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Category Archives: The web
Sherry Turkle: Connected, but alone?
As we expect more from technology, do we expect less from each other? Sherry Turkle studies how our devices and online personas are redefining human connection and communication – and asks us to think deeply about the new kinds of … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Computing, Data, Education, Family and Friends, Media, People, Resilience, Social Media, Sustainability, Telecommunications, The web
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Gen X & Y: Suffering a Narcissism Epidemic?
Poor attention span. Lack of concentration. Poor writing skills and dysfunctional spelling. You’ll find these problems – and many more – amongst the kids of Gen X & Y, and that curious planet populated by the “digital natives”. Digital technology … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Comprehension, Computing, Data, Education, Media, Politics, Science, Social Media, Telecommunications, The web
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Spammers flaunt their criminality on ABC TV
This is a very strange piece from Ticky Fullerton on the ABC’s The Business program. It’s been illegal in Australia to send unsolicited commercial electronic messages to consumers since 2004, yet here are a bunch of people admitting to it, … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Computing, Data, Government, Humour, Media, Politics, Social Media, SPAM, The web
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Government’s data storage plans to impact all Australians
From the ABC’s Lateline program: Data-retention plan likened to Gestapo tactics Critics of the Federal Government’s plan to store the internet and phone data of every Australian say it amounts to constant surveillance. Attorney-General Nicola Roxon yesterday announced the controversial … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Computing, Data, Government, Inequality, Law, Politics, The web
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Education: More computers = less literacy
Michael Callanan, a high school teacher from Brisbane, discusses whether computers in schools have a beneficial effect on academic achievement. He finds that as computer saturation levels in the Australian Education system have risen, literacy and numeracy scores amongst students … Continue reading
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Chrome overtaking IE as world’s most popular browser
StatCounter has announced that Google’s Chrome browser is rapidly overtaking Internet Explorer as the world’s most popular web browser. More from StatCounter…
If you put it online, make sure you want it known!
If you put information online, remember that one day it may come back to bite you. Or it may put you in a database somewhere as part of a certain “group”. This is especially true of Facebook, where as we … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Social Media, The web
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Brain dead texting teen to be euthanised
Posted in Humour, Limits to Growth, The web
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Facebook: so uv got 5,000 friends!
Sam Roberts (Senior Psychology Lecturer, University of Chester, UK) has studied Facebook users and says there is no strong evidence that using Facebook leads to larger social networks or more emotionally intense relationships with network members. While Facebook fulfils the … Continue reading
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The Style Forum: Youse all should be able to speak good!
Is social media destroying our language and turning us into illiterate morons? Or is this just another example of the constant evolution of language, just as television has radically altered language since the 1950s? A debate from the ABC’s Big … Continue reading
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Astroturfing – the dark side of social interaction
The internet is awash with misinformation, manipulated identities, fake reviews, and dishonest comments. Politicians use astroturfing. So do businesses and marketing firms. Beware – it’s infecting everyone. Audio from the ABC’s Background Briefing program: Don\’t trust the web