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Taking Sides: Isreal and Lebanon and Galloway
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
The Big Brother ‘ Turkey Slap ‘ incident is an interesting case study of how news travels on the Internet. The traces of this incident, both big media and small, can be found all over the Internet. Micheal Bric, one of the guys at the centre of the media frenzy, was a student of mine…
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Google pays Murdoch $900 Million in a deal with MySpace
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
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…
