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Ch. 14 Link – Commentary Through Impersonation
You can learn more about Ian Murphy’s punking of Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and about the Food Lion case here. SPJ scolds Buffalo Beast for call to Wisconsin governor Food Lion fraud award against ABC thrown out
Link Ch. 2 – Godwin’s Law
You may have noticed that sooner or later, every Internet discussion that turns ugly (and what of them don’t?). And once they turn ugly, it seems that before long one of the people arguing will compare the other person to … Continue reading
Posted in Book Link, Chapter 2
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Link Ch. 10 – Neda Agha-Soltan as a Symbol of Iranian Protesters
NOTE: This is a re-post of the 2009 blog entry. All of the videos linked to here contain disturbing, violent imagery.The news out of Iran about the violent suppression of people protesting the results of the recent Iranian election has been … Continue reading
Posted in Book Link, Chapter 10
Tagged global media, mobile media, mobile phones, Muslim media, social media
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Link Ch. 10 – Media Web Site Examples
Here are links to a range of media Web sites I mention in Ch. 10: The Washington Post CNN NPR Slate Salon Ain’t It Cool News Superbike Planet
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Link Ch. 10 – How ARPANet Grew
ARPANet was the joint military/academic computer network that would eventually give birth to the Internet. Here are a series of maps that show how ARPANet slowly grew in size and complexity from its founding in 1969 until 1977.
Link Ch. 10 – Zhao Jing: Blogging in China
Zhao Jing, who writes under the pen name “Michael Anti” was one of the first Chinese bloggers to come to world attention when Microsoft took his blog down from their servers following complaints from the Chinese government: Washington Post: Philip P. … Continue reading
Link Ch. 10 – Who plays video games?
Who likes to play video games? Just about everyone. Here are a pair reports on the topic from Pew’s Internet & American Life Project: Adults and Video Games More than half of all American adults play video games of one … Continue reading
Link Ch. 10 – UbuWeb
UbuWeb has collections of avant-garde films, music, and audio recordings. Please note that this site can contain material some people would find offensive. This may contain some of the longest of the long-tail media…. UbuWeb This is the overall site. … Continue reading
Link Ch. 10 – Mobile Internet Access
The Pew Internet & American Life project has looked extensively at how Americans are using mobile devices to access the Internet. Here are links to a couple of their studies that are particularly interesting: Digital Differences Who is going online, … Continue reading
Link Ch. 15 – Remembering Photographer Tim Hetherington
Photographers Tim Hetherington and Chis Hondros were killed in an attack in the city of Misrata while they covering the rebellion there. Hetherington was known for his photographs and for serving as co-director of the Oscar-nominated war documentary Restrepo. Vanity … Continue reading