30 dezembro 2004
TECNOSFERA
Technology Research Advances of 2004 in biotechnology, communications, computing, engineering, energy, security, nanotechnology, applied physics and the Internet.
29 dezembro 2004
VITAMEDIAS
ctnow.com: Mainstream Media Buffeted In 2004 By Right And Left: 2004 may very well be remembered as the year the media got shock treatment.
While great work was done, the media was buffeted by partisans on the left and right. Needled by an explosion of bloggers critical of news reporting. Embarrassed by pre-war reporting lapses. Shamed by plagiarism, fabrication and circulation fraud.
And it struggled amid creeping media consolidation to keep up with the demands of a 24-hour news cycle while trying to maintain a quality report - often with fewer people.
While great work was done, the media was buffeted by partisans on the left and right. Needled by an explosion of bloggers critical of news reporting. Embarrassed by pre-war reporting lapses. Shamed by plagiarism, fabrication and circulation fraud.
And it struggled amid creeping media consolidation to keep up with the demands of a 24-hour news cycle while trying to maintain a quality report - often with fewer people.
28 dezembro 2004
TECNOSFERA
CleanSoftware, a resource to help Windows users find the best free daily-use software, free from nasties
VITAMEDIAS
Why There's No Escaping the Blog: Freewheeling bloggers can boost your product?or destroy it. Either way, they've become a force business can't afford to ignore. [...]
Blogs are just the latest tool that makes it harder for corporations and other institutions to control and dictate their message. An amateur media is springing up, and the smart are adapting. Says Richard Edelman, CEO of Edelman Public Relations: "Now you've got to pitch the bloggers too. You can't just pitch to conventional media."
Blogs are just the latest tool that makes it harder for corporations and other institutions to control and dictate their message. An amateur media is springing up, and the smart are adapting. Says Richard Edelman, CEO of Edelman Public Relations: "Now you've got to pitch the bloggers too. You can't just pitch to conventional media."
CULTURAS IN VITRO
Girl Power Fuels Manga Boom in U.S.: Sales of Japanese comics - more familiarly known as manga (pronounced MAHN-gah) - are exploding in the United States, and much of the boom is due to efforts by comic book publishers to extend their reach beyond young male readers. Beyond all males, in fact.
(Ler, a propósito, isto e isto sobre manga, anime e videojogos.
Em paralelo, Chomp if You Like Art sobre o interessante Pac-Mondrian.)
(Ler, a propósito, isto e isto sobre manga, anime e videojogos.
Em paralelo, Chomp if You Like Art sobre o interessante Pac-Mondrian.)
.DE!
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake
It Seemed Like a Scene From the Bible
Slammed by Tidal Wave, But I'm OK & Phuket Tsunami Photo Gallery & Tidal Wave Pictures (exemplos de como "Blogs Provide Raw Details From Scene of the Disaster")
Your experiences of Asian disaster
Life of a Tsunami
(Credits: NOAA via Wikipedia)
27 dezembro 2004
ECOPOL
Importam-se de explicar porquê? O Relatório final da auditoria às listas do concurso de docentes 2004/2005 "foi classificado de confidencial, o que, acrescido ao facto de estarem ainda a decorrer os trabalhos da Comissão de Inquérito, impossibilita a divulgação do mesmo".
CONFIDENCIAL?!?!?!? Quando ainda estão "a decorrer os trabalhos da Comissão de Inquérito"?!?!??! Mas importam-se de explicar porquê?...
CONFIDENCIAL?!?!?!? Quando ainda estão "a decorrer os trabalhos da Comissão de Inquérito"?!?!??! Mas importam-se de explicar porquê?...
VITAMEDIAS
Mais um: Attack of the Blog: A Post reporter is suspended for extracurricular Internet activities [ou seja, por escrever num blogue...]
VITAMEDIAS
Nearly 200 reality TV shows set for 2005: The format has been condemned by its critics as exploitative, vulgar and tacky, but 2005 will be the biggest year yet for reality TV with more shows than ever before. [...]
The BBC has said it will scale back its reliance on reality in favour of drama and comedy, unless a show proves to be distinctive. Mark Thompson, the director-general, who presided over two series of Big Brother as Channel 4 chief executive, is determined to return to shows which fulfil the BBC's public service commitments.
The BBC has said it will scale back its reliance on reality in favour of drama and comedy, unless a show proves to be distinctive. Mark Thompson, the director-general, who presided over two series of Big Brother as Channel 4 chief executive, is determined to return to shows which fulfil the BBC's public service commitments.
