NEW MEDIA
SITES
Children in Cyberspace
A discussion of online marketing aimed at children, and "objectionable" material which children may gain access to, such as pornography, hate speech and profanity.
John Labovitz's e-zine list
A list of electronic 'zines from around the world - non-mainstream publications distributed via the Internet.
Nat'l Academy Press, The Digital Dilemma:(1999)
The executive summary and recommendations from a report by the National Research Council, focusing on the play between intellectual property rights and the Internet.
Phil Agre's Home Page
A series of information-packed essays from Philip E. Agre, professor of information studies and maintainer of the Red Rock Eater News Service.
ReWired
Every week or two, David Hudson and his cohorts post a new article examining some bit of Internet (or real) life. A quirky site.
State of the First Amendment, 1999: A Survey of Public Attitudes
The results of a survey of the public's attitudes on the First Amendment and the role of the press in U.S. society.
The Technology Source
A magazine focusing on how distance learning and computers affect the educational process and industry.
W3C Technology and Society Domain
World Wide Web Consortium resources on trust, privacy, and other issues surrounding the Internet in society.
ARTICLES
A Virtual Playground
With $75 million in funding, Alan Rothenberg has created JuniorNet, an ad-free on-line service that also prevents subscribed children from accessing the rest of the Internet. (9/27/1999 at USA Today)
Ancient Islamic Texts to See Light of Net
The Al-Azhar mosque in Cairo, Egypt, plans to make its 40,000 manuscripts on Islam available online; Dubai's crown prince is providing the money, and IBM the technical expertise. (3/15/2001 at The Christian Science Monitor)
Blah, Blah, Blah and Blog
NPR, Time magazine, and other mainstream news organizations have done stories on blogs as the phenomenon has grown; but aside from praise from such places, blogs have garnered a great deal of criticism for being boring and irrelevant. (2/18/2002 at Wired News)
Can We Become Caught in the Web?
A former drug addict tells why Internet addiction is so different, and so much better. 1: The Internet can actually be good for you. 2: The Internet fulfills its promises. (11/28/1999 at Newsweek)
Chaos Hackers Seek Order
Members of the Chaos Computer Club think the Y2K scare might help the world by emphasizing the degree to which technology is integral to the way the modern world works. (12/29/2000 at Wired News)
Commentary: Journalism's Online Credibility Gap
As online news media feel the pressure to make a profit, the lines between journalism and commerce blur, and they risk losing readers' trust. (10/5/1999 at Business Week)
Context: Getting Beyond the News
A suggestion on how online newspapers can provide more useful "news" by placing stories in the appropriate long-term context. (11/22/1999 at Contentious)
Filtering Content
Lawrence Lessig suggests that ceding censorship duties to business, rather than the government, is a bad idea; we have some control over our governments, but no real control over businesses. (10/8/1999 at The Industry Standard)
How Do People Evaluate a Web Site's Credibility?
