Surveillance and International Context

During the course we have looked at online tools that make the practice of journalism more accessible to more people: in essence, democratizing the practice of journalism. For many people New Information Technologies are inherently democratic and enhance democracy. Our brief examination of online surveillance may call that into question, as might the following:
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About “Feeds”

I got a good question yesterday as I was introducing Bloglines. It was, “What is a ‘feed’?” Here is a brief answer from the Wikipedia entry on web feeds:
“A web feed is a data format used for serving users frequently updated content. Content distributors syndicate a web feed, thereby allowing users to subscribe to it. [...]

Some Online Journalism Links

As promised, here are a few links to online journalism sites. Please briefly browse at least one from each of the following categories (and feel free to add your own links in the comments section):

“Mainstream” News Sites

The New York Times
BBC News
Guardian Unlimited
The Times of India
The Moscow Times

Citizen Journalism

neweurasia.net
OhMyNews
The Daily Gotham
Baristanet
Global Voices Online

Sites About Online Journalism

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