to jump-start the adoption of digital medical records with $19 billion of incentives in the economic stimulus package. The company plans to team its Sam's Club division with Dell for computers and eClinicalWorks, a fast-growing private company, for software. Wal-Mart says its package deal of hardware, software, installation, maintenance and training will make the technology more accessible and affordable, undercutting rival health information technology suppliers by as much as half.
http://benton.org/node/23139
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NEW JOB FOR THE MAN WHO EXPOSED COMCAST'S P2P THROTTLING
[SOURCE: ars technica, AUTHOR: Nate Anderson]
Robb Topolski, the man who helped to bring to light Comcast's throttling of P2P uploads, has a new job: Chief Technologist of the Open Technology Initiative at the New America Foundation. OTI is the New America unit headed by Sascha Meinrath. The move is significant because Topolski now serves in an official capacity with three of the main DC groups fighting for network openness and white spaces, New America, Free Press, and Public Knowledge. (He was already advising the latter two groups.) That combination of jobs should make Topolski an even more influential voice on network management issues in DC.
http://benton.org/node/23136
Recommend this Headline
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SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER SAYS WORKERS TOLD JOBS WILL END
[SOURCE: Reuters, AUTHOR: Robert MacMillan]
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer has told employees they might lose their jobs as soon as next week after a deadline for Hearst Corp to sell the newspaper passed on Monday. Hearst, which also may close the San Francisco Chronicle if the paper cannot cut costs, has not yet decided what to do with the Seattle paper. "These options exist: 1) Seek buyer. If no buyer, then 2) Go digital, or 3) Close. No decision has been made," Hearst spokesman Paul Luthringer told the paper.
http://benton.org/node/23117
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CANADA REJECTS CUTBACKS ON US SERIES BUYS
[SOURCE: Reuters, AUTHOR: Etan Vlessing]
The Canadian government has rejected a proposal by the country's television regulator to curb domestic broadcasters' spending on U.S. series. Domestic broadcasters contend that they require the profits generated by airing U.S. series to subsidize the production of expensive homegrown dramas. Canadian independent producers, unions and guilds favor the CRTC's proposal for a so-called 1:1 ratio on Canadian and non-Canadian program expenditures as a welcome measure to promote homegrown series production.
ads and privacy
ADVERTISERS GET A TROVE OF CLUES IN SMARTPHONES
[SOURCE: New York Times, AUTHOR: Stephanie Clifford]
The millions of people who use their cellphones daily to play games, download applications and browse the Web may not realize that they have an unseen companion: advertisers that can track their interests, their habits and even their location. Smartphones, like the iPhone and BlackBerry Curve, are the latest and potentially most extensive way for advertisers to aim ads at certain consumers. Advertisers already tailor ads for small groups of consumers on the Web based on personal information. But cellphones have a much higher potential for personalized advertising, especially when they use applications like Yelp or Urbanspoon with GPS to identify a person's location, right down to the street corner where they are standing. Advertisers will pay high rates for the ability to show, for example, ads for a nearby restaurant to someone leaving a Broadway show, especially when coupled with information about the gender, age, finances and interests of the consumer. "It's potentially a portable, personal spy," said Jeff Chester, the executive director of the Center for Digital Democracy, who will appear before Federal Trade Commission staff members this month to brief them on privacy and mobile marketing. He is particularly concerned about data breaches, advertisers' access to sensitive health or financial information, and a lack of transparency about how advertisers are collecting data.
http://benton.org/node/23140
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IN YOUR FACE WEB AD FORMATS POPPING UP ALL OVER
[SOURCE: Los Angeles Times, AUTHOR: Dan Fost]
They're bigger, they're bolder, and soon they'll be covering up large swaths of some of your favorite Web pages. The Online Publishers Association on Tuesday released several new in-your-face advertising formats designed to be both more obtrusive and interactive. Twenty-seven top Internet publishers -- including the New York Times, CNN, CBS Interactive, ESPN and the Wall Street Journal -- say they'll try the supersize ads in an attempt to get the attention of Web surfers who have learned to ignore banners. The websites, which collectively reach two-thirds of the U.S. Internet audience, must walk a fine line so they don't bug visitors so much that they stop returning.
