Tag: Media Theory
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Freedom of the press is not freedom from responsibility
The Danish Cartoon mess reminds me of why I wanted to go back to school in the first place. I usually explain it this way: Freedom of speech and freedom of the press do not, in any way shape or form, negate one’s freedom to be an asshole. I decided to go to graduate school…
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Washington Post, comments off
What happens when a newspaper’s blog becomes a battleground for flame wars? The Washington Post found out this week, and they didn’t like it one bit. Executive Editor Jim Brady explained why comments had been turned off on the WaPo’s Editor blog: “At its inception, the purpose of this blog was to open a dialogue…
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Reporters Without Borders has ideas about Chinese Democracy
Reporters Without Borders has published a set of proposals for corporate responsibility when it comes to online freedom of speech. These six recommendations would forbid US email hosts from planting their servers within the borders of nations with oppressive laws aimed at quashing dissent i.e. Yahoo mandate a “protected” list of words that search engines…
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What is your dangerous idea?
The Edge World Question for 2006 asks a truckload of current thinkers to share a dangerous idea: What is your dangerous idea? An idea you think about (not necessarily one you originated) that is dangerous not because it is assumed to be false, but because it might be true? As for me, I’ll throw the…
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Should we be saving sinking ships, or building hovercrafts?
It’s been a busy week, and I think it’s time to reorganize my reading-about-the-media habits to make sure I get some thinkers in front of my tired eyes and not just informers. The sometimes-annoying but often-insightful Jeff Jarvis has been around the New Media block once or twice, and he let loose a winner earlier…
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The Future of Journalism?
[Monday morning came faster than I expected it this weekend. I’m starting to get the feeling I won’t fully catch up on little things like sleep and rest until I’m on the plane to Miami next Thursday. Nevertheless, I’m on the train on the way to school, and I’m just itching to put some thoughts…
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Marketplace of Ideas, Part 2
I turned in my Media Law term paper on The Marketplace of Ideas, the Internet, and Campaign Finance Law yesterday, barely making sure all the pages had printed out before I slid the barely-held-together-by-a-staple behemoth under the Prof’s office door. Here’s a suitable excerpt: When Holmes wrote of the “free trade in ideas,” he transferred…
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It’s a small world, after all
The incredible shrinking world, whether it’s small or flat or whatever, continues to accelerate the pace at which we communicate. VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) is a big part of that, and one of the biggest players in just-works, on your desktop VOIP software is Skype. Imagine an Instant Messenger window on your desktop that…
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Copyright Presentation
I’m doing a presentation tonight in my Media Law class on Copyright/Copyfight. Here’s some links to things I’ll be referencing, plus some additional stuff if you’re interested: Creative Commons Housing Maps Google Maps Mania the Public Library of Science the Pizzaright Principle A Lawrence Lessig presentation on Free Culture that I’m clearly borrowing from… Bonus…
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Podcasting – content or sidebar?
Podcasting has gone, in just over a year, from a tiny medium with a few participants to a 50-foot-tall woman that every big and small player in mass media wants to date, screw, or attack with F-14s, King Kong style. Frankly, I’m always impressed at the broad range of podcasts out there — everything from…