How Peter Thiel’s Palantir Helped the NSA Spy on the Whole World The Intercept by Sam Biddle Donald Trump has inherited the most powerful machine for spying ever devised. How this petty, vengeful man might wield and expand the sprawling American spy apparatus, already vulnerable to abuse, is disturbing enough on its own. But the outlook is … Read more
Turkey referendum: Dutch are Nazi remnants – Erdogan BBC News | Europe | World Edition Turkey’s president brands the Dutch “Nazi remnants” as a row grows over a cancelled Rotterdam rally. Erdoğan brands Dutch government ‘Nazi remnants and fascists’ – video World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Guardian Staff Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan brands the Netherlands “Nazi … Read more
EU leaders embrace multi-speed Europe amid tensions BBC News | Europe | World Edition The EU needs flexibility as well as unity, the leaders of France, Germany, Italy and Spain say. The Dutch-Moroccans at the centre of an election campaign BBC News | Europe | World Edition When Dutch populist leader Geert Wilders accused young Moroccans of … Read more
Burada alabilirsiniz: KitapYurdu ‘Bu kitap, Emek, kapitalizm, yaratıcılık, postmodernite, demokrasi, kamusal alan, kültür, politika, medya teknolojisi, tüketim ve dijital medya bağlamındaki alternatiflere odaklanan, on bir yazıdan oluşuyor…Dijital medyayı kuramsallaştırırken, kültürel çalışmalar, demokratik kuram, Frankfurt Okulu, Marksist kuram, politik ekonomi kuramı, postmodern teori, kamusal alan teorisi, yazılım kuramı vb. gibi pek çok teorik yaklaşımın var olduğunu … Read more
Turkey’s Erdogan makes Nazi jibe over Germany rally ban BBC News | Europe | World Edition Turkey’s president railed against blocks in Germany on his political campaigning for new powers. Germany summons Turkish ambassador, seeks release of jailed journalist EurActiv.com by Georgi Gotev Berlin summoned Ankara’s ambassador yesterday (28 February) to protest the arrest in Turkey of … Read more
How journalism business models are fuelling the misinformation ecosystem Journalism.co.uk James Ball, special correspondent, BuzzFeed UK, explains how the need to be first is working against accurate information, and in favour of sensationalism and hoaxes White House Bans CNN, LA Times, NY Times and Politico From Press Conference Writerswrite.com’s Writer’s Blog Journalists were stunned today when Press … Read more
How cryptocurrency will cripple today’s governments – and they won’t see it coming Falkvinge on Infopolicy – Discussions on information policy and civil liberties by Rick Falkvinge Cryptocurrency: Cryptocurrency will cripple governmental ability to collect taxes, and they won’t see it coming. When it’s already happened, expect major changes to take place in how society is organized … Read more
Debate: Should Germany ban AKP election campaign? euro|topics The city of Gaggenau in south-west Germany has cancelled an event at which the Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ was to appear, stressing that this was not a political decision against the campaign for Turkish constitutional reform but a decision based on security concerns. President Erdoğan plans to … Read more
I have restructured my doctoral course this semester. Renewed most of the readings with the most up to date works I could find. Selection of topic are of course arbitrary to some extent but since I track special issues in relevant journals, the syllabus still offers many of the most current debates. The course is at our PhD program, … Read more
The Washington Post’s new slogan is movie-poster worthy Mashable! by Jason Abbruzzese The Washington Post has a new slogan: Democracy Dies in Darkness. That’s not just something for its press materials. The words are now right there below the paper’s name on the front page of its website. Judy Asks: Is Social Media Replacing Journalism? Carnegie … Read more
After a two-hour session today at Communication School, Marmara University, the jury members seen in this photo approved that I can have title, Associate Professorship. Jury members are appointed by Higher Education Council according to the field you apply for the title. I got my title on Journalism and Media Studies. Despite my disciplinary transition from Anthropology to … Read more
CrossCheck Newsroom starts fighting false information in France First Draft News Today, we are thrilled to launch CrossCheck, the first collaborative journalism project to fight misinformation online. The French presidential election is the project’s initial focus, and will combine the efforts of more than 34 newsroom partners as well as journalism students across France and beyond. … Read more