http://benton.org/node/23132
[SOURCE: New York Times, AUTHOR: Stephanie Clifford]
The millions of people who use their cellphones daily to play games, download applications and browse the Web may not realize that they have an unseen companion: advertisers that can track their interests, their habits and even their location. Smartphones, like the iPhone and BlackBerry Curve, are the latest and potentially most extensive way for advertisers to aim ads at certain consumers. Advertisers already tailor ads for small groups of consumers on the Web based on personal information. But cellphones have a much higher potential for personalized advertising, especially when they use applications like Yelp or Urbanspoon with GPS to identify a person's location, right down to the street corner where they are standing. Advertisers will pay high rates for the ability to show, for example, ads for a nearby restaurant to someone leaving a Broadway show, especially when coupled with information about the gender, age, finances and interests of the consumer. "It's potentially a portable, personal spy," said Jeff Chester, the executive director of the Center for Digital Democracy, who will appear before Federal Trade Commission staff members this month to brief them on privacy and mobile marketing. He is particularly concerned about data breaches, advertisers' access to sensitive health or financial information, and a lack of transparency about how advertisers are collecting data.
http://benton.org/node/23140
Recommend this Headline
back to top
IN YOUR FACE WEB AD FORMATS POPPING UP ALL OVER
[SOURCE: Los Angeles Times, AUTHOR: Dan Fost]
They're bigger, they're bolder, and soon they'll be covering up large swaths of some of your favorite Web pages. The Online Publishers Association on Tuesday released several new in-your-face advertising formats designed to be both more obtrusive and interactive. Twenty-seven top Internet publishers -- including the New York Times, CNN, CBS Interactive, ESPN and the Wall Street Journal -- say they'll try the supersize ads in an attempt to get the attention of Web surfers who have learned to ignore banners. The websites, which collectively reach two-thirds of the U.S. Internet audience, must walk a fine line so they don't bug visitors so much that they stop returning.
http://benton.org/node/23132
"FRANCE PROPOSES DISCONNECTING WEB MUSIC PIRATES"
FRANCE PROPOSES DISCONNECTING WEB MUSIC PIRATES
[SOURCE: Reuters, AUTHOR: Gregory Blachier]
A French bill that proposes disconnecting users from the Internet if they download music or video files illegally drew criticism Tuesday from consumer groups and opposition legislators. The government wants to stem the flow of songs and films circulating freely on the Internet, depriving artists of revenues and threatening the survival of production companies. The French bill says users who download files illegally must receive an email warning. If they do it again, they receive a second warning by registered post. If caught a third time, they are disconnected from the Internet for two months to a year. Critics said this would be difficult to apply. They also said it would pit artists against their own public and would pose the risk that honest users could be unfairly penalized.
http://benton.org/node/23112
[SOURCE: Reuters, AUTHOR: Gregory Blachier]
A French bill that proposes disconnecting users from the Internet if they download music or video files illegally drew criticism Tuesday from consumer groups and opposition legislators. The government wants to stem the flow of songs and films circulating freely on the Internet, depriving artists of revenues and threatening the survival of production companies. The French bill says users who download files illegally must receive an email warning. If they do it again, they receive a second warning by registered post. If caught a third time, they are disconnected from the Internet for two months to a year. Critics said this would be difficult to apply. They also said it would pit artists against their own public and would pose the risk that honest users could be unfairly penalized.
http://benton.org/node/23112
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
"why sweden rules the internet"
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/features/why-sweden-rules-the-web-1640950.html
from the article:
Rick Falkvinge is the leader of Sweden's most plugged-in political group, The Pirate Party. "In the rest of Europe," he says, "the internet roll-out was done by telecommunications companies, who had an incentive to delay it for as long as possible because it shattered their existing business model. When you put disruptive technology into everyone's hands, it changes public perceptions of what you can, and should, do with it."
from the article:
Rick Falkvinge is the leader of Sweden's most plugged-in political group, The Pirate Party. "In the rest of Europe," he says, "the internet roll-out was done by telecommunications companies, who had an incentive to delay it for as long as possible because it shattered their existing business model. When you put disruptive technology into everyone's hands, it changes public perceptions of what you can, and should, do with it."
you tube uk v music industry
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/03/10/youtube.music.uk/index.html?iref=mpstoryview
uk police say wrong to film journalists
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/mar/10/climate-camp-surveillance
extreme case of australian internet laws?
http://www.smh.com.au/news/home/technology/baby-swinging-video-case-warning/2009/03/10/1236447185321.html
Thursday, March 5, 2009
financial cable tv show and economic crisis
http://www.thedailyshow.com/
from Wedn, March 4 episode of Daily Show
CNBC Gives Financial Advice (08:29)
CNBC's Rick Santelli is angry that those loser homeowners are going to get bailed out.
