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April 03, 2006
Is Blogging the Third Wave for Feminists?
The third wave - at a computer near you, by Kira Cochran in The Guardian, March 31, 2006.
"Feminist blogs are booming. But are they globalising emancipation - or just playthings for the rich and well educated?"
and....
"Nina Wakeford, a sociologist at the University of Surrey, is cautious about blogging's influence. "I think the way blogs can provoke debate is useful," she concedes, "but it isn't clear how much they feed into activism. In the past, there was a clear role for women's organisations as regards representations to government, but I'm not sure whether women can affect public policy through blogging. Just who are they representing?"
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Center for Social Media
New resources from the Center for Social Media at American University, Washington D.C.:
Future of Public Media
The Center is proud to be a part of the Ford Foundation's Global Perspectives in a Digital Age: Transforming Public Service Media grant initiative. Led by leading media scholar and American University's School of Communication professor Patricia Aufderheide, Center events include convenings, research, publications and seminars.
Two of several new reports and articles from the Center's Future of Public Media project:
Many to Many
By Martin Lucas (Quicktime, approx. 12 min.)
In its research on the future of public media, the Center has been chasing down how new, participatory media are fast becoming a vibrant part of the public media landscape. As part of this research, filmmaker Martin Lucas produced a short video showing the new and growing promise of the "blogosphere." This is more than individuals publishing their thoughts, it's a veritable global, public conversation.
Free Culture, Phase 2
Kathryn Montgomery, associate professor in the School of Communication and director of the youth media and democracy project at the Center, last May brought together an eclectic brain trust of 50 young "digital leaders" under 30 years of age who want to create democratic access to art, expression, and governance in a digital age. American University School of Communication is pleased to announce the release of the “Free Culture, Phase 2” conference report, available at www.soc.american.edu. The report showcases the active and effective organizations and movements represented at Free Culture, Phase 2
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