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links for 2008-07-24
How MSM bloggers fit into the blogosphere | Shane Richmond Perhaps MSM blogs, often seen as the cuckoo in the nest by those who are going it alone, have a role to play here. Perhaps our position gives us the opportunity … to help drive more “non-crazies” into the top tier of the blogosphere. (tags:…
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links for 2008-07-23
Household Waste Incinerators | UK Without Incineration Network Buy your next home next to a household waste incinerator! (tags: mapping maps household-waste incinerators) The Guardian’s excellent Web 2.0 blog-up | The Register Web media aren’t that different. Just like the dead tree merchants they can pontificate worthily to small audiences, scream less worthily to larger…
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The seductive powers of early television and advertising
Raymond Williams in 1974 talking about the attractions of telly and advertising, from the truly dreadfully titled Television: Technology and Cultural Form – page 132: Many people who are aware of the manipulative powers of television and radio, or of its apparently inexhaustibly appeal to children, react in ways which implicitly suppress all the history…
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links for 2008-07-22
Why Newspapers Shouldn’t Allow Comments | Gawker “Comments are thought to be an added value to a newspaper’s site… You come for the article, and stay for the interesting discussion. The only problem is, there is no interesting discussion.” (tags: gawker journalism media comments newspapers blogs) Online viewing won’t kill TV – CBS | Reuters.com…