CULTURAS IN VITRO
Film Mistakes in 2004:
1 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (232)
2 Spider-Man 2 (64)
3 Troy (41)
4 Miracle (38)
5 Kill Bill: Volume 2 (37)
1 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (232)
2 Spider-Man 2 (64)
3 Troy (41)
4 Miracle (38)
5 Kill Bill: Volume 2 (37)
CONTAMINANTES
Para quem anda às compras em centros comerciais: How to find a parking space at the mall: Response Insurance surveyed its drivers and identified what it says are the four main species of mall parkers: ?search and destroyers,? ?lay and wait,? ?stalkers? and ?see it and take it.? [...]
Search and destroyers roam the aisles, cruising endlessly for the perfect spot. Lay and wait parkers position themselves at the end of an aisle and wait for a space to open up in what they start to believe is their territory. Stalkers, the most predatory, slowly follow shoppers leaving the store back to their parking spot. [...]
The favored method is to see it and take it, where shoppers don?t care how far they have to walk. The company said it?s less stressful and helps drivers save the most time.
Search and destroyers roam the aisles, cruising endlessly for the perfect spot. Lay and wait parkers position themselves at the end of an aisle and wait for a space to open up in what they start to believe is their territory. Stalkers, the most predatory, slowly follow shoppers leaving the store back to their parking spot. [...]
The favored method is to see it and take it, where shoppers don?t care how far they have to walk. The company said it?s less stressful and helps drivers save the most time.
23 dezembro 2004
PHOTO-GRAFIA
Stipple Portraits Hedcut Pen and Ink Drawings Illustration by Wall Street Journal portrait artist Noli Novak
ECOPOL
É melhor a GNR estar preparada: Ten more years? Senior MPs warn British troops will be in Iraq for a decade, as Blair in Baghdad proclaims: 'We are not a nation of quitters'
TECNOSFERA
Blogues, bases de dados e comentários: curiosa esta nota do Blasfémias sobre a potencial base de dados do Barnabé?
É que dados pessoais são "qualquer informação, de qualquer natureza e independentemente do respectivo suporte, incluindo som e imagem, relativa a uma pessoa singular identificada ou identificável («titular dos dados»); é considerada identificável a pessoa que possa ser identificada directa ou indirectamente, designadamente por referência a um número de identificação ou a um ou mais elementos específicos da sua identidade física, fisiológica, psíquica, económica, cultural ou social".
Os comentários dos blogues são identificáveis?
Como "A presente lei não se aplica ao tratamento de dados pessoais efectuado por pessoa singular no exercício de actividades exclusivamente pessoais ou domésticas", os blogues (nomeadamente os colectivos) estão ou não sob alçada desta lei?
É que dados pessoais são "qualquer informação, de qualquer natureza e independentemente do respectivo suporte, incluindo som e imagem, relativa a uma pessoa singular identificada ou identificável («titular dos dados»); é considerada identificável a pessoa que possa ser identificada directa ou indirectamente, designadamente por referência a um número de identificação ou a um ou mais elementos específicos da sua identidade física, fisiológica, psíquica, económica, cultural ou social".
Os comentários dos blogues são identificáveis?
Como "A presente lei não se aplica ao tratamento de dados pessoais efectuado por pessoa singular no exercício de actividades exclusivamente pessoais ou domésticas", os blogues (nomeadamente os colectivos) estão ou não sob alçada desta lei?
22 dezembro 2004
CULTURAS IN VITRO
À atenção dos autores: EC takes Ireland to court over breach of copyright rules: The European Commission has referred Ireland to the European Court of Justice for failing to fully implement an EU directive on copyright and public lending.
Under the regulations, book authors have an exclusive right to say whether or not their work can be lent by public libraries. [...]
Individual member states are also allowed to exempt certain categories of establishment from paying this remuneration, but Ireland simply exempts all public libraries.
The EC believes this breaches the terms of the directive and has therefore decided to refer Ireland to the Court of Justice along with Spain and Portugal, who also exempt all public libraries from the regulations.
Under the regulations, book authors have an exclusive right to say whether or not their work can be lent by public libraries. [...]
Individual member states are also allowed to exempt certain categories of establishment from paying this remuneration, but Ireland simply exempts all public libraries.
The EC believes this breaches the terms of the directive and has therefore decided to refer Ireland to the Court of Justice along with Spain and Portugal, who also exempt all public libraries from the regulations.
VITAMEDIAS
O Governo nas Notícias em 2004: De acordo com os dados do serviço Telenews da MediaMonitor, o Governo enquanto instituição foi tema de mais de seis mil notícias televisivas em 2004.
De 1 de Janeiro a 19 de Dezembro de 2004, foram 6094 as peças jornalísticas tendo como tema central o Governo, que passaram nos serviços informativos regulares da RTP1, 2:, SIC e TVI.
