Category: political communication
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Twitter activism
(picture from the Independent) This story is from the Guardian, then to the Melbourne Age, then to this blog. I am not sure if this was truly ‘twitter activism’ as the story claims; but still the nativity in which many institutions approach Web 2.0 and its potential for political mobilisation astonished me. All technology is…
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(Guardian) How G20 Ian Tomlinson footage spread shock around world
Here is some interesting media analysis from the Guardian newspaper relating to the use of amateur footage during the recent G20 protest. Increasingly, the democratic power game is being fought out in the media and I am surprised the police didn’t realise this and moderate their tactics accordingly. For a broader analysis of contemporary new…
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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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My Media is bigger than Your Media…
The sound track did it for me on this one…
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The convention on modern liberty
A CALL TO ALL CONCERNED WITH ATTACKS ON OUR FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS UNDER PRESSURE FROM COUNTER TERRORISM, FINANCIAL BREAKDOWN AND THE DATABASE STATE WHAT ARE THE THREATS? What can be done about them? Why should everyone care? (link)