Monthly Archives: August 2006

The 10 Who Are Changing the World of Internet and Politics

By Craig | Published: August 18, 2006

Politics On line, the fantastic portal of all things ‘e-political, sponsors a ‘Top Ten’ list of political web sites. PoliticsOnline and the World E-Gov Forum are proud to open the call for nominations of the Top 10 Who Are Changing the World of Internet and Politics. For the seventh year in a row, PoliticsOnline subscribers [...]

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Combating Mis-representation by Self-representaion

By Craig | Published: August 16, 2006

What an excellent use of blogs. We all know about the potential for the web to distribute alternative political ideas outside of big media, but how about using blogs as an alternative way to represent yourself as an individual who is part of a minority group? There is some interesting stuff coming out of the [...]

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Taking Sides: Isreal and Lebanon and Galloway

By Craig | Published: August 10, 2006

This rather shallow, one-sided, and aggressive analysis of the Israel and Lebanon conflict is interesting; simply because it shows just how irresponsible some members of Parliament and media commentators can be. The conflict in the middle east is complex; yet this man ‘Galloway’ (admittedly I have never heard of him) makes it simple for a [...]

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Media Analysis of the Big Brother Turkey Slap

By Craig | Published: August 9, 2006

An interesting case study of how news travels on the Internet is the Big Brother ‘Turkey Slap’ incident. The traces of this incident, both big media and small, can be found all over the Internet. Micheal Bric, one of the guys in the centre of the media frenzy, was a student of mine at Swinburne [...]

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What is web 2.0 the Video

By Craig | Published: August 8, 2006

This video about Web 2.0 is sort of cheesy and full of simplistic analysis (and annoying Californians) but there are some good ideas if you can sift through the fluffy West-Coast crap. But hey, lots of crap; isn’t this yet another definition of Web 2.0? Stick with the video; it does get better towards the [...]

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Google pays Murdoch $900 Million in a deal with MySpace

By Craig | Published: August 8, 2006

Murdoch only bought MySpace a few months ago for US$580 Million, now he has made a deal worth US$900 Million with Google. And this is without even selling MySpace. You do the maths! This is what you call innovation corporate American style (well, Murdoch is an Australian or sorts); let everyone else do the innovation [...]

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Reporters without borders: Handbook for bloggers and cyber-dissidents

By Craig | Published: August 7, 2006

Blogs get people excited. Or else they disturb and worry them. Some people distrust them. Others see them as the vanguard of a new information revolution. Because they allow and encourage ordinary people to speak up, they’re tremendous tools of freedom of expression. Bloggers are often the only real journalists in countries where the mainstream [...]

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