media & the net

From Big Brother to Mr. Murdoch to Mr. Burns, the media saturate our lives. Here, we decode, explain and debate the media we rely upon for democracy - and entertainment.
Friday 22nd January

Google vs China: capitalist model, virtual wall

Johnny Ryan and Stefan Halper, 22 January 2010
The breach between a corporate behemoth of the new-media age and an emerging state superpower defines the struggle for the world’s information future, say Johnny Ryan & Stefan Halper.
Wednesday 13th January

A Manchester of the mind

Christopher Harvie, 13 January 2010
The Guardian newspaper has its intellectual and moral roots in the northern English city of Manchester. The distance it has travelled - and the condition of the country it has left behind - is measured in the character of its online "Comment is Free" forum, says Christopher Harvie.
Friday 18th December

Kremlin hand hovers over Russia's internet

Mikhail Zygar, 18 December 2009
So far the Russian government has resisted the temptation of controlling the Russian internet, but this may be about to change, says Mikhail Zygar
Monday 12th October

The writing on the wall: media wars in Latin America

Ivan Briscoe, 12 October 2009
A clash over media is at the core of the region's bitter divides, pressing left and right into new shapes
Tuesday 29th September

The jihadist style-journey: Germany’s election and after

Ben O'Loughlin and Mina Al-Lami, 29 September 2009
An al-Qaida militant calls on Germany to leave Afghanistan. But why does he wear a suit and tie? 
Thursday 10th September

Comments on the Internet Manifesto

10 September 2009

Can the rules of new media be boiled down to 17 points? The "Internet Manifesto" tries to do so. Join in the Diigo annotation of the manifesto. Can openDemocracy sign up to it?

(To join in the Diigo annotation, you need to sign up for a diigo account and then join the "Internet Manifesto" group.

I usually find it easiest to install the diigo toolbar on my browser to add notes to online texts. You can also get the same sort of functionality by installing the diigolet button, which is somewhat easier to use and install.If you have any trouble with any of this, add a question to the comments on this page and we'll try to sort it out. TCP)

Monday 7th September

State 2.0: a new front end?

Charlie Beckett, 7 September 2009
Just as old media has learned to use the fluid networks of Web 2.0, so old politics can fuse incrementally with the State 2.0
Friday 7th August

Violence and blindness: the case of Uchuraccay

James R Mensch, 7 August 2009
How can public space be protected from violence? – a Peruvian horror story
Friday 17th July

China's civil society: breaching the Green Dam

Li Datong, 17 July 2009
China's netizen victory over internet control is a signal of an emerging political power
Saturday 11th July

Mutuality 2.0: open sourcing the financial crisis

Tony Bryant, 11 July 2009
If open source can create complex software, can the same techniques apply to finance?
Monday 6th July

Don't end "no win, no fee" libel cases

Emma Woollcott, 6 July 2009
The UK's "no win, no fee" libel cases protect access to the law even as they might threaten global  free speech. A responsible balance needs to be struck
Monday 15th June

Booking the future

Ransom Stephens, 15 June 2009
Technology may kill publishers but books will thrive, as will the power and threat of monopoly
Monday 25th May

Journalism's many crises

Todd Gitlin, 25 May 2009
Circulation, revenue, attention, authority, deference: a host of troubles force the diminishing of news
Tuesday 21st April

E Pluribus Facebook

Jonathan Zittrain, 21 April 2009
Will an online community more populous than most states become one of citizens, not customers?
Friday 27th March

Will British libel law kill net free speech?

Emily MacManus, 27 March 2009
How UK libel threatens global web free speech
Saturday 14th February

The liberty of the networked (pt 3)

Tony Curzon Price, 14 February 2009
The analogy between markets and Web2.0 should not blind us to the centralising tendencies inherent in the web's advertising business models
Monday 9th February

The liberty of the networked (pt 2)

Tony Curzon Price, 9 February 2009
Anomie and alienation are pathologies of private liberty; social tyranny is a pathology of collective self-determination. Technology offers them all new and frightening scope

The liberty of the networked (1)

Tony Curzon Price, 9 February 2009
We needed both individual and collective notions of freedom to survive if technology is not to empower tyranny
Friday 9th January

The politics of ME, ME, ME

David Hayes and Keith Kahn-Harris, 9 January 2009
The shrillness and point-scoring of much net-based discussion is closing the space for politics
Friday 31st October

Nine-inch nails in the White House

Jim Gabour, 31 October 2008
TV and video have scrambled our eyes, brains, and reality itself. So who now to vote for?
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