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April 18, 2001
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Are Asian culture and Internet culture at odds? Douglas Bullis considers the implications of the East's "digital interface" with the West. From Kyoto Journal - Perspectives on Asia More about: Asia and the Pacific, Access, Cultural Impacts, Technology, Multimedia/Internet | |
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Information control is a weapon in the wars currently raging in 93 countries, writes Shiraz Sidhva. Journalists must realize the impact of their work and seek the truth beyond press releases and PR firms. From The UNESCO Courier More about: Africa, Europe, Asia and the Pacific, Credibility/Accuracy, Freedom of Expression, News Coverage | |
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From reality cop shows to news reports, the U.S. media put a black face on crime, writes Tim Wise. So how come nobody focuses on the race of the white school shooters? Plus: Akilah Monifa on the wildfire-like online spread of Wise's pointed article. From Z Magazine/ZNet More about: United States, North America, Credibility/Accuracy, Cultural Impacts, Diversity, News Coverage | |
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Does it even matter if new owner Viacom was responsible for the firing of a popular talk-show host from Black Entertainment Television? Mark Anthony Neal warns that Black audiences are wasting energy with "bourgeois activism." From PopMatters Media, Inc. More about: United States, North America, Activism, Audience, Business, Cultural Impacts, Personalities, Television | |
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Cash payments for editorial control of TV stations and the intelligence chief's videotapes of his own corrupt dealings prove that President Alberto Fujimori's regime understood well the political power of television. From Freedom Forum. | |
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British coverage of the foot-and-mouth disease crisis has been "sensationalist, inaccurate and predominantly concerned with the interests of government and corporate agribusiness," according to a new report. From Red Pepper More about: United Kingdom, Europe, Western Europe, Credibility/Accuracy, News Coverage | |
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TV networks like Viacom's CBS and GE's NBC are fighting the politically powerful National Association of Broadcasters over station ownership restrictions. Stephen Marshall hopes the conglomerates will monopolize themselves to death. From Guerrilla News Network More about: United States, North America, Business, Policy/Law, Television | |
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Brazilian soap operas, both national addiction and major export, have long featured gay characters, writes Marcus Valèria. Sometimes they shatter stereotypes of sex and race, but more often they're just killed off horrifically. From The Gully Online Magazine More about: Brazil, Latin America & Caribbean, South America, Cultural Impacts, Diversity, Television | |
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Florida's obsessive coverage of the death of race-car driver Dale Earnhardt had the sensationalist appeal of ... a car crash. A new law passed in response might be censorship, but the junk-peddling press probably deserves it, writes Morris Sullivan. From IMPACT press More about: United States, North America, Cultural Impacts, Freedom of Expression, News Coverage, Newspapers | |
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A well-funded, online media magazine has just been bought by a well-funded, off-line media magazine. Gabriel Snyder (and Cynthia Cotts) take us inside the deal-making at Brill's Content and Inside.com where being a watchdog doesn't seem to pay. (Also: Are the media "self-absorbed"?) From NY Observer. | |
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