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30 March 2004
A classic newspaper correction
Check this one from yesterday's Australian - wars have been started for less!!
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Controlling the Internet's political potential
The New Republic has a disillusioning, article on the Internet's capacity to overthrow dictatorships. Joshua Kurlantzick argues compellingly that the idea that "the Internet is a powerful force for democracy" is "a pervasive myth": "(the Internet) has yet to topple--or even seriously undermine--its first tyrannical regime. In fact, in some repressive countries the spread of the Internet actually may be helping dictatorships remain in power. " "Why has the Web failed to transform such regimes? In part because, as a medium, the Web is in many ways ill-suited for expressing and organizing dissent. And, even more significantly, because, as a...
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Briefly noted - Tuesday PM 30 March
> Britain's broadsheets downsize to keep readers > Convergence is the only viable business model for media companies trying to survive in the digital age > Some people hate the reverse-chronological view that weblogs bring ie start the story at the end and work back - but hey what else can you do? > A lot of Google press this month. A lot of interviews. Ramping up for an IPO? We'll see. > File-sharing does not cut CD sales: study
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