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Rebel Viewers: #NBCFail and the Decline (and Rise?) of the Shared Olympic Media Event by Chris Finlay
//CGCS presents Part 3 of our post-Olympic Games special report on the implications of Social Media permeation at the 2012 London Olympic games. This time, we present a look into Pirate Broadcasting, the use of the #hashtag as a gathering point, and the future of Olympic Games coverage. For preceding installments, and the rest of … Continue reading
Is Twitter us or them? #twitterfail and living somewhere between public commitment and private investment
// Crossposted with permission from CultureDigitally.org, a blog serving as a gathering point for scholars and others who study cultural production and information technologies. Posted originally on July 31, 2012 by Tarleton Gillespie, Cornell University Department of Communication This is about the fourth Olympics that’s been trumpeted as the first one to embrace social media … Continue reading
Media Law Roundup 9/7
//CGCS Media Wire delivers a weekly round up of top international Media Law & Policy news chronologically. Follow along as the stories develop, catch up on what you may have missed! //Photocredit: Associated Press Australia’s Online and Traditional Media Subject to new censorship via Finkelstein Report, etc. 8/29 A Freedom of Information request for material … Continue reading
Weibo Offers an Alternative Olympic Narrative
//CGCS presents Part 2 of our post-Olympic Games special report on the implications of Social Media permeation at the 2012 London Olympic games.This time, we get an in depth look at Weibo – a microblogging platform from inside China that stands separate from state-controlled media. For Lee Humphreys with part 1, click here. Leshuo Dong, … Continue reading
An elephant in courtroom 73? Social media, regulation and the law by Judith Townend
// Crossposted with permission from MeejaLaw.com, a blog covering media law & ethics for online publishers, collected and written by Judith Townend (@jtownend) //Posted originally on August 10, 2012 Image: courtesy of @yiyinglu* Lord Justice Leveson’s enormous task is to examine the culture, practices and ethics of the media, with a special emphasis on … Continue reading
Examining International Media Coverage and Responses to Pussy Riot by Kevin M. F. Platt
// CGCS presents an in depth look at international media and citizen reaction to the Pussy Riot trial and sentence. Dr. Kevin M. F. Platt, Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures, and Chair for the Program in Comparative Literature and Literature Theory at the University of Pennsylvania. The summer of 2012 will be remembered for … Continue reading
Transparency and Accountability vs. Privacy and Protection by Malavika Jayaram
CGCS presents Big Data in India: Transparency & Accountability vs. Privacy & Protection. Originally posted on February 12th, 2012 in blog format for Hivos.net, incoming CGCS visiting scholar Malavika Jayaram provides in full, her useful insight on the privacy policy debates brought up by recent SMS and social media driven events in India. “Big data” … Continue reading
Media Analysis: Impact of Social Media in Times of Crisis
//Crossposted from The Iran Media Program Research Page (August 28th, 2012), courtesy of ASL19 The Impact of Social Media in Times of Crisis In the past few weeks, social networking websites have seen an increased amount of online activities by Iranian Internet users. The recent earthquake in the East Azerbaijan province has resulted in a … Continue reading
Special Report: Social Media & The Olympics pt 1 by Lee Humphreys
CGCS presents Part 1 of our post-Olympic Games special report on the implications of Social Media permeation at the 2012 London Olympic games. Lee Humphreys, Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication at Cornell University provides us with the first part of this discussion: The 2012 London Olympics was officially called the “Sustainable Olympics” and … Continue reading
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