Day: 28 April 2006
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Ethics and Internet Research
The Association of Internet Researchers has produced an excellent guide to the ethical considerations of online research (2002) (thanks to Sean Cubitt for this link). It's called Ethical decision-making and Internet research and provides some good pointers for those considering and undertaking online research.
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EFF: Blogger’s Rights!
OK, the EFF (the Electronic Frontiers Foundation) have done some interesting work for many, many years. But they are a little too Libertarian for this blogger. And they are a little too, dare I say, American! It all about rights; the Bill of Rights, rights this; rights that. What about a Bill of Responsibilities? What about the responisibilies…
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Online Journalism
Another great webcast from the Oxford Internet Instutute: this time, from Bill Thomson. Description: Nobody who uses the Internet or watches news programmes on TV can be unaware of the phenomenon of 'citizen journalism', found everywhere from personal blogs to sites like OhmyNews and Dan Gillmor's Bayosphere to the BBC, CNN, Sky and every other news…
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What is Democracy Player?
Democracy player is a free and opensourse platform to play online videos etc. Has anyone been using it? I would love to hear your feedback. Features: Democracy Player is a new kind of browser for watching videos– grab webpages with video and video RSS feeds (including podcasts, video blogs, and BitTorrent feeds), and watch…
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PARADISEC
PARADISEC is one of the most ambitious projects to come out of the 'humanities computing' field in Australia. Content is King! (well, with just a 'smidgen' of process). PARADISEC (the Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures) offers a facility for digital conservation and access for endangered materials from the Pacific region,…
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Ngapartji Ngapartji (Online Aboriginal Language Course)
Ngapartji Ngapartji Here is a highly innovative online course to teach Aboriginal languages (crew based in Darwin). What a great idea! So what is the online language course and how does it all work? The Ngapartji Ngapartji team are putting together a 26 part online Pitjantjatjara language course for audiences of the Ngapartji Ngapartji theatre…