Category: media
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Why free is good for everyone…
” 20 years ago, set the agenda for far-reaching transformations in the political sphere, in economies everywhere, in social interaction, even in concepts of our own identity. And Berners-Lee succeeded in doing so for one reason: he released the technology for free. This simple decision, taken by a computer scientist used to work in environments…
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How to track Iranian protests online #iranelections
Here is how to find out about the Iranian elections online. Please send me your links. Also, Twitter’s down time has been rescheduled because of the important role that it is playing in the US elections (see link). Hash Tag: #Iranelections (search and post your blogs and tweets with this). Breaking Tweet http://www.breakingtweets.com Andrew Sullivan’s…
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Media Talk: Twitter @G20
Here is a podcast (audio); a reflective analysis of the use of new media such as twitter at the G20 protests by a panel of media experts. Matt Wells and the panel discuss Twitter and the new forms of digital journalism at G20 (link) Here is the app. for the iphone called Audioboo that is…
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Communication Power in the Network Society
Manual Castells, who has a new book out in July called ‘Communication Power’ gave a lecture at the OII (Oxford Internet Institute), in October last year. Those kind folks at OII have provided a web-cast of it online. There are also a number of other noterieties with web-cast-lectures. Most notable Ted Nelson, Jimmy Wales, Steven…