Archive for the ‘digital justice’ Category

Older Entries

New Internet Popular Ed Package Out

1, Feb 2010

Renee Feltz passes word that the long-awaited Internet is Serious Business curriculum package is now available. The popular education video project by People’s Production House, The Center for Urban Pedagogy, and students from City-As-School promises to be an important edition to education.
Here’s the introduction:

PPH says, “This 28-minute, youth-led video investigation, of the wired Internet explores [...]

Act Now on Houston Telemundo Buy

29, Jan 2010

Comcast has just filed paperwork with the Federal Communications Commission to transfer the licenses of Houston’s Telemundo station, KTMD, from NBC Universal over to Comcast.
Comcast, the nation’s largest cable provider and Internet service provider, is seeking to merge with NBC Universal. Media watchdog group Free Press says such a Comcast-NBC Universal merger would only exacerbate [...]

What is Digital Justice? Some Basics

7, Jan 2010

With the Allied Media Conference’s announcement of a new Detroit organization’s formation, a number of disparate concepts have found a name: digital justice. But what is digital justice, and why should you care?
Digital justice’s nearest cousin is media justice, a favorite target of Michelle Malkin. Digital justice’s basic idea is that communication is a human [...]

Facebook Drive Upends Music Charts

21, Dec 2009

Organizers of Facebook campaigns won one yesterday when it was announced Rage Against the Machine has scored its first number one song in the United Kingdom Sunday. The win comes courtesy of a successful Facebook campaign to land the band’s 1992 song “Killing In The Name Of” as the country’s top Christmas single over the [...]

Google Wave for Grassroots Activism

7, Dec 2009

Google Wave is a new email/online collaboration and communications tool that enables people to edit and discuss documents simultaneously. Wave has, as you can guess, created lots of buzz about online collaboration. I am new to Google Wave, but was interested in how to apply its use to grassroots community organizing, be that social movements, [...]

Help Break the Bogus Podcast Patent

6, Dec 2009

Volomedia has been granted a patent for “a method for providing episodic media,” which is raising alarms for its broad definition and applicability. Podcasting and other new media could be affected by the new patent.
If you podcast, you should be concerned, as this patent could mean licensing fees to use the technology. If you subscribe [...]

More from the Blog-Mediafire Warfront

16, Nov 2009

Much love to Clyde from Prohiphop and khal from Rock the Dub (great sites, by the way), who both wrote back some thoughts on the whole Mediafire issue I recently posted about. I think the topics brought up were solely a comment, but really wanted to expand a little, as what’s going on is more [...]


Older Entries
top