O Governo motivou cerca de 222 horas de informação, uma média diária de 37 minutos e 37 segundos nos jornais televisivos regulares.
[Há um ano atrás: Durão Barroso já reconheceu: existe um problema de comunicação no actual Governo. «Precisamos de melhorar o nosso diálogo com os portugueses», apelou o chefe do Executivo em pleno Conselho de Ministros.]
De 1 de Janeiro a 19 de Dezembro de 2004, foram 6094 as peças jornalísticas tendo como tema central o Governo, que passaram nos serviços informativos regulares da RTP1, 2:, SIC e TVI.
O Governo motivou cerca de 222 horas de informação, uma média diária de 37 minutos e 37 segundos nos jornais televisivos regulares.
[Há um ano atrás: Durão Barroso já reconheceu: existe um problema de comunicação no actual Governo. «Precisamos de melhorar o nosso diálogo com os portugueses», apelou o chefe do Executivo em pleno Conselho de Ministros.]
VITAMEDIAS
Sold! Today the Washington Post Co. announces that it is buying Slate from Microsoft Corporation, our home since we began publishing in 1996. When the transaction closes in mid-January, we will leave the splendiferous House of Gates for the munificent House of Graham. [...]
Slate is not going to be merged, submerged, bent, folded, spindled, or mutilated.
Washington Post Company Buys Slate Magazine: The sale completes Slate's transformation from an experiment in the new media in 1996 to a respected brand name in journalism.
Washington Post agrees Slate deal: The deal came less than a month after Dow Jones & Co, the publisher of The Wall Street Journal, acquired MarketWatch, an online financial news provider, for $520m. Both deals underline the recent growth in online advertising sales, which have finally materialised after years of unfulfilled promise, and have come at a time when traditional newspaper advertising revenues have been sluggish.
Slate is not going to be merged, submerged, bent, folded, spindled, or mutilated.
Washington Post Company Buys Slate Magazine: The sale completes Slate's transformation from an experiment in the new media in 1996 to a respected brand name in journalism.
Washington Post agrees Slate deal: The deal came less than a month after Dow Jones & Co, the publisher of The Wall Street Journal, acquired MarketWatch, an online financial news provider, for $520m. Both deals underline the recent growth in online advertising sales, which have finally materialised after years of unfulfilled promise, and have come at a time when traditional newspaper advertising revenues have been sluggish.
VITAMEDIAS
Iraqi Bloggers, In the News And Critiquing It: Omar Fadhil says the media are painting far too dark a portrait of Iraq. [...]
Fadhil, 24, is a dentist in Baghdad. He and his two brothers are doing more than just griping about the coverage; they are at the forefront of the first wave of Iraqi Internet bloggers, engaging in a form of expression that was impossible under Saddam Hussein.
Fadhil, 24, is a dentist in Baghdad. He and his two brothers are doing more than just griping about the coverage; they are at the forefront of the first wave of Iraqi Internet bloggers, engaging in a form of expression that was impossible under Saddam Hussein.
VITAMEDIAS
Usurpação de identidade ou transplante inócuo?
Agora que andamos a falar da ética com os blogues, copiar um comentário a um comentário num blogue e transpô-lo como sendo um comentário noutro blogue, sem que o autor original saiba ou tenha efectuado essa transfusão, é ou não legítimo?
(A questão foi suscitada por um caso que não é grave, a resposta é inócua e refere uma lei, nada mais. Nem sequer sei quem foi o responsável mas sei que não fui eu...)
Agora que andamos a falar da ética com os blogues, copiar um comentário a um comentário num blogue e transpô-lo como sendo um comentário noutro blogue, sem que o autor original saiba ou tenha efectuado essa transfusão, é ou não legítimo?
(A questão foi suscitada por um caso que não é grave, a resposta é inócua e refere uma lei, nada mais. Nem sequer sei quem foi o responsável mas sei que não fui eu...)
21 dezembro 2004
VITAMEDIAS
O Primeira Página nasce da vontade de estar mais atento ao jornalismo que fazemos hoje. Porque não há lugar para os novos jornalistas nas redacções dos jornais, porque as rádios nacionais insistem em não inovar, porque as nossas televisões não querem sangue novo, porque o mercado fechou as portas... e não abriu nenhuma janela.
Nas próximas páginas seguem-se as histórias de um jornalista e de um país onde o jornalismo existe... mas só porque sim.
Nas próximas páginas seguem-se as histórias de um jornalista e de um país onde o jornalismo existe... mas só porque sim.
VITAMEDIAS
Ainda nos plágios e por causa disto e do livro deles, eis as Condições da reprodução de textos do Afixe...
