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The Two Faces of Anonymous
This is my investigative piece on Anonymous. I hired an actor to replace the computer voices and some clips were reproduced for aesthetic purposes. This is my investigative piece on Anonymous. I hired an actor to replace the computer voices and some clips were reproduced for aesthe... more
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PUBLIC is the new PRIVATE
Let’s face it, conversations that used to be conducted through private e-mail exchanges are now posted for all to see on social networking walls. Let’s face it, conversations that used to be conducted through private e-mail exchanges are now posted for all to see on social networ... more
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Haters Anonymous
Yea Big and Kid Static's first music video got 250,000 hits in 2 days. Along with the hits came some nasty comments about the mixed race duo. In this pod, vc2 producer Noah Banks hears from the duo about the offensive comments and their decision to delete said comments and learns more from Northwestern University Professor Clark Caywood about the rise in comment abuse due to internet anonymity. Yea Big and Kid Static's first music video got 250,000 hits in 2 days. Along with the hits came some nasty comments about the mi... more
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Juicy on Campus
Connor Diemand-Yauman is president of the sophomore class at Princeton, and determined to help counteract the pernicious effects that gossip sites like Juicy Campus have had at his school. Connor Diemand-Yauman is president of the sophomore class at Princeton, and determined to help counteract the pernicious effects that ... more
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Are you really Anonymous on the Web?
Okay, so we all feel like we're safe on the internet. We hide behind an alias, an avatar, and even a false gender. But are we really anonymous? I don't think so -- check out my reasoning. Okay, so we all feel like we're safe on the internet. We hide behind an alias, an avatar, and even a false gender. But are we rea... more
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Christian & Muslim develop relationship online
The anonymity of attending church online at lifechurch.tv allows a Christian and Muslim to pray together and develop a relationship.
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Anonymity on the web - A positive story
Anonymity is a popular discussion when related to the web. We have heard people using this for evil purposes. Here is one story of where anonymity on the web was used for good. Enjoy! Anonymity is a popular discussion when related to the web. We have heard people using this for evil purposes. Here is one story of w... more
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Anonymity on the web from a pastor's perspective
Anonymity can be used for good or bad on the web
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Creating a Non Violent World - Is it Really Possible?
Introduction—Confronting the Ideological Beast
America is desperately searching for heroes! If this were not true we would not see the incredible success of blockbuster action movies featuring mostly males with superhuman powers who fight for the underdogs by battling greed, injustice, and corruption of power. We have all seen time and again, story after story, encounters between the forces of good and the forces of evil; and we are constantly being challenged to take a side and fight. The emphasis of popular culture in mass media is a perpetuation of violence as the primary solution to the problem of enforcing the American Dream—“The Myth” (Hedges); like Superman fighting for “truth, justice, and the American way of life.” This portrayal of violence as a necessary judicial tool works inevitably to subjugate the most vulnerable people of our planet, namely women and children. It accomplishes this by portraying unrealistic ideologies and distorting and exaggerating differences among race, class, gender, age, sexuality, and especially religion. The media uses images that “shock and awe” our sensibilities—causing us to constantly react—deflecting our attention away from resistance and away from collective empowerment. “One of the most obvious signs of widespread acceptance of violence is the amount of it that routinely appears in media.” (Wood 314) Violence has become a pervasive part of our reality causing us to react with fear—a state in which we can be easily controlled and manipulated.
