THIS ARTICLE IS GREAT!!!!

last night i actually READ the Google's Gatekeepers article and it is GREAT!!

i highly recommend you have a look at this for a look at issues of freedom of speech in this country and around the globe... especially for the role that internet service providers and major search engines play a role in what is made visible to the world, and what isn't.

also, this article mentions the chilling effects site, which is worth a look.

chilling effects is a project of the electronic frontier foundation. if you're interested in your digital rights, the eff website is one you'll want to check out.

Censorship's an issue every single week!

hi y'all!

each week when i get my sunday nyt, i'm surprised at how much info i find on censorship.

this latest article is about youtube being blocked and google's ownership of that site and how google itself might be said to be regulating free speech.

check it out: Google's Gatekeepers

last sunday's nyt...

had several articles that touched on themes we talked about in our seminar.

issues of information literacy, censorship, freedom of information, copyright, how the web is changing the way we communicate (and even think!) are in the news ALL THE TIME!!!

here are 3 articles from the 11-15-08 nyt that you might find interesting.
or not.
(but hey... i'm backing up my talk, here!)

1. burma -- um... i mean myanmar
Myanmar Finds Crimes to Fit Harsh Punishments

(these three are from last year ... but if you're interested, there's PLENTY of info about censorship in burma er.. myanmar.)
Burmese Bloggers Get the Word Out 09/27/07
Burmese Government Clamps Down on Internet 09/28/07
Monks are Silenced, and for Now, Internet is, Too 10/04/07

2. youtube
this article talks about youtube in our 2008 presidential election.
can you BELIEVE youtube didn't EXIST in 2004?!?!?!
Clicking and Choosing


3. copyright (copy copy riiiiiggghhhhtt!!!)
this was a (long) article in the nyt magazine.
What is Art For?
very philosophical about the purpose of art and length of copyright.
here you'll find discussion of a cultural commens, intellectual copyright, disney, and a bit of american history interspersed in an article about lewis hyde.

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if you're curious.... just go to the nyt and do some searches: youtube censorship comes up w/ some interesting things! (and if you've not found any newspaper articles, the nyt is a great resource, since all of there articles and op-ed stuff is freely available.

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and remember -- contact me if you need any help!
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check out this wikipedia entry!

triskaidekaphobia is fear of the number 13.

this particular wikipedia entry warns that the entry may require clean up to get it up to wikipedia's standards and also notes that the article needs citations.

article on the importance of net neutrality for our freedom to communicate

this article, by paul cesarini, is from this week's issue of the chronicle of higher education. net neutrality is something i think most of us never stop to consider.

Dueling Data: Net neutrality is crucial to an accessible, equitable Web

from this article:

"What is network neutrality? Well, the basic premise is this: People should have the right to access online, in a free and unfettered manner, any type of content that is not illegal, based on the predetermined speed they are paying their Internet-service provider (ISP) for each month. That is, with network neutrality, the content becomes irrelevant. The network "pipes" coming into our homes are — or at least should be — "dumb," blissfully unaware of the types of data they carry. A frequent mantra among network-neutrality advocates perhaps sums it up best: "All bits are created equal.""

Timely Article on Front Page of today's NYT (print)

not internet censorship... but definitely an example of freedom of expression being challenged, an indian (muslim) artist is in exile because of controversy over his paintings of hindu goddesses.

annotated bibliography link

here's a link to a webpage from The Owl at Purdue (which is an excellent resource) that describes how to create an annotated bibliography.

We could also use this space for you to add ideas of appropriate places to look for information! For example, if you are looking for statistics on crime, where might you look? What about trends in education? Effects of counseling on prison recidivism rates?

Or... what is the web good for? When would you use wikipedia? Why would i use WorldCat? How do i know what database to look in?

Please post your responses here!

Information Poverty:
* Has the one laptop / one child project been successful
* Does the infrastucture exist for democracy of information?
* What are the issues between information haves / have nots?

Democracy and Information:
* How does freedom of information in America affect our relations with other countries?
* Wikipedia in China
* Nationalism and Censorship in China

Does Filtering affect our First Amendment rights?
* in schools? in libraries?

Education and Web 2.0
* How is the Web changing the way students learn?
* Should schools ban or embrace students using things like Facebook / Myspace
* Is the internet changing our brains?

Copyright
* Was it acceptable that Disney's copyright on Mickey Mouse's image was extended for another 25 years?
* What are the real affects of Peer-To-Peer file sharing on the music industry?

Internet as a builder of communities
* How does/doesn't the ease of posting/publishing/contributing to the Internet help/not help underserved / unheard populations have a voice.
* Therapeutic affects of contributing to online communities. (YouTube, listservs, blogs, Facebook,


Patriot Act
* How has this affected your civil rights?

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We're going to use this blog as the headquarters for the informal aspects of our research. Here you can post replies to questions, and links to your own blogs will show up in the sidebar.