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#Cyberculture agenda: “The technologies that would make the web more participatory…
The technologies that would make the web more participatory Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow The early web was heralded as a revolution in participatory media where everyone could make media as well... Read more
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#journalism agenda: Google on an international framework for digital evidence…Facebook wants to embrace great journalism [despite its algorithms…
Facebook wants to embrace great journalism — try telling that to their algorithms Mashable! by Jason Abbruzzese Facebook’s in the midst of a serious campaign to convince everyone how much it cares... Read more
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#journalism agenda: “The Washington Post’s new slogan is movie-poster worthy”
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.... Read more
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Cyberculture agenda: Research libraries in Germany announce boycott of Elsevier journals over open access….
Germany-wide consortium of research libraries announce boycott of Elsevier journals over open access Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow Germany’s DEAL project, which includes over 60 major research institutions, has... Read more
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Cyberculture agenda: KickassTorrents might be back at https://katcr.co/
KickassTorrents ex-staffers brought the torrent site back from the dead The Next Web by Mix Back in July, millions of pirates got their hearts broken when their go-to torrent site KickassTorrents suddenly shut... Read more
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Cyberculture agenda: Washington Post claimed CIA believes Russia intervened to help Trump…
Obama orders review of pre-election cyber attacks Mashable! by Gianluca Mezzofiore President Barack Obama has ordered a full review of cyber attacks and other hacking-related activities into the 2016 presidential... Read more
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Journalism agenda: “Trust is the new click”
Trust is the new click Nieman Journalism Lab by Michael Kuntz In 2016, the media’s usual battle for attention felt more like a war. Fueled primarily by an unprecedented political season,... Read more
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Journalism agenda: “Some Fake News Publishers happen to be Donald Trump’s Cronies…
Some Fake News Publishers Just Happen to Be Donald Trump’s Cronies The Intercept by Lee Fang The extraordinary phenomenon of fake news spread by Facebook and other social media during the... Read more
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Journalism agenda: Turkey practically shut down all Kurdish media with the latest state of emergency decree…
Turkish government shuts down 15 media outletshttps://t.co/rBrlRkTXCo pic.twitter.com/NR6xlM3qcX — P24 (@P24Punto24) October 29, 2016 The rest of the Kurdish media in Turkey closed down by decree on top of days... Read more
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Journalism agenda: Fact-checking at Google News…
Google will now help you fact-check Trump (and other lies) The Next Web by Napier Lopez Google appears to be just as fed up with the constant lies during the presidential... Read more
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Journalism agenda: https://syhacked.com/ [newsgame takes players inside the cyber conflict in Syria]
https://twitter.com/banuguven/status/783323060069867520?s=03 How the Refugee Journalism Project helps exiled reporters restart their careers in the UK Journalism.co.uk The initiative matches journalists in exile with UK-based reporters to give them a foot in... Read more
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Journalism agenda: Facebook, Twitter, and 30 other orgs forces to stop spread of fake news…
Facebook, Twitter, and 30 other orgs join First Draft’s partner network to help stop the spread of fake news Nieman Journalism Lab by Ricardo Bilton Thanks to social media, it’s never... Read more
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Cyberculture agenda: Google Program to Deradicalize Jihadis then to be used for Right-Wing American Extremists…Twitter Emojis for 2016 Paralympic Games
Google Program to Deradicalize Jihadis Will Be Used for Right-Wing American Extremists Next The Intercept by Naomi LaChance A Google-incubated program that has been targeting potential ISIS members with deradicalizing content... Read more
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Journalism agenda: John Oliver and newsonomics
John Oliver has given us the best defense of newspapers ever washingtonpost.com – Op-Ed Columns by Kathleen Parker News is a bizarre kind of food chain whose most important members are... Read more
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Journalism agenda: “Starting in online investigations with open-source intelligence… “Mobile journalism experts to follow on Twitter…
How to get started in online investigations with open-source intelligence First Draft News by Bellingcat Myself and others at First Draft frequently receive emails from a whole range of people asking... Read more