I’m looking forward to reading this recently published report from the Internet & Democracy Project out of the Berkman Center titled Mapping the Arabic Blogosphere: Politics, Culture and Dissent. Interestingly, they found that Arabic bloggers tend to be more concerned with domestic rather than international issues, at least in their blogs. Some snippets below. We [...]
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Excellent video providing a brief history of Iran and showing how young Iranians are using blogging to bypass social and cultural barriers. It reminds me of a question I grappled with not too long ago after reading Yochai Benkler’s Wealth of Networks: what happens when you put the means of production in the hands of [...]
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One of these days I will get consistent at blogging. I think this blog marks my 3rd attempt. I’ve been so incredibly busy with school (self-imposed definitely) that I haven’t had time recently to make a half-witted comment about anything. And even if I did attempt to make some sort of cultural commentary, my musings [...]
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