VITAMEDIAS
Com atraso mas ainda a tempo: Coincidências: "Na última edição de Novembro da revista Visão, verificou-se uma curiosa coincidência. Em vésperas do XVII Congresso do Partido Comunista Português e respondendo à pergunta ?Como explica que não haja nenhum blogue de referência feito por comunistas??, o dirigente comunista Ruben de Carvalho teceu as seguintes considerações (que transcrevemos na integra): ?Os blogues são um tema que me inquieta. Em primeiro lugar, por me parecer que resultam de uma postura individualista, socialmente estéril e a fomentam. Inquieta-me que a maioria dos blogues portugueses seja de direita. Receio também o tipo de escrita, a sua brevidade, pouco susceptível de elaboração e reflexão.? E sobre o assunto mais não disse." (via Praça da República em Beja)
VITAMEDIAS
Should Bush be person of the year?
A good piece of publicity for Time
Jake, Winchester, UK
'(Something) of the Year' time is here: Naming a Someone - or Something - of the Year has become the mode of choice for anyone hoping to leave an imprint on history as December ebbs away.
A good piece of publicity for Time
Jake, Winchester, UK
'(Something) of the Year' time is here: Naming a Someone - or Something - of the Year has become the mode of choice for anyone hoping to leave an imprint on history as December ebbs away.
VITAMEDIAS
Is this the bloggers' favourite blog? According to Intelliseek, a research company that tracks and analyses more than two million blogs, BoingBoing was cited nearly 24,000 times by other bloggers.
VITAMEDIAS
Media Person of the Year 2004: Jon Stewart - The "fake news" anchor is voted as the year's most influential figure in the media ? beating out Tom Brokaw, Bill O'Reilly, Dan Rather.
VITAMEDIAS
A deselegância ou o esquecimento ou a falta de (tele)visão do Abrupto ("O inadmissível corte da transmissão directa da conferência de imprensa pela RTP, antes de se saber qual era a solução do problema do défice? Serviço público.") sem referir que a SIC já antes o tinha feito (a SIC Notícias não transmitiu nada em directo) e depois a TVI e que a RTP foi a última a cortar a transmissão.
VITAMEDIAS
What Mainstream Journalists Can Learn From Bloggers: Bloggers and mainstream journalists likely won't end up as twins, but perhaps cordial cousins.
CULTURAS IN VITRO
A ver estes Viral Videos e, em particular, o Tetris Grandmaster: "It's almost unbelievable"...
ECOPOL
FBI E-Mail Refers to Presidential Order Authorizing Inhumane Interrogation Techniques: A document released for the first time today by the American Civil Liberties Union suggests that President Bush issued an Executive Order authorizing the use of inhumane interrogation methods against detainees in Iraq. Also released by the ACLU today are a slew of other records including a December 2003 FBI e-mail that characterizes methods used by the Defense Department as "torture" and a June 2004 "Urgent Report" to the Director of the FBI that raises concerns that abuse of detainees is being covered up.
20 dezembro 2004
VITAMEDIAS
Do "DN" para a Lusa: José Manuel Barroso vai ser nomeado amanhã, 21 de Dezembro, director da Lusa. O jornalista substituiu Fernando Lima na direcção do "Diário de Notícias" e assegurou interinamente o lugar até à nomeação da nova direcção.
VITAMEDIAS
E vão duas?...
Questões relacionadas e uma dúvida para o futuro:
1) O Público é o jornal mais escrutinado nos blogues?
2) Os jornalistas lêem e usam textos dos blogues mas não percebem que estão também sob vigilância dos mesmos? Porque será?
3) Dúvida suscitada por este caso mas sem qualquer presunção de semelhança: um "blogger" menos sério pode alterar um texto antigo no seu blogue e reclamar posteriormente que houve plágio de um outro blogue ou de um meio de comunicação social. O dano está feito sem que os visados possam defender-se. Há alguma solução (nomeadamente técnica) para isto sem recorrer às autoridades?
[ver, por exemplo, It's Mind-Blogging: I notice that some of my excellent editors, bless their hearts, are sensitive to and alarmed by material I want to reprint from the Internet. They get paid to be suspicious. Bloggers, you know, are not apt to be sued, so they can be as fractious as they like. Newspapers don't like getting sued.]
[a 21.12, o Público assume o erro.]
[a 22.12, nos comentários do Arqueoblogo e do Substrato, Rui Baptista esclarece que a jornalista viu "decretada a interrupção da sua ligação profissional ao jornal, que tinha começado apenas há um par de meses".]
Questões relacionadas e uma dúvida para o futuro:
1) O Público é o jornal mais escrutinado nos blogues?
2) Os jornalistas lêem e usam textos dos blogues mas não percebem que estão também sob vigilância dos mesmos? Porque será?