The media is a multinational enterprise—an “Eminent Domain”—which is the luxury of a privileged few who influence our popular culture and control the mechanism through which the mythologies of popular culture are transfixed. Its primary existence serves to preserve their control of global socio-economics in posterity by bombarding us with so much violence that we scarcely have time to be aware of the fact that we are being manipulated. However, there are those subtle geniuses who emerge from the frontlines and through personal experience have concluded that the status quo is a never ending merry-go-round leading to the annihilation of both sides. In other words, they have come to realize that hero fixation is a sickness that symbiotically—Ying Yang, 69—enforces victimization. These geniuses work behind the scenes influencing the media content, often changing its’ focus or challenging accepted norms. Although there are many people who are actively participating in efforts to transform the socio-economic landscape on many different fronts whether through academia, media, or politics, the most effective means to communicate ideas is through writing. Introduction—Confronting the Ideological Beast ... more -
Anon
Using entirely still images (over 1,000 of them), "Anon" follows the life of a local artist, touching on topics such as anonymity, breaking rules, and street art. Using entirely still images (over 1,000 of them), "Anon" follows the life of a local artist, touching on topics such as anon... more
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Anonymity - How important is it in society? VETO POWER TO THE PEOPLE
Photograph by Sabin Corneliu Buraga
With all the clamor of daily life revolving around the acquisition of wealth; every one tries to draw attention to themselves or at least their company or their product. Companies wouldn't make money if they didn't advertise and publicize their names, their logos, their brand.
Many people want to be recognized, liked, admired, and followed. They want their fifteen minutes. They want to be fashionable and trendy.
And yet their are those who prefer to remain in obscurity, privacy and isolation even though they may possess some amazing knowledge or insight that if shared could revolutionize the planet and its inter networked social systems. These are the anonymous contributors that have enriched our experience of reality. They have left their stories, their poems, their art and these contributions that when found and/or publicized, have touched us, sometimes deeply and profoundly.
When I first encountered the concept of anonymity it was in a poem called "Sister and I". This poem was a poem my mother would recite to us when we were little kids as part of a routine of things she did to lull us off to sleep at night. The poem was written by anonymous. As I learned to read books in school and had to check them out from the library at times I started to encounter more writing by this mysterious person called "anonymous". It actually took me a while to figure out that there wasn't just one "anonymous" that there were many anonymous writers. Why would they not want to get credit for what they made? It was an intriguing question.
Later in my academic career I encountered the concept of pseudonyms, that is words that are used as a substitute for the real word or that they mean the same things. And then I learned that writers sometimes wrote in pseudonyms or pen names...Wikipedia has a real cool article about pen names here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pen_name
My point that I am trying to make is that anonymity is important to the security of our nation and the people of this country. Anonymity is what the whole issue around a National Shield Law and Whistle Blower Protection is all about. The people coming forward want to remain anonymous for fear of retaliation; although sometimes the one being ratted out can figure out who did the ratting because the circle of those who knew was small and they could figure it out through a process of elimination and then silence the witness. This is why we have a Witness Protection Program.
With all the fear that the average person is in these days what with Iraq and Armageddon nipping at our heals, its no wonder that we don't have many courageous good Samaritans running around and that integrity and honesty are not even requirements for running a government anymore. Something is seriously wrong with this country; it has a cancer growing and its got a touch of Alzheimer's and I am talking figuratively here ok?
These three things alone would create fear in those that we entrust to govern us and to exploit our god given resources. This is our planet by God and we need to take the power back. TAKE THE POWER BACK!!!
Now why stop at a trifecta, why not give VETO power to the people through the power of the petition. In the Constitution it says that the right of the people to peacefully assemble and to petition for a redress of grievances shall not be unduly denied. I think there could be a constitutional basis for what I am proposing here. The number of signatures needed to achieve a VETO could be argued of course, but think about it. Any legislation and/or executive order could be challenged and placed on hold until a super majority of Senatorial and Congressional votes could overturn the VETO.
Please tell me what you thing about these ideas of Anonymity, and Veto power to the people.
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Confidential survey gets student disciplined
University of Georgia student punished for inappropriate remarks on his professor's evaluation
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One avatar to rule them all
"A virtual character, or avatar, for all the virtual worlds in which people play is the goal of a joint project between IBM and Linden Lab.
The computer giant and the creator of Second Life are working on universal avatars that can travel between worlds.
The project aims to open up virtual worlds by introducing open tools that work with any online environment."
I always thought the whole idea of these online worlds such as Second Life and World of Warcraft was to create a new reality for yourself. What would be the fun in having the same plain ol' avatar in all these different communities and "worlds" you engage in???
This also brings up interesting issues about identity and anonymity in the future online world. "A virtual character, or avatar, for all the virtual worlds in which people play is the goal of a joint project between IBM and L... more
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