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Tech & society Web/Tech

Campaigns In A Web 2.0 World

The NYT Times: “Not since 1960, when John F. Kennedy won in part because of the increasingly popular medium of television, has changing technology had such an impact on the political campaigns and the organizations covering them.”

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Web/Tech

Blog Action Day: Wednesday

“Re-Tweet” of 19 August post: Blog Action Day, 15 October 2008, is an annual nonprofit event designed to unite the world’s bloggers, podcasters and videocasters to discuss the same issue on the same day. Think of it as something like an intellectual flash mob. You don’t have to sign up to participate, but right now […]

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Convergence Web/Tech

Apple Stock Shocked by CNN iReport Rumor

Read the nitty gritty at Christopher Penn’s Awaken Your Superhero. The risks of “citizen journalism” + financial “news.” Relevant questions: Apple shareholders: if you lost money on Apple due to the rumor, is CNN responsible? Is CNN liable? Are they a media outlet or a content distributor. If they fall under common carrier, then who […]