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media & the netFrom 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.
Technology may kill publishers but books will thrive, as will the power and threat of monopoly
Circulation, revenue, attention, authority, deference: a host of
troubles force the diminishing of news
Will an online community more populous than most states become one of citizens, not customers?
How UK libel threatens global web free speech
The analogy between markets and Web2.0 should not blind us to the centralising tendencies inherent in the web's advertising business models
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
We
needed both individual and collective notions of freedom to survive if technology is not to empower tyranny
The shrillness and point-scoring of much net-based discussion is closing the space for politics
TV and video have scrambled our eyes, brains, and reality itself. So who now to vote for?
Food, water, medicine and shelter save lives. But so does information
A draconian rights regime makes fans into pirates - and trouble for the computer-game industry
The Georgia-Russia war exposes some of the flaws in the idea of citizen journalism
How the unique musician-minister Gilberto Gil tried to make open culture a political reality
The future of news media is shared, interactive and democratic - from gatekeeping to facilitating
Tibet's unrest and Taiwan's vote provoke Chinese bloggers to action, report Ivy Wang and Bob Chen
The presidential election in Taiwan was discussed avidly by bloggers in mainland China. openDemocracy joins Bob Chen and GlobalVoices in presenting a selection of their views.
The new communications technologies are a toolkit for enriching and
deepening democracy
When both states and cyber-enthusiasts love the net, a new danger arises: techno-compulsion
The network-dependence of modern states and societies creates its own nemesis. Time to prepare for "iWar"....
Markets and technology are threatening the basis of independent journalism. Will technology put news back together again?
Reporting
of war needs to put civilian victims at the centre of the story
The 1988 poison attack on a Kurdish village should discomfort more than Saddam's henchmen (archive)
How to know? Who to believe? The new-media revolution subverts as well as expands the realm of understanding
openDemocracy is proof of the value and influence of serious global journalism on the web
Media reporting of complex issues needs to escape the curse of formula
The digital commons creates abundance, but at what cost to community?
A net-based record label is pioneering "open music" to the benefit of musicians and consumers alike Plus: Tom Chance takes on Lawrence Lessig
The political potential of the internet lies not in connecting people to politicians, still less in online voting; it lies in the possibility of bringing citizens together to help themselves, argues a veteran of online politics.
The Creative Commons movement needs to pursue a bold vision for the enlargement of cultural freedom
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