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Marshall McLuhan, the Man and his Message |
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1:54 am EST, Mar 24, 2004 |
He was a man of idioms and idiosyncrasies, deeply intelligent and a soothsayer. He had prescient knowledge of the Internet. Although educated in literature, Marshall McLuhan was known as a pop philosopher because his theories applied to mini-skirts and the twist. For his ability to keep up with the cutting edge, one colleague called him "The Runner." Critics said he destroyed literary values. Today, McLuhan's ideas are new again, applied to the electronic media that he predicted. CBC has made available a collection of audio and video clips. Marshall McLuhan, the Man and his Message |
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The Camera Never Lies, but the Software Can |
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9:25 am EST, Mar 11, 2004 |
Sometimes fake images strike a chord because they reflect a certain reality. "People are making caricatures based on existing conceptions. This helps them spread far and wide." Some experts see danger in the speed with which such fakes can circulate on the Internet. "It speaks to the level of sophistication that average citizens can have, placing something like that in the mainstream of legitimate reportage and information." ... over the years people have grown more skeptical ... A manipulated image, which is often more powerful than the sum of its parts, can affect not just visual perception but opinions as well. "We have to rely on trusted sources, education and technology ..." MemeStreams needs inline image support, and more. The Camera Never Lies, but the Software Can |
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Market failure in the media sector |
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6:38 pm EST, Mar 6, 2004 |
When the leaders of media, telecommunications, IT and internet companies congregate, the talk is upbeat about new accomplishments but subdued about recent ordeals: the dotcom bubble; the telecoms crash; the music industry bust; the advertising downturn; the e-publishing revenue stagnation; the PC slowdown; the wireless saturation; the semiconductor slump; the newspaper recession; the R&D retrenchment. And the question is, why do these predicaments sweep over the information sector so regularly? We need to recognise that the entire information sector has become subject to a gigantic market failure ... one of the fundamental trends of our time, with far-reaching long-term effects ... happening right in front of our eyes. As countries rely more on information-based activities, their economies become more volatile. Or, in other words, economies become increasingly dependent on blockbuster successes. It is yet another hollowing out of the middle. Case in point: Take Finland. Nokia accounts for 35 per cent of all exports and 15 per cent of GDP, including its secondary impacts. Is intellectual property entering a death spiral? Market failure in the media sector |
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Joe Trippi on Digital Democracy |
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12:23 am EST, Mar 4, 2004 |
Joe Trippi, the man whose ground-breaking use of Internet-based campaigning propelled Howard Dean from obscurity to early front-runner, takes Teach-In participants inside the campaign's unconventional experiment in Internet politics, and looks at both victories and lessons learned. The other candidates are rushing to emulate Trippi's Internet strategy -- as Wired News declared, "Internet politics is dead. Long live Internet politics." Joe Trippi on Digital Democracy |
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Musicians Protesting Monopoly in Media |
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8:51 am EST, Dec 18, 2003 |
Musicians rocked for peace in the 1960's. They rocked for Africa in the 1980's. Now they're rocking for stricter corporate media regulation. Tom Morello took the stage with musicians like Billy Bragg, Steve Earle, Lester Chambers and Boots Riley. Here the raging was mainly against the star of media consolidation, Clear Channel Communications. "This is about radio, TV and who owns your newspaper. We have to make sure the media represents everybody." Some musicians argue that consolidation of recording labels and radio stations has homogenized music across the country and stifled free expression. It is becoming more difficult for new artists to break into the mainstream, and the quality of music is suffering. In 1998, many artists realized that their own interests were not necessarily aligned with those of the recording industry. Musicians Protesting Monopoly in Media |
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Navigating The Linguistic Complexities Of The Simple Life |
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4:58 pm EST, Dec 13, 2003 |
At the Billboard Music Awards, Nicole Richie said, "Have you ever tried to get cow [expletive] out of a Prada purse?" Richie said. "It's not so [expletive] simple." Richie's bad words come two months after a little-noticed -- and, many say, nonsensical -- ruling by the Federal Communications Commission that appeared to sanction what government officials called "the F-word," as long as it is used as an adjective. Critics say the decision further unleashed the potty mouths they believe are taking over radio and television. Navigating The Linguistic Complexities Of The Simple Life |
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