Bloggers for Human Rights: New Media and Repressive Regimes Democratic Development and the Freedom of Expression A panel discussion presented by Rights & Democracy Wednesday, October 7th, 2009, 5 PM to 7 PM Fountain Room, National Arts Centre, Ottawa The panel will be webcast live on our website. Web participants will be invited to submitContinue reading “Panel October 7: New Media and Repressive Regimes”
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New Research: Videoblogging
Women Videobloggers and YouTube: Participatory Informal Digital Learning and Open-Access Web-Based Research This research project engages female videobloggers (vloggers) to develop three aspects of internet studies presently unexplored in existing literature. (1) Unique web-based methodology: First, we are developing an innovative and experimental web-based methodology: rather than conducting the traditional “confidential†interviews, we interview femaleContinue reading “New Research: Videoblogging”
boler in National Post and Toronto Star on Obama-Hope-Frenzy
while these soundbites are still “news” before Hope’s Full Spectacle in DC tomorrow! three recent media appearances: January 16, 2009 The art of Obama, Dave McGinn http://www.nationalpost.com/arts/story.html?id=1185377 Jan 13, 2009 INAUGURATION HYPE: Buying into Obama, Andrea Gordon “It’s all part of an era of rampant consumption, viral online marketing, cheap mass marketing” http://www.thestar.com/living/Shopping/article/569834 January 16,Continue reading “boler in National Post and Toronto Star on Obama-Hope-Frenzy”
news about news: the antiquation of print media
it’s time to face the news about news, folks! print news may soon be a thing of the past, perhaps making the dystopic story told in EPIC 2014 (a viral video that depicts a “sci-fi” or story of Googlezon taking over through personalized web engines) look less and less like like sci-fi and more likeContinue reading “news about news: the antiquation of print media”
Two Election Panels this Week…boler, gitlin, everett, and others…
Wed, Oct 15 4-6 pm Munk Center Media Coverage and the U.S. Election Campaigns: Race, Gender, and Identity Politics in the 2008 Presidential Race October 15, 4-6 PM | Campbell Conference Room, Munk Center for International Studies, University of Toronto, 1 Devonshire Place Featuring Dr. Todd Gitlin (Columbia University), Dr. Anna Everett (University of California,Continue reading “Two Election Panels this Week…boler, gitlin, everett, and others…”
Toronto News Media Map
I really enjoy maps that draw the shared ownership of different media companies. BlogTO recently created a map of the Toronto media: News media in Toronto is following trends similar to those around the world – large corporations buy up smaller companies, and they also diversify by purchasing other forms of media and entertainment propertiesContinue reading “Toronto News Media Map”
Video Contest: U.S. State Dept. partners w/YouTube — “Democracy Video Challenge”
September 15, 2008, New York Times A Video Contest to Illustrate Democracy By NOAM COHEN Frank Sinatra once asked the musical question: What is America to me? On Monday, International Democracy Day, the State Department will announce that it will be asking the world to create three-minute videos that answer a broader question: “Democracy isContinue reading “Video Contest: U.S. State Dept. partners w/YouTube — “Democracy Video Challenge””
Study of Blinking: conservatives more afraid than progressives
How hard you blink signals how you think: Startle reflexes’ thought to shape person’s politics, Toronto Star, September 19, 2008, Joseph Hall http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/50209 “In an interview last week, hard right U.S. running mate Sarah Palin talked a lot about blinking. “You can’t blink” and “we must not blink,” the Alaskan Republican told ABC News inContinue reading “Study of Blinking: conservatives more afraid than progressives”
boler/research on TDS cited in CTV
i was thrilled to be asked by CTV journalist Andrea Janus to comment on yet another academic study on the effects of The Daily Show…and, the story accurately captures my concerns about how these social science studies reductively misrepresent the cultural significance of “fake news” and satire… Is ‘fake news’ informative? Study tests fun vsContinue reading “boler/research on TDS cited in CTV”
team member chantelle oliver on cbc! google’s future…
research team member Chantelle Oliver interviewed on CBC about Google! http://www.walrusmagazine.com/blogs/2008/09/08/chantelle-vs-mansbridge/ way to go chantelle…one of the only ones interviewed to address actual social practices of and myths about how users engage google! Chantelle also works as a blogger for Walrus Magazine, her blog titled “Web 2.0 Museum” http://www.walrusmagazine.com/blogs/category/web20/#blogs_top