We should start to re-assess Internet infrastructure and content repositories from the point of view of a public service that must not be entrusted to the business interests of a handful of companies alone.
Continue Reading...“Is journalism so last century?”, asked British governance expert Andrew Puddephatt at the Global Forum on Freedom of Expression 2009.
Continue Reading...Journalists were portrayed as heroes, defending truth and an open public sphere under conditions of severe political oppression, persecution, and many times even at risk of torture and death. Yet journalists were also criticised for doing sloppy research, for being sensationalistic and sticking to a simplistic black-and-white approach.
Continue Reading...How to make sense of huge amounts of data? On 4 September, scientists and practitioners met for a common day of presentations exploring “networked media production and consumption in a convergent world”.
Continue Reading...On 16 June, 2008, the Centre for Arab and Muslim Media Research (CAMMRO) held its fouth annual conference at the King’s College in London. What became very clear during the day is how deeply the emergent transnational satellite television channels and the Internet affect politics, the public sphere, and the daily lives of the peoples concerned.
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