3) Dúvida suscitada por este caso mas sem qualquer presunção de semelhança: um "blogger" menos sério pode alterar um texto antigo no seu blogue e reclamar posteriormente que houve plágio de um outro blogue ou de um meio de comunicação social. O dano está feito sem que os visados possam defender-se. Há alguma solução (nomeadamente técnica) para isto sem recorrer às autoridades?
[ver, por exemplo, It's Mind-Blogging: I notice that some of my excellent editors, bless their hearts, are sensitive to and alarmed by material I want to reprint from the Internet. They get paid to be suspicious. Bloggers, you know, are not apt to be sued, so they can be as fractious as they like. Newspapers don't like getting sued.]
[a 21.12, o Público assume o erro.]
[a 22.12, nos comentários do Arqueoblogo e do Substrato, Rui Baptista esclarece que a jornalista viu "decretada a interrupção da sua ligação profissional ao jornal, que tinha começado apenas há um par de meses".]
VITAMEDIAS
Local site a top dog in Web logs: Time magazine named Twin Cities-based Power Line the "Blog of the Year," the first such award from the magazine
VITAMEDIAS
Your Blog or Mine?: Unconstrained by journalistic conventions, bloggers are blurring the lines between public events and ordinary social interactions and changing the way we date, work, teach and live. And as blogs continue to proliferate, citizens will have to develop new understandings about what parts of our lives are on and off the record. [...]
Now that everyone is at risk of blogging or being blogged, what recourse do we have against unscrupulous bloggers? [...] Like other journalists, bloggers can be sued for disclosing true details of someone else's private life, as long as the disclosures ''would be highly offensive to a reasonable person'' and ''not of legitimate concern to the public.'' [ver também Blog, Sex, and the Single Delta Employee]
The network is the blog: The self-organizing blogosphere offers a unique way to manage the information deluge
The blog network is made of people. We are the nodes, actively filtering and retransmitting knowledge. Clearly this architecture can help manage the glut of information. More subtly, it can also help ensure that no vital inputs are suppressed because nobody has to rely on a single source. If one of the feeds I monitor doesn?t react to some event in a given domain, another probably will. When they all react, I know it was an especially important event.
The resemblance of this model to the summing of activation potentials in a neural system is more than superficial. Nature knows best.
Understanding and Reading a Blog (for Newcomers): This article is for the readers of blogs, not the writers.
Now that everyone is at risk of blogging or being blogged, what recourse do we have against unscrupulous bloggers? [...] Like other journalists, bloggers can be sued for disclosing true details of someone else's private life, as long as the disclosures ''would be highly offensive to a reasonable person'' and ''not of legitimate concern to the public.'' [ver também Blog, Sex, and the Single Delta Employee]
The network is the blog: The self-organizing blogosphere offers a unique way to manage the information deluge
The blog network is made of people. We are the nodes, actively filtering and retransmitting knowledge. Clearly this architecture can help manage the glut of information. More subtly, it can also help ensure that no vital inputs are suppressed because nobody has to rely on a single source. If one of the feeds I monitor doesn?t react to some event in a given domain, another probably will. When they all react, I know it was an especially important event.
The resemblance of this model to the summing of activation potentials in a neural system is more than superficial. Nature knows best.
Understanding and Reading a Blog (for Newcomers): This article is for the readers of blogs, not the writers.
CONTAMINANTES
Revolution in architecture opens in Curitiba, Brazil: An unusual apartment building was inaugurated in Brazil, each of whose 11 storeys turns independently, giving lucky residents 360-degree views of the eco-friendly city of Curitiba.
VITAMEDIAS
When the journalism itself was the bad news: here - in no particular order - are 10 among (alas) many examples of especially bad journalism
VITAMEDIAS
Porque está errado sobre Portugal o relatório "Internet Under Surveillance 2004" dos Reporters sans frontières (e a transcrição de que dele faz Vanda Ferreira no Clube de Jornalistas)?
1) "Portugal [...] recusa-se a integrar na legislação nacional a directiva europeia de Julho de 2002 sobre segurança nacional"
Recusou-se até aprovar a Lei 41/2004, de 18 de Agosto...
2) "A directiva sobre o comércio electrónico de 8 de Junho de 2000 vai no mesmo sentido, mas também ainda não foi incorporada na Lei portuguesa"
Foi na Lei 5/2004, de 10 de Fevereiro...
1) "Portugal [...] recusa-se a integrar na legislação nacional a directiva europeia de Julho de 2002 sobre segurança nacional"
Recusou-se até aprovar a Lei 41/2004, de 18 de Agosto...