I strongly recommend watching this piece, and if interested, the one following with interview with NY Times financial reporter. To me, this segment is the best of what Stewart has to offer. Media reporting on media - not enough critique/investigation of the role of financial cable tv shows on the global economic crisis, and the impact of 24 hour news cycles on the hyper-ness of the booms and busts. Take with grain of salt in the sense that Stewart's job is first to entertain, but even the NY Times reporter is taking note of Stewart's analysis and will write on this issue in his weekend column.
from Wedn, March 4 episode of Daily Show
CNBC Gives Financial Advice (08:29)
CNBC's Rick Santelli is angry that those loser homeowners are going to get bailed out.
I strongly recommend watching this piece, and if interested, the one following with interview with NY Times financial reporter. To me, this segment is the best of what Stewart has to offer. Media reporting on media - not enough critique/investigation of the role of financial cable tv shows on the global economic crisis, and the impact of 24 hour news cycles on the hyper-ness of the booms and busts. Take with grain of salt in the sense that Stewart's job is first to entertain, but even the NY Times reporter is taking note of Stewart's analysis and will write on this issue in his weekend column.
twittering for social change
http://twitter.com/InfoChange
info change is a development and social justice group in india
info change is a development and social justice group in india
upstream journal
The latest Upstream Journal is now available, with a special focus on the role of communication for social change.
36 pages of "Canadian perspectives on global justice."
Voices of dissent - Amy Goodman and independent media
The role of community radio as an alternative source of information
Grafitti as social protest
Street art challenges social and political structures when other options are limited
“Talking strongly” - Indigenous media in Australia
Protecting culture and language through media technology
Media poetics and cattle - Colombia community radio, language and power
Challenging cultural assumptions in cowboy country
Container tech - Jamaican community retrofits shipping container into creative computing centre
Technology is made local and becomes a tool of empowerment
Le grand saut technologique et la “nouvelle économie” - au secours des pays en développement?
La expansion technologique - est-elle adaptée à la situation fragile dans ces pays?
The World Bank doesn’t have - and doesn’t want - human rights standards in its projects
Despite changing opinion on their importance in development, the world’s largest development institution has no policy on human rights
The financial crisis and the future for Canada’s foreign aid
Will cuts join high food prices, falling remittances and low export earnings in reversing development gains?
To download the issue:
http://tinyurl.com/upstream-com-media
Subscription only $5!
For more information:
http://www.upstreamjournal.org/
http://www.s-j-c.net
36 pages of "Canadian perspectives on global justice."
Voices of dissent - Amy Goodman and independent media
The role of community radio as an alternative source of information
Grafitti as social protest
Street art challenges social and political structures when other options are limited
“Talking strongly” - Indigenous media in Australia
Protecting culture and language through media technology
Media poetics and cattle - Colombia community radio, language and power
Challenging cultural assumptions in cowboy country
Container tech - Jamaican community retrofits shipping container into creative computing centre
Technology is made local and becomes a tool of empowerment
Le grand saut technologique et la “nouvelle économie” - au secours des pays en développement?
La expansion technologique - est-elle adaptée à la situation fragile dans ces pays?
The World Bank doesn’t have - and doesn’t want - human rights standards in its projects
Despite changing opinion on their importance in development, the world’s largest development institution has no policy on human rights
The financial crisis and the future for Canada’s foreign aid
Will cuts join high food prices, falling remittances and low export earnings in reversing development gains?
To download the issue:
http://tinyurl.com/upstream-com-media
Subscription only $5!
For more information:
http://www.upstreamjournal.org/
http://www.s-j-c.net
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