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[it is] important to instill in citizens and the journalism fraternity progressive values anchored on clear appreciation of national history and cultural heritage so that they appropriately exercise citizen journalism.
It’s a funny thing that happens when someone buys a car, especially when they think they’re buying a none-too-common sort. I buy a Mitsuyota RoadWidget, in part because it is distinctiv...
Facebook is a social utility that connects people with friends and others who work, study and live around them.
On the surface, it's all about protecting Russian kids from internet pedophiles. In reality, the Kremlin's new "Single Register" of banned websites, which goes into effect Nov. 1, will wind up blocking all kinds of online political speech.
Regarding Foucalt's study of the history of madness. I found this especially interesting specifically when Dr. Layne put it into perspective with different examples such as the xmen example. The two groups of mutants represent ...
Citizen Journalism Hub, by Yves Zieba: Curation of articles on Citizen Journalism (Citizen Journalism Hub is out!
The European Youth Forum (YFJ) is recruiting an intern for 6 months, starting in mid-January 2013, in the Communications Team within the Secretary General's Office of the organisation. The internship is based at the ...
In this case, the United Nations is exploiting the irrational fear of terrorism to justify international internet surveillance. In a new 148-page UN report released at a conference in Vienna entitled “The Use of the Internet for ...
Washington TimesSyrians turn to citizen journalism as state media fail to informAl-ArabiyaIn Syria, citizen journalism has perhaps become the most trusted primary source Syrians turn to as an alternative to state media during the uprising.
What remains to be fully explored is how the data that are collected voluntarily by an individual using such approaches as self-tracking (in other words, self-surveillance or participatory surveillance) are used by that person for ...
Government TechnologyDoes Citizen Journalism Foster or Impede Law Enforcement?
Panopticism is a theory of social control suggested by Michel Foucault. To fully understand the topic, it is important to study the history of the institution. Before the great confinement in the late 1600s, the mad unemployed were ...
Asimov’s government official assumes that “everyone sees everyone else” is a nightmare scenario. But would it be, really? What if some version of Asimov’s vision came true, and everyone could watch everyone else all the time? This potentiality has been labeled “sousveillance” – and it may seem like a scary idea, since we’re used to cultures and psychological habits predicated on greater levels of privacy. But this is exactly the future projected by a handful of savvy pundits, such as computer scientist Steve Mann and science fiction writer David Brin.
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Zimbabwe threatens to regulate internet journalismZim DiasporaMinister Shamu said it was important to instill in citizens and the journalism fraternity progressive values anchored on clear appreciation of national history and cultural heritage so...
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Transit authorities in cities across the country are quietly installing microphone-enabled surveillance systems on public buses that would give them the ability to record and store private conversations.
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The Government and police efforts to tackle financial crime – from business fraud to tax evasion – are hampered by a lack of accurate data about the nature and extent of offending, according to new...
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In some cases (not all) crowd-sourcing and citizen journalism clearly has an advantage over the traditional media. While an AP or Reuters photographer will probably not be around the site of a plane crash, there are always people around.
United Nations report calls for Internet surveillance, saying lack of 'internationally agreed framework for retention of data' is a problem, as are open Wi-Fi networks in airports, cafes, and libraries.
You might want to sit down. Are you sitting down? Okay, good. This might come as a shock, so brace yourselves: People use the Internet, and sometimes they might use it to conduct shady activities like, you know, terrorism.
Social Media and Citizen Journalism Can Play Important Role in Breaking News Lance Armstrong's fall from grace was a huge news story, even for those who don't follow cycling. But The New York Times reports that “for the ...
Crowdfunding Citizen Journalism in CairoNew York Times (blog)Mosireen, a media collective in downtown Cairo that offers equipment and training to citizen journalists, was born out of the effort by activists to document the Egyptian revolution online.
The Kremlin's new internet surveillance plan went into effect on Nov 1, 2012. Of course I can help but, to crack wise with “In Soviet Russia, Internet watches YOU”. Yes, I know they're no longer Soviets.
"Sousveillance": When the Watched Become the WatchersThe New AmericanOne way to challenge and problematize both surveillance and acquiescence to it is to resituate these technologies of control on individuals, offering panoptic technologies to help...
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