Posted on March 20, 2009 by paulknowles
My MA Project, see here -, about the conflict between Christians and Hindus in India’s Orissa, touches on censorship issues over there.
One of which is this.
Also, I may encounter some freedom of speech issues my self, although I hope not. Any that I do I will log on this blog.
On the actual topic, even though I have learnt [...]
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Posted on March 18, 2009 by ninasaada
Political leaders at next month’s G20 summit are getting ready to be quizzed by bloggers. It looks like this is the first major political meeting where bloggers have had the same access as the media. It’s all part of a group called G20 Voices that’s been set up by charities like Save the Children, Oxfam and Comic Relief. Their main [...]
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Posted on March 14, 2009 by julesbenham
One of the key elements of our original blog question was to investigate the relationships between improving media freedom and new digital technologies. Global Voices Online started as a simple blog, but has trancended into an online medium for groups all around the world, who might normally be ingored by the mainstream media.
One of the projects [...]
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