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Using Technorati Tags
Tagging is the inverse to ‘metadata’ as it is an idosyncratic and localised way to categorise information into what might later become knowledge. Tagging seems to support the libertarian ethos of the Internet, however as Amarta Sen says ‘you have a right to be libertarian, but I have a right not to be killed’. See…
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The Audience
From the New York Times JOURNALISTS over the years have assumed they were writing their headlines and articles for two audiences — fickle readers and nitpicking editors. Today, there is a third important arbiter of their work: the software programs that scour the Web, analyzing and ranking online news articles on behalf of Internet search…
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The History of Strategic Non-Parliamentary Political Commuication
The History of Strategic Non-parliamentary Political Communication in Australia 1960-2004 The well-documented rise of image politics and media spin within the major political parties communication methods is weakening established democratic relations. With the growing importance of media within politics, there is also increasing attention to political communication by other political actors, such as lobby groups…
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The Innovative ETD: Innovations and Obsolescence
Abstract As a way of taking advantage of some of the benefits that new media technologies present for post-graduate education, the innovative adaptation of the Electronic Thesis and Dissertation (ETD) offers a robust means. Most notably this is because it is similar to the traditional print thesis and thus provides a rigorous transitory position into…
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Local knowledges in global communication
InterMedia: Project: Local knowledges in global communication Local knowledges in global communication: The impact of information and communication technology on the diversity of human knowledge. Principal objective and sub-goals. The principle objective of this project is to investigate the likely impact of information and communication technology on the diversity of human knowledge. This objective will…
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The control of the Internet
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1519539,00.html Bush administration to keep control of internet’s central computers Gary Younge in New York and agencies Saturday July 2, 2005 The Guardian The Bush administration has decided to retain control over the principal computers which control internet traffic in a move likely to prompt global opposition, it was claimed yesterday.The US had pledged to…