2) "A directiva sobre o comércio electrónico de 8 de Junho de 2000 vai no mesmo sentido, mas também ainda não foi incorporada na Lei portuguesa"
Foi na Lei 5/2004, de 10 de Fevereiro...
18 dezembro 2004
TECNOSFERA
The demise of indie bloggers? It sure seems a bit premature to start talking about the demise of independent bloggers, just as the majority of the world is still learning what blogs are, but Om Malik's post about the "end of the personal blogger" is worth pondering. [...]
Why is this significant? It's a sign of the beginning of the professionalization of blogging.
Why is this significant? It's a sign of the beginning of the professionalization of blogging.
VITAMEDIAS
O Expresso hoje: "Santana tem 'hospital' em S. Bento - 1º-ministro faz-se acompanhar 24 horas por dia por unidade de cuidados intensivos"
A Grande Loja do Queijo Limiano a 6 de Dezembro: "Será que a ambulância do INEM, que terá sido desmontada para que o seu conteúdo permitisse instalar uma espécie de mini-hospital de campanha, numa certa residência oficial de um certo hipocondríaco, já começou a ser reconstruída?"
A Grande Loja do Queijo Limiano a 6 de Dezembro: "Será que a ambulância do INEM, que terá sido desmontada para que o seu conteúdo permitisse instalar uma espécie de mini-hospital de campanha, numa certa residência oficial de um certo hipocondríaco, já começou a ser reconstruída?"
CULTURAS IN VITRO
Questions and Praise for Google Web Library: Google's plan - which many saw as the first step toward creating a global virtual library - has huge implications for information gathering and use, also raising concerns among those interviewed. [...]
How will research be improved for students already struggling with, among other things, how to authenticate Internet information? What new roles will librarians play in helping people parse a vast amount of more easily obtainable information? Will libraries have to cooperate to prevent redundancy in their collections?
How will research be improved for students already struggling with, among other things, how to authenticate Internet information? What new roles will librarians play in helping people parse a vast amount of more easily obtainable information? Will libraries have to cooperate to prevent redundancy in their collections?
VITAMEDIAS
Iraq war top searched story of 2004
Top News Stories of 2004:
1) The War in Iraq
2) Super Bowl XXXVIII
3) 2004 Olympics
4) Mars Rover
5) U.S. Election 2004
6) Tour de France
7) Federal Do Not Call List
8) Stem Cell Research
9) Hurricane Ivan
10) Mount Saint Helen's
Web's Most Wanted 2004: The Top 10 search terms of 2004, with last year's rank in parentheses.
1. Janet Jackson (-)
2. Paris Hilton (4)
3. Clay Aiken (24)
4. Britney Spears (2)
5. Nick Berg (-)
6. KaZaA (1)
7. Tattoos (-)
8. Pamela Anderson (9)
9. Michelle Vieth (-)
10. Poker (-)
Top News Stories of 2004:
1) The War in Iraq
2) Super Bowl XXXVIII
3) 2004 Olympics
4) Mars Rover
5) U.S. Election 2004
6) Tour de France
7) Federal Do Not Call List
8) Stem Cell Research
9) Hurricane Ivan
10) Mount Saint Helen's
Web's Most Wanted 2004: The Top 10 search terms of 2004, with last year's rank in parentheses.
1. Janet Jackson (-)
2. Paris Hilton (4)
3. Clay Aiken (24)
4. Britney Spears (2)
5. Nick Berg (-)
6. KaZaA (1)
7. Tattoos (-)
8. Pamela Anderson (9)
9. Michelle Vieth (-)
10. Poker (-)
VITAMEDIAS
Reporter covers Peterson verdict with live text messages: The judge didn't let video cameras in the courtroom for the Scott Peterson sentencing, though KCRA-TV aired a live audio stream of the verdict being read. But there are some things courtroom audio can't capture. Throughout the event, KCRA-TV's Edie Lambert sent text messages that the station aired live on TV in a scrolling text window
17 dezembro 2004
CONTAMINANTES
Rede de Blogs e Politicos: estudozinho da proximidade entre alguns blogs e políticos na web
TECNOSFERA
Barnabé, comentários, difamação, guerrilha: A propósito de difamação, surgiu hoje o primeiro caso de pedido de informação por parte de um tribunal relativamente a um conteúdo do weblog.com.pt. Não vou revelar nada por agora, quero só adiantar que o conteúdo em causa não é um comentário mas sim um artigo ou post. O autor apagou-o da base de dados -- o que revela inocência... Os arquivos ficam na mesma online, é necessário outro esforço para os retirar do domínio público.
Vem este episódio reforçar a necessidade de editarmos com consciência. Um insulto é um insulto, uma difamação é uma difamação e somos rsponsáveis pelo que dizemos e escrevemos.
