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"What's the decay of journalism got to do with my appetite for celeb gossip?"
"Not much". Great article by Vanessa Richmond of the Tyee about how following "the Greek drama of celebrity life" is worth a thousand economy or environment stories, concluding that it's the critical fallout from sleb canards that really forms serious opinion and ethics. "Not much". Great article by Vanessa Richmond of the Tyee about how following "the Greek drama of celebrity life" is worth a thousand... more
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Magazine Publishes 100-Percent User-Generated Issue
User-generated content has been buzzed about in magazine circles for a few years, but editors—save for a select few—have largely been reluctant to turn over pages from their shrinking folios to readers. Now, a magazine is taking the concept to its extreme: a 100-percent user-generated issue.
For its June issue, Budget Travel has allowed its readers to generate all of the text and photography—only the “40 Best Deals” section was written by staffers. User-generated content has been buzzed about in magazine circles for a few years, but editors—save for a select few—have largely been ... more -
Spike Lee and Nokia to create user-generated film
Spike Lee and Nokia team up to create a user-generated short film.
The cellphone filmmakers can upload their contributions on a website. The entries will be voted by visitors to the site. Mr. Lee will pick the best videos to create a 15-minute short in three acts.
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Is UGC viable for news sites?
Interesting report on user generated news content and why many news providers have been slow to implement it.
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Assuring Diversity Online: All Languages, Cultures and Abilities
The internet was invented in the Western world, and it is currently dominated by Western culture and languages. How can we expand the scope and diversity of content online? How can we support more local, user-generated content? How can we assure that content reaches disabled people? The elderly? The illiterate? This video about assuring diverse Internet content and access for people of all abilities, languages and cultures features interviews shot at the 2007 Internet Governance Forum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Rio IGF was the second of five annual global events that attract stakeholders from all walks of life who gathered to discuss issues tied to the future of information and communications technologies.
This documentary was produced for Imagining the Internet http://imaginingtheinternet.org , an online resource exposing future possibilities while simultaneously providing a peek back at the past. In it, you will find the words of thousands of people from every corner of the world, from today and from yesterday, making thousands of predictive pronouncements about the future of humankind.
The multimedia section of the site includes short films and dozens of video interviews - all of them about the hopes and fears for the future of networked communications. Imagining the Internet is a project based at Elon University. The internet was invented in the Western world, and it is currently dominated by Western culture and languages. How can we expand the ... more -
Social Networking Sites Becoming Web Based Operating Environments
Social network sites are moving to make it much easier for software developers to write add-ons. Bebo unveiled its Open Application platform which will produce a set of common interfaces that developers can use to create programs and applications that will work with the social network site. Bebo's interface tools will work with Facebook's already announced development system. This will make it possible for the many developers who have written applications for Facebook to use their code almost unchanged for the Bebo network.
Social network sites are moving to make it much easier for software developers to write add-ons. Bebo unveiled its Open Application pl... more -
"An important lesson about grassroots media"
" learned -- the hard way -- some truths about grassroots content and online community. This is my attempt at preventing you from going through similar business heartache." " learned -- the hard way -- some truths about grassroots content and online community. This is my attempt at preventing you from goin... more
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Facebook | User-generated TV (UGTV)
I've created a Group on Facebook to increase public awareness and share information & insights regarding tv content that is produced by end-users. Would you join? I've created a Group on Facebook to increase public awareness and share information & insights regarding tv content that is produc... more
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The end of online stupidity
A team of software developers is hard at work on a "stupid filter" that promises to do to idiotic online comments what a spam filter does to junk and unwanted e-mail: put it in a place where it can't hurt anyone anymore. A team of software developers is hard at work on a "stupid filter" that promises to do to idiotic online comments what a spam filter d... more
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New Law Spells Death For Social Porn?
Social networking didnt just revolutionize the way we interact online (and caused a lot of very, very ugly profiles to appear); it has also revolutionized porn. Believe it or not, YouPorn [link obviously NSFW], a site that lets its users post erotic/pornographic images and videos of themselves is currently the most visited adult site out there. Its bigger than CNN, and thats a lot of traffic.
But, the proposed changes to a US law 18 U.S.C. 2257 might be the end of sites like YouPorn, because they would require every performer (this would include social networks like YouPorn) to disclose about his/her age and identity. Want to post that raunchy picture of you and your girlfriend in the bathroom? Your ID, please. Social networking didnt just revolutionize the way we interact online (and caused a lot of very, very ugly profiles to appear); it ha... more -
User-generated porn
Vivid Getting Spanked by YouPorn.com as DVDs Go Down(click pic^^^ to read more)
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Next New Networks
"Next New Networks is a new kind of media company, creating micro-television networks over the internet for targeted communities, bringing together elements of tv programming and internet philosophy to allow viewers to contribute, share and distribute content." - In turn, I ask "So, is your content for sale?" :J) "Next New Networks is a new kind of media company, creating micro-television networks over the internet for targeted communities, brin... more
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Future Of Graphics Is User-Made Content
With user generated content ruling the internet, and making it's mark on television, EA's visual and tech officer Glenn Entis has said he believes the future of video game graphics lies in user-generated content. With user generated content ruling the internet, and making it's mark on television, EA's visual and tech officer Glenn Entis has said... more
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The View from the Stands
Barry's record-breaking home run, as captured from a camera phone in the bleachers.
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Wikipedia will not take no for an answer
Founder to meet with Chinese officials...
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User-generated news from Africa
Thanks to the General Packet Radio System (GPRS), the wireless communication protocol, it is now possible for Africans to send articles and images (still and moving) about events taking place in their countries without using a computer and without having internet connection. Thanks to the General Packet Radio System (GPRS), the wireless communication protocol, it is now possible for Africans to send article... more
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