Steffan Antonas » Rethinking Government http://blog.steffanantonas.com Wed, 04 Jan 2012 12:44:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 The Future of Freedom In The Internet Age http://blog.steffanantonas.com/the-future-of-freedom-in-the-internet-age.htm http://blog.steffanantonas.com/the-future-of-freedom-in-the-internet-age.htm#comments Mon, 07 Dec 2009 07:00:05 +0000 Steffan Antonas http://blog.steffanantonas.com/?p=1291 This post was written by Steffan Antonas. Find more at blog.steffanantonas.com

The Future of Freedom In The Internet Age

]]> Today there’s a big push to make Internet Access a basic human right. In the US, the majority of us take freedom of speech (online and offline) for granted and we tune out the debates on heavy censorship that is commonplace in other countries. If you’re not aware of the kind of control and manipulation that’s happening in other places in the world, these two video interviews (back to back in the same video) will help bring you up to speed quickly. The first interview is with Rebecca MacKinnon, who is a former CNN journalist who headed the CNN bureaus in Beijing and later in Tokyo. Before leaving television to become a blogger and co-founder of Global Voices Online. She is now an Assistant Professor at the University of Hong Kong’s Journalism and Media Studies Center and lives in Hong Kong. The second interview is with Evgeny Morozov, who is currently a fellow at the Open Society Institute in New York. Previously, he was Director of New Media at the Prague-based NGO Transitions Online (TOL) and a columnist for the Russian newspaper Akzia (2003-2008).

Here’s a summary of the content that’s covered in the interviews. Enjoy.

  1. Internal Web Censorship In China & The Great Firewall of China
  2. Blogging In China
  3. Chinese Internet Police
  4. How Humor Slips Through The Cracks of Censorship
  5. Russian Internet Censorship
  6. Russian New Media and Government Manipulation
  7. In Depth on Hidden Censorship in Russia
  8. Economic Crisis’ Impact on China and Russia
  9. The Global Network Initiative
  10. Moving to Other Blogging Platforms, How Informed Citizens Are
  11. Humor can lead to Meaningful Action
  12. Web Questions
  13. Knowing Fake Commenters
  14. The Use of Anonymizers
  15. Web Use and the Secret Service on Web in Russia
  16. Penalty for Companies Not Censoring Content
  17. Mobile Trends
  18. Data Integration, Search Capacity In China

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The Future of Freedom In The Internet Age

]]> http://blog.steffanantonas.com/the-future-of-freedom-in-the-internet-age.htm/feed 0 American Healthcare Reform On The Back of A Napkin http://blog.steffanantonas.com/american-healthcare-reform-on-the-back-of-a-napkin.htm http://blog.steffanantonas.com/american-healthcare-reform-on-the-back-of-a-napkin.htm#comments Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:48:27 +0000 Steffan Antonas http://blog.steffanantonas.com/?p=1051 This post was written by Steffan Antonas. Find more at blog.steffanantonas.com

American Healthcare Reform On The Back of A Napkin

]]> SlideShare announced the winners of its 3rd annual “Best Presentation in the World” contest today. A panel of business presentation expert judges selected one deck as the grand prize winner out of 3,750 entries from over 130 countries. That grand prize winner was titled Healthcare Napkins All and was created by visual communication specialist Dan Roam and Dr. Tony Jones. Whether or not you agree with the political perspective of this 51-slide presentation, you’ve got to admit it’s an impressive way to deliver information.

Enjoy.

Healthcare Napkins All
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American Healthcare Reform On The Back of A Napkin

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