Vem este episódio reforçar a necessidade de editarmos com consciência. Um insulto é um insulto, uma difamação é uma difamação e somos rsponsáveis pelo que dizemos e escrevemos.
VITAMEDIAS
What Are You Watching On Your Cell? Ready for mobile TV? In January, Fox will introduce one-minute "mobisodes," based on its hit show 24, for Vodafone cell-phone users in most of Europe. [...]
The mobisodes, tailored for small screens with more closeups and larger text, won't likely offset falling network ratings. But as folks spend more time away from home, TV execs are eager to lure eyeballs. It's Hollywood's first made-for-cell show, but Fox says deals with other carriers are coming.
The mobisodes, tailored for small screens with more closeups and larger text, won't likely offset falling network ratings. But as folks spend more time away from home, TV execs are eager to lure eyeballs. It's Hollywood's first made-for-cell show, but Fox says deals with other carriers are coming.
CULTURAS IN VITRO
Get Ready for the New ISBN! The new 13-digit ISBN has been approved and plans are underway to transition to the new number industry-wide, world-wide by January 1, 2007.
ISBN-13: New Number on the Block: the planned changes to the ISBN standard and its impact on the information community and the book trade.
ISBN Standard Revision: Major changes to be aware of...
ISBN-13: New Number on the Block: the planned changes to the ISBN standard and its impact on the information community and the book trade.
ISBN Standard Revision: Major changes to be aware of...
TECNOSFERA
Un spammeur identifié: Steve Ballmer: Steve Ballmer est le numéro deux de Microsoft, juste après Bill Gates. L'entreprise américaine est bien connue pour son opposition très forte au spam, ainsi que l'a montré son projet SenderID. Quelle surprise de constater alors que Ballmer a récemment été accusé d'avoir envoyé du spam. [...]
Mais ce qui lui est reproché est d'avoir envoyé ces messages à de nombreuses personnes de l'industrie informatique avec lesquelles il n'avait pas de contacts préalables, et sans qu'ils n'aient rien demandé. De plus, rien ne permettait aux destinataires des messages de s'opposer à tout envoi futur de messages émanant de Microsoft, alors que le Can-Spam Act - que Microsoft a âprement soutenu - exige que l'expéditeur de communications commerciales non sollicitées permette d'effectuer aisément une telle opposition.
[act.: FTC Issues Final Rule Defining What Constitutes a ?Commercial Electronic Mail Message?]
Mais ce qui lui est reproché est d'avoir envoyé ces messages à de nombreuses personnes de l'industrie informatique avec lesquelles il n'avait pas de contacts préalables, et sans qu'ils n'aient rien demandé. De plus, rien ne permettait aux destinataires des messages de s'opposer à tout envoi futur de messages émanant de Microsoft, alors que le Can-Spam Act - que Microsoft a âprement soutenu - exige que l'expéditeur de communications commerciales non sollicitées permette d'effectuer aisément une telle opposition.
[act.: FTC Issues Final Rule Defining What Constitutes a ?Commercial Electronic Mail Message?]
VITAMEDIAS
IFJ/EFJ Protest Over Global Pressure on Right to Protect Sources: A suspended jail term for a journalist in Portugal, a United States reporter placed under house arrest, and a new court battle facing a German investigative journalist provide growing evidence that the cardinal principle of journalism ? to protect sources of information is under threat worldwide, says the International Federation of Journalists.
VITAMEDIAS
Dos blogues:
I was fired for blogging: My name is Ellen Simonetti, but I am better known to Web surfers as the Queen of Sky. [a história na primeira pessoa]
Blogging begets books: Like many aspiring authors, Marrit Ingman had a tough time convincing publishers that her big book idea--a wry, downbeat memoir of postpartum depression--could sell. [...]
But Ingman had her own persuader: her Web log.
Blogging bootcamp kickstarts novices: The Big Blog Company is offering free training sessions for journalists who want to set up their own blogs.
I was fired for blogging: My name is Ellen Simonetti, but I am better known to Web surfers as the Queen of Sky. [a história na primeira pessoa]
Blogging begets books: Like many aspiring authors, Marrit Ingman had a tough time convincing publishers that her big book idea--a wry, downbeat memoir of postpartum depression--could sell. [...]
But Ingman had her own persuader: her Web log.
Blogging bootcamp kickstarts novices: The Big Blog Company is offering free training sessions for journalists who want to set up their own blogs.
TECNOSFERA
10,000 Firefox enthusiasts make history: Thousands of us rallied together in 10 short days to pull off the largest open source fundraising campaign in history. And today, we can see the result of our efforts [Mozilla Foundation places two-page advocacy ad in New York Times].
