Archive for the ‘Film’ Category

Social engagement in virtual worlds

Saturday, July 29th, 2006Fascinatiing blog by Nedra Weinreich Spare change Nedra saysOkay, I'll admit it. I spent much of the night exploring Second Life, a virtual world that combines 3-D graphics, social interaction, events, commerce and entertainment. After reading a post ...

store wars join the organic rebellion

Wednesday, July 19th, 2006a wonderful take on why we should be eating organicMay the organic farm be with you! :-)Use the farm and stretch out your peelings.....Even my son of 8 years old and my daughter of 17 watched this and thought it ...

YouTube hits 100m video views per day

Tuesday, July 18th, 2006Internet video site YouTube has said its users are now watching more than 100 million videos per day.YouTube is the leading net video download site in the US, with 29% of the country's multimedia market, according to traffic monitor ...

Media and identity in Japan

Thursday, July 13th, 2006The first Gran Cyber Café opened in 1999. Today there are 10, serving some 5,000 people a day. Each has a slightly different orientation - some are geared to teenagers, some to salarymen - but the atmosphere is the same ...

Google video goes international

Thursday, July 13th, 2006Via the BBCGoogle has signed up a series of partners who will provide clips for its fledgling video service.The deals mean that visitors will be able to watch Wimbledon matches, documentaries and sitcoms via the Google video ...

The elephant’s dream

Wednesday, July 5th, 2006Elephant's Dream is the world?s first open movie, made entirely with open source graphics software such as Blender, and with all production files freely available to use however you please, under a Creative Commons licenseThe short film was created ...

The young disengage with politics

Tuesday, June 27th, 2006A study co-produced by the study co-produced by the Hansard Society on e-democracy and OfCom investigates why young people are not engaging with the political processHowever it is important to be realistic about the obstacles facing young ...

Fast-food giants feeling heat from the film of the book.

Friday, June 2nd, 2006With the premiere of the anti-junk food film Fast Food Nation in Cannes last Friday, America is about to find itself in an intense, potentially messy, summer-long food fight.Reported the Observer Ohhhhh did someone say ...

Hollywood – The silent movies of the 21st Century

Monday, May 15th, 2006Cliché: A leopard never changes its spots.And in today's world this means that companies born in the industrial revolution, and, reared in the industrial revolution's mighty afterglow, struggle with the economics, and, culture of today's world.Rupert Murdoch famously ...

When push comes to pull: the new economy & culture of the networked society

Thursday, March 30th, 2006I have been reading the Aspen Institutes latest ouvre, entitled When push comes to pull. The new economy & culture of networking technologyWhich resonates deeply with Communities Dominate Brands.David Bollier the author states If the world seems a confusing ...

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