Tag: Advocate

  • Wikipedia versus Britannica

    One of the more obvious criticisms of Wikipedia’s open publishing and open peer-review system is that it is prone to inaccuracies. However, according to this study (addmittedly small) from Nature Magazine, it is no more inaccurate than Encyclopaedia Britannica. One of the extraordinary stories of the Internet age is that of Wikipedia, a free online…

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  • What is the OpenNet Initiative?

    The Internet is not so much a ‘global’ medium as is claimed, but is more a ‘patchwork’ medium comprisign of controls and filters by various geographical based state and commercial interests. If you are interested in studies of how the Internet is regulated by these various countries, see some of the reports on the OpenNet…

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  • Current TV: A future for television?

    Current.tv is a model for the future of television. 30% of the content on this cable and satellite channel comes from videos submitted via users online. The division between the Internet and other media is changing. The definition of the Internet is changing. This model is sophisticated. User make programmes and get paid to make…

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  • Social networkers get mobilised

    (Don’t you just love journalistic technology writing? If you can get past the exploding mobiles and the Libertarian, techno-determinist fantasies of this type of on-the-run, passive writing, then there are some informative empirical ideas here) The social networking movement looks set to explode onto the mobile platform with a new generation of location, blog and…

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  • Taking Sides: Isreal and Lebanon and Galloway

    This rather shallow, one-sided, and aggressive analysis of the Israel and Lebanon conflict is interesting; simply because it shows just how irresponsible some members of Parliament and media commentators can be. The conflict in the middle east is complex; yet this man ‘Galloway’ (admittedly I have never heard of him) makes it simple for a…

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  • What is web 2.0 the Video

    This video about Web 2.0 is sort of cheesy and full of simplistic analysis (and annoying Californians) but there are some good ideas if you can sift through the fluffy West-Coast crap. But hey, lots of crap; isn’t this yet another definition of Web 2.0? Stick with the video; it does get better towards the…

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