Posts Tagged ‘social media’
Watch the Stuff Circuit doco ‘Fire and Fury’ on the ghastly, cynical disinformation campaign aiming to make the country “ungovernable” – oh, and to raise funds
What kind of political activists incite fear and alarm, set a goal to make their country “ungovernable”, milk their followers for funds, then encourage them to stand for local government posts – but tell them to conceal their affiliations for the sake of attracting votes from the ignorant? The sleazy, in my view dangerous, certainly […]
7 deadly sins
Too good not to share. I spotted this graphic on Twitter (somehow Amanda Gillies’ tweet sharing it got to me) but it’s around. So excellent! The oldest link I could find was here. If you have a better idea of its provenance, drop me a line as a comment.
“I don’t wanna be caught in your social machine”
I like Kimbra, as we’ve discussed. (That’s why she’s got a tag: Kimbra.) She’s a smart, talented, no doubt hard-working artist and performer who writes songs that are deeper than your average pop earworm. I’ve had this one, ‘Posse’, from her album Vows (which I bought on release) in my ears on some thinking walks […]
On disagreements among friends
Recently in another venue I had occasion to disagree, publicly but in a minor way, with an online friend who’d published an article that I agreed with – mostly, but not entirely. It’s not the first time that’s happened. Indeed, I’ve said before, in the context of my criticism of my beloved PropertyTalk discussion forum, […]
Getting news from Twitter
Too good to let slip past … *laughs* *cries* Thanks @jessokfine – P
“Cameron Slater/Whaleoil is a bastard and we’ll do him over.” Reaping what you sow.
By happy coincidence, as I was driving with family to Hunua Falls (above) for a swim and a picnic on Good Friday, I tuned into Radio NZ National in time to hear a panel discussion from a book festival held in Christchurch last year. It featured Guardian reporter and The Snowden Files author Luke Harding, Perth (Australia) […]
Look Up: a poem to make you think about ‘social’ media
‘Look Up’ is a lesson taught to us through a love story, in a world where we continue to find ways to make it easier for us to connect with one another, but always results in us spending more time alone. — Written, Performed & Directed by Gary Turk. Nice work. Think about it. – […]
The evolution of news media pinching pics off social media
I noted this photo credit: “Photo / Supplied by Facebook” in the NZ Herald‘s front page story today. Whatever. I’m not that critical, and, in this case, it’s probably fine with the ‘subject’ … but what do you think?: Is it OK for news media to take and re-publish items from someone’s Facebook profile? (And […]
Learning from the NY Times soul-searching on digital media
Pretty hard to argue with Nieman Journalism Lab’s headline: The whole leaked report is worth a read, if you’re interested. [I downloaded it, and ran it through Adobe Acrobat Pro to de-skew and OCR the text. If you want a copy of that file (~20 MB) drop me a line — address at the ‘About‘ […]
This thought, about internet bullying, surprised me.
From the frequently-interesting ‘Twelve Questions with …’ series at the New Zealand Herald. It’s been ages since I listened to (then) Pauline Gillespie on (then) ZMFM – two name changes – but she’s obviously a thoughtful, professional broadcaster and media personality/celebrity who (in my view) has earned the right to offer her opinion about such […]
Tarring us all with the same brush?
In Steven Price’s recent article Opening the door to bloggers first published in Australia’s Gazette of Law and Journalism and now reproduced at the INFORRM (The International Forum for Responsible Media) blog, he lays out this point of view: New Zealand’s 600 or so bloggers are invariably careless, partisan, malicious or deranged, and are generally […]
Defamation via Facebook and ‘a private website’
This defamation case should be a shot across the bows of various internet wide-boys who think ‘defence of truth’ or ‘opinion honestly held’ is some kind of magic elixir or Get Out of Jail Free card. It’s worth noting the oh-so-easy-to-reach-for-until-you’re-tested ‘truth defence’ in this case was abandoned during the trial. In her ruling, released […]
More discussion on the Press Council’s move to ’embrace’ new media
More discussion on the Press Council move to embrace new media … with a few different points of view — including a sound bite of my own. The NZ Herald‘s media columnist John Drinnan, I think, ‘gets’ the distinction between blogging as self-expression/discussion/current affairs and ‘blogging’ as a dirty, abusive, weaponised PR campaign … which […]
Quite a good editorial on the issue of bloggers as journalists
The Southland Times Editorial: Discomforting scrutiny is worth a read. The editorial is a reference to the news that the NZ Press Council wants to offer a warm embrace to bloggers — perhaps to shore up its membership. And relevance? (Am I being too cynical?) Although, describing a judge’s decision as of “dullardly calibre” because you see […]
Internet commenters as psychopaths (also applies to ‘blogsters’)
From an article you may have already seen at Slate magazine by Chris Mooney: Internet Trolls Really Are Horrible People — Narcissistic, Machiavellian, psychopathic, and sadistic. Last year, for instance, we learned that by hurling insults and inciting discord in online comment sections, so-called Internet trolls (who are frequently anonymous) have a polarizing effect on […]
