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Media Minutes (2009-07-31)

5:01 minutes (4.59 MB)

As Google expands it book search service, consumer privacy protections are shrinking. Privacy watchdogs want the search giant to takes steps to ensure our privacy. And Dan Rather called on President Barack Obama to form a White House commission on journalism and public media.

New Media, Censorship and Google News

By Jay Hauben, published on OhmyNews, 2007-11-27

Can the "new media" help an uncensored journalism to emerge? Is there a connection between new media and new journalism? One clue to an answer to these questions is that new media especially the Internet make possible new sources and forms of journalism such as citizen journalism and blogger journalism. But why is a new journalism needed and what would be its mission?