At the June 21, 2012 Guggenheim Securities Symposium, the CEO of Verizon laid out aggressive plans to move customers off of copper phone lines and into Fios service and not necessarily voluntarily.
Regulatory schemes like SB 1161 are perfectly designed to allow Verizon to increasingly escape from any regulation at all as they morph from a telecommunications company to an Internet services provider. Continue reading Kill The Copper
An incisive look at how anti-piracy proposals threaten computer users privacy and freedom from Fault Lines in 2012.
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Media Alliance December 15 2012
A blog from MA board member Samantha Calamari on education, the internet, what we are gaining and what are we losing?
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The Movement to MOOCs
The manner in which we seek and receive information is transforming at a rapid rate. So fast, in fact, we can’t even see it change before our eyes. Since I last wrote back in early 2011, the concept of oneline is becoming more mainstream across educational institutions and content providers. Access and cost were key factors in bridging the divide to those who, because of economic status, lacked resources such as equipment and internet connectivity. In that moment, schools were exploring ways to offer their students more efficient means of accessing course work. Now, a mere 22 months later, the focus on an internal student body has shifted to a global student body.
Continue reading Massive Open Online Education: How Free is it?
Trailer for the documentary film on the media literacy project based at Sonoma State University.
A fun video about radio, where it’s been and what low-power radio means.
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Illinois Times
Enjoy this fun article on a pioneer in low-power formerly “pirate” radio from the Illinois Times.
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Mbanna Kantako is on a roll.
From his rental house just off North Grand Avenue in Enos Park, the 54-year-old blind man talks about the advent of spring and the need to till the soil. He speaks of pollution, the Great Spirit, expectations that people gain responsibility with age and the Boston Marathon bombing, not knowing how many people might be listening via a radio signal that covers just a tiny portion of the city.
“You know the government set this shit up,” he intones. “It’s the government. They the ones that did 9/11. They the ones that did the Oklahoma City bombing. You have every reason not to believe what the government says.” Continue reading Keeping It Real: An LPFM Pioneer
Posted by Somas Una Americas on June 15th, 2013
SOA Watch
A short documentary film on the years of protests against military-training academy that has seeded a half a century of militaristic imperialism in Central and South America.
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Feminist Frequency
A 20-minute video identifying the use of damsel in distress imagery in video games. Great for schools or the young girl in your life.
