The Times printed a news analysis on the recent coup attempt in the Philippines. Here’s the letter I sent the editor (we’ll see if I get published): Sunday’s news analysis that “ Political Turmoil Again Thwarts Progress in Philippines†wrongly puts the blame on former President Aquino. Continuous corruption of the many Philippine leaders since …
The previous posts on video have sparked an idea for a project on how the expansion of video on the net will create changes in our media (and copyright landscape). I’m hoping that blogging will serve as a good motivation to write a draft. Here’s what I’m thinking of concentrating on: The expansion of video …
C Net reports that the high volume of video traffic on the net may soon slow everyone down. The article points to some of the net provider’s arguments against the content neutral Internet, and many of the comments reflect this. However, it goes on to discuss some of the potentials for new developments in video …
C-Net News is reporting on how video on the web is being used in a new program on Bravo. I’m not sure why they didn’t address VH1′s similar effort, but the article addresses at least half of the big story here: the expansion of user-created video on the web may give large media companies an …
John is a PhD candidate at the University of Wisconsin - Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication. He studies the social impact of media technology law and policy, with a special emphasis on copyright. He also is an instructional technology consultant for DoIT-Academic Technology.
John doesn't update his blog often, and many of the thoughts are probably half-baked. While the web has sort of an eternal memory, the current and future reader is urged not to take all of this too seriously.
Think of this blog as "John thinking out loud."
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