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Chancellor of Germany makes first political podcast
In a world-first for a mainstream political leader, the Chancellor of Germany has made a political podcast. In the history of innovation in political communication, this is equivalent to Hoover and his political innovations with radio and his famous ‘fireside chats’ . Technorati : germany, podcast, politics, web2, web2.0 Del.icio.us : germany, podcast, politics Ice…
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A Stoaway’s Guide to the Pacific
The new batch of interactives or ‘online documentaries’ (or what ever you call them) from the ABC are really wonderful. Check out the Stoaway’s Guide to the Pacific. It’s a wonderful story, rendered well in flash, with some truly bizzare side journeys. (Produced by the Melbourne-based crew, Arcimedia Technorati : abc, australia, documentary, pacific, video…
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The (Australian) National Forum
The National Forum is an initiative that engages with many of the nations most important issues and political processes online. They have a whole bunch of sites; check them out. The National Forum, publisher of this site, was incorporated as a not-for-profit company to be a vehicle to promote democratic uses of the Internet in…
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Audio Books
Over summer, whilst travelling in India, I listened on my IPod, to the whole 40 or so hours of Dostoevsky’s War and Peace (a wonderful book btw). Audio books are great for travelling, as you don’t have to carry the whole book, but apart from this, there doesn’t seem to be a whole lot of…
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Australia’s Cross Media Ownership Laws Change
In line with the some what predictable behaviour of Conservative, laissez-faire ideology, the Australian Conservative government is set to change the laws that protect diversity within the Australian media system. Australia has one of the world’s most concentrated media systems in terms of ownership and the ‘cross-media-ownership’ legislation was in place to protect the Australian…