"A study [by] Consumer Webwatch and The Stanford Pervasive technology Lab reports that even though consumers say that they look for content first when evaluating the credibility of a website, they actually focus primarily on design..." (11/11/2002 at Slashdot.org)
How the Net Failed In the WTC Crisis
A columnist takes online news media for falling behind television and radio in reporting on the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon. (9/12/2001 at ZDNet)
Indie Exposure: It's All About You
A call for web professionals and amateurs alike to build independent websites, and communicate, non-commercially, through the Internet. (9/29/2000 at A List Apart)
Is 2000 the Net's Big Election Year? Don't Believe It
The author argues that until we have politicians who are truly net-savvy, and exploit the Net's interactive capabilities, there will be no Net revolution in politics. (9/21/1999 at The Freedom Forum Online)
Making Those E-Mails Binding
In a marriage of high-tech and low-tech, people are having their email correspondences collected and bound into personalized books. (11/19/1999 at The Nando Times)
Net Offers Lifeline Amid Tragedy
In the aftermath of the terrorist actions in New York and Washington, DC, people used the Internet - weblogs, IRC, chat rooms, etc. - to communicate information and reassure loved ones. (9/11/2001 at News.com)
NetAid Silent on Fundraising
Organizers of NetAid, an event put together by the music and Internet industries to raise awareness of global poverty, say 110,000 people attended NetAid concerts and over 2 million viewed the website; but won't reveal how much money was raised. (10/12/1999 at The Industry Standard)
Niche Radio Finds Its Footing on the Internet
Small radio stations with niche formats are using the Web to gather an audience, as it becomes harder to coexist with larger stations in their geographic areas. (10/9/2000 at The New York Times)
Oakland Web Site Lets Public See Crime Records in Neighborhoods
Police departments have been using geographic information systems for years to map criminal activity and try to prevent it; now, in Oakland, California, the same information is being made available to the public. (12/28/1999 at SF Gate)
Pen Is Mightier Than the Net
Nobel prize winner Gunter Grass warns against the bad influence he thinks the Internet, and computers, are having on literary writing and public discourse. (2/7/2000 at Wired News)
Preemptive Net Strike vs. 20/20
Metabolife International has launched a website, and an undedited 70-minute interview with ABC's 20/20, to fight what it believes will be a negative story by the newsmagazine. (10/7/1999 at USA Today)
"Shorts Frenzy" at Sundance Thanks to Web Boom
Thanks to websites that showcase short films, there's more of a buzz about short features at Sundance 2000 than the festival has seen before. (1/25/2000 at Time Magazine Online)
The Social Cost of Connectivity
3COM CEO Eric Benhamou warns that continual connectivity will change society for both the haves and have-nots in strange and not necessarily positive ways. (10/20/1999 at Wired News)
Technology Transforms Writing and the Teaching of Writing
Computers and the Web have affected college students' writing skills for both the better and the worse. (11/26/1999 at The Chronicle of Higher Education)
Television Eye
A look at the parallels between Philo T. Farnsworth, inventor of television and anti-corporate crusader, and the artists and web workers of today, who are building a world-wide network that is coming under more and more corporate control. (9/11/2000 at Media.org)
Terrorist Attacks Spawn Wave of Online Rumors, Hoaxes
The terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon have unleashed an unprecedented number of Internet-borne hoaxes, rumors, misinformation, and half-truths. (9/28/2001 at The Nando Times)
There's Life After Death Via E-Mail
The website FinalThoughts.com lets users store information and wishes that are to be revealed to loved ones after the user's death. (11/29/1999 at SF Gate)
Tools for Thinking
Search engines and the Internet are changing the way we think, how we define knowledge, and what we remember. (10/4/1999 at The Industry Standard)
The Utter Failure of Weblogs as Journalism
Discussion of the differences between traditional news outlets, "collaborative media," and weblogs, in the context of reporting on terrorist threats to the U.S. (10/11/2001 at kuro5hin.org)
Web Power Fuels Prague Protests
Protestors in Prague, at the site of the IMF and World Bank meeting, used the Internet to organize beforehand, and hourly online updates during their protests to make their actions more effective. (9/29/2000 at The Industry Standard)
Webman to the Rescue?
Stan Lee, creator of Spiderman, will debut an online comic venture in 2000; other comic book industry players are also making moves online. (11/23/1999 at 15 Seconds)
When Online Hearsay Intrudes on Real Life
Through easy searches on the web, prospective employers can find a lot of information - both true and false - about job applicants; a look at two Net users' experience with negative information about them on the Net. (4/22/2001 at The New York Times)
Who Said the Web Fell Apart?
The Web has been criticized for not providing quick information in the aftermath of the attacks in New York and DC; but small sites, rather than corporate-owned media, did provide good information and discussion within hours. (9/12/2001 at Wired News)
Whose Web Is It, Anyway?
An examination of how the commercialization of the Web forces small and indie websites to use alternative means - including formal and informal webrings - in attracting readers. (10/12/1999 at A List Apart)
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