Michael Zimmer, PhD, is a digital privacy and data ethics scholar at Marquette University
My research in the ethical dimensions of Internet and social technologies is featured on the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's homepage this week. The new article, "Promoting an ethical compass for the information age", highlights some of my recent work on the…
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Newsweek is doing its part to keep Americans up-do-date on the important news of the world. Here are the covers from three global editions of the current issue, followed by the American version: I'm not too worried about mis-information, though,…
The AP reports that the average American home now has more television sets than people: There are 2.73 TV sets in the typical home and 2.55 people. Unbelievable. [via Jeremy Hunsinger]
Rory Litwin at Library Juice reports on this AP story about a former FCC lawyer stating that a report on media ownership was ordered destroyed by the FCC: WASHINGTON - The Federal Communications Commission ordered its staff to destroy all…
Each year, Project Censored compiles an annual list of 25 socially significant news stories of social significance said to have been missed, underreported or self-censored by mainstream press in the US. Here are some of this year's picks: #1 Future…
Ten years ago, after the passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, The Nation published a special issue on the National Entertainment State. The issue featured a centerfold chart depicting the tentacles of four colossal media conglomerates that were increasingly…
Gothamist recently reported that Columbia University's student newspaper, the Columbia Spectator, was adding blogs to their online offerings. This prompted me of consider some problems with how NYU's student-run paper, the Washington Square News, is experimenting with reader interactivity. Over…
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