Here’s an interesting story about a darker side online culture from South Korea: South Korean police have rounded up more than 2,000 people for spreading malicious rumours on the Internet during a month-long crackdown sparked by an actress’s suicide, officials said Monday. The National Police Agency said 11 people have been formally arrested and detained …
The Center for Social Media has created a Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education. Right at the start, the video addresses a misconception I’ve heard on my campus: “you can get in trouble for using videos in the classroom.” The principles listed in the report itself clearly state guidelines for …
From the Desk of David Pogue – Tech Terms to Avoid – NYTimes.com For anyone who does tech support here is Pogue’s list of words to avoid when talking to “normal” people (things like content, client, and display). I had intended to share this when it first came out, but it fell under the radar.
Cory Doctorow has written a column that’s worth checking out that is making an argument that is becoming somewhat of a consensus in copyright circles–copyright must change for digital culture to work. I have my own arguments for why this is true, but that is for another day.
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.
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