Via Travessias Digitais.
2007
The Big Brother nightmare of George Orwell's 1984 has become a reality - in the shadow of the author's former London home.It may have taken a little longer than he predicted, but Orwell's vision of a society where cameras and computers spy on every person's movements is now here.According to the latest studies, Britain has a staggering 4.2million CCTV cameras - one for every 14 people in the country - and 20 per cent of cameras globally. It has been calculated that each person is caught on camera an average of 300 times daily. (...)
Full article in This is London.
Via Jornalismo & Internet.
Via Jornalismo & Internet.
Ambiguidade
(...) Quando é para o Estado apreciar se estão a cumprir os seus serviços, dizem que o Estado não se pode meter, mas quando é para alargar a concorrência, já querem que o Estado proíba que entrem novos canais. (...)
Joaquim Fidalgo, no Jornalismo Porto Net.
Citizendium
(...) a "citizens' compendium of everything," is an experimental new wiki project.
The project, started by a founder of Wikipedia, aims to improve on that model by adding "gentle expert oversight" and requiring contributors to use their real names.
Comming next: ads in your kitchen - free food
This summer, Britain's teenagers will be able to stop badgering their parents to pay off their mobile phone bills, with the launch of a new service that offers free calls and texts provided users are willing to receive adverts on their phones. (...)
Não saiam de casa hoje.
Hoje, em Lisboa e Porto, o jornal Metro vai vestir os seus promotores de uma
forma diferente do habitual. No total serão dez os pontos de distribuição em que o diário colocará os seus promotores “’despidos’ com o fato-de-banho famoso do Borat”, sendo que cada um dos ´Borat’s’ estará acompanhado por uma guarda-costas. Esta acção, elaborada em conjunto com a Castelo-Lopes, visa complementar a campanha de publicidade presente nas páginas do Metro sobre o lançamento do DVD de Borat no mercado nacional. De resto, o diário gratuito revela que estão já planeadas “mais acções com a Castelo-Lopes para suportar novos lançamentos de filmes e DVDs”.
The "downloading" classroom
"(...) As we talked about his answer, he confessed that he used Wikipedia because he felt he could not comprehend or complete all the readings assigned, and was desperate to get the question answered. And he noted that parents or teachers often tell kids who ask questions, "Look it up online." He felt that kids are so programmed to be on the fast track in high school -- "from high school to the great college to the job to the 2.5 kids and the beautiful house" -- that no one really wants to slow down and deal with ethics. (...)"
Full article in The Washington Post.
Via Ponto Media.
Via Ponto Media.
Citizen Journalism
"CBS News and Fox News on Monday signed up Neighborhood America to create social-networking technology that will help them attract user-generated news reports from citizen journalists around the United States. (...)"
Full article: Red Herring.
Seen in Ponto Media.
Seen in Ponto Media.