VITAMEDIAS
Prosseguindo esta conversa, José Mário Costa analisa os Olhos de jornalista e olhos de assessor: E como parte delas [erupções epidérmicas] até veio, espantosamente, de jornalistas que acham que isto do trânsito, como lhe chamava o saudoso Júlio Pinto, entre o quarto poder e o quarto do poder é uma rebaldaria criticável só nalguns casos, regressemos então ao básico da questão.
[H]á que ter a coragem necessária para declarar a tolerância zero para esta promiscuidade permanente entre o jornalismo e uma qualquer central de informação, seja ela governamental, da publicidade ou outra.
(O Clube de Jornalistas lançou uma votação e um fórum sobre o assunto.)
[act.: Assessores e jornalistas - doutrina consolidada]
[act.: a 18.12: Quarentenas: Desta feita, os comentadores bloguistas atiram-se a um jornalista por ele ter exercido a sua profissão. Reclamam quarentena para quem assessorou politicamente (ou tecnicamente) o Poder, período de nojo na profissão que detém e para a qual tem habilitação e carteira para fazer.
Como se as passagens pelo poder determinassem um defeso em relação ao exercício das profissões.
Qualquer dia teremos a exigência que os médicos não exerçam medicina, os advogados advocacia ou os informáticos informática, porque passaram por uma assessoria a um qualquer membro do Governo.
Não me parece nem coerente nem correcto.
Notas sobre o texto do Tugir:
Alguns jornalistas reclamam o período de nojo a políticos ou advogados após a passagem pelo poder, não percebo porque não o podem exigir à sua própria classe.
A profissão não é detida, é praticada.
Um médico que comete irregularidades segundo o seu código de conduta deve continuar a exercer só porque tem habilitações (e "carteira"), quando já devia ter sido proibido de exercer ao abrigo das normas éticas ou legais?
"Não me parece nem coerente nem correcto".]
[H]á que ter a coragem necessária para declarar a tolerância zero para esta promiscuidade permanente entre o jornalismo e uma qualquer central de informação, seja ela governamental, da publicidade ou outra.
(O Clube de Jornalistas lançou uma votação e um fórum sobre o assunto.)
[act.: Assessores e jornalistas - doutrina consolidada]
[act.: a 18.12: Quarentenas: Desta feita, os comentadores bloguistas atiram-se a um jornalista por ele ter exercido a sua profissão. Reclamam quarentena para quem assessorou politicamente (ou tecnicamente) o Poder, período de nojo na profissão que detém e para a qual tem habilitação e carteira para fazer.
Como se as passagens pelo poder determinassem um defeso em relação ao exercício das profissões.
Qualquer dia teremos a exigência que os médicos não exerçam medicina, os advogados advocacia ou os informáticos informática, porque passaram por uma assessoria a um qualquer membro do Governo.
Não me parece nem coerente nem correcto.
Notas sobre o texto do Tugir:
Alguns jornalistas reclamam o período de nojo a políticos ou advogados após a passagem pelo poder, não percebo porque não o podem exigir à sua própria classe.
A profissão não é detida, é praticada.
Um médico que comete irregularidades segundo o seu código de conduta deve continuar a exercer só porque tem habilitações (e "carteira"), quando já devia ter sido proibido de exercer ao abrigo das normas éticas ou legais?
"Não me parece nem coerente nem correcto".]
16 dezembro 2004
VITAMEDIAS
Media Wish List for 2005:
1. Google News should become a for-profit enterprise
2. Bloggers should break news
3. Dismantle the FCC
4. The end of Nielsen and comScore
5. Media should reassert its role as government watchdog"
1. Google News should become a for-profit enterprise
2. Bloggers should break news
3. Dismantle the FCC
4. The end of Nielsen and comScore
5. Media should reassert its role as government watchdog"
VITAMEDIAS
Bloggers could be the 2004 recipient of Time's annual honor, hints the newsmagazine's managing editor Jim Kelly:
IWM: Are bloggers leading contenders to be Persons of the Year?
Kelly: I would say that they are contenders, yes. You could name one blog and call it Blog of the Year, or name a group of people and call them Blogs of the Year. There are six or seven people who clearly have a lot of influence.
IWM: Are bloggers leading contenders to be Persons of the Year?
Kelly: I would say that they are contenders, yes. You could name one blog and call it Blog of the Year, or name a group of people and call them Blogs of the Year. There are six or seven people who clearly have a lot of influence.
VITAMEDIAS
Yahoo Launches Video Search Prototype, Debuts Debuts Media RSS Format: Enclosures in RSS are already being used to syndicate audio files (Podcasting) and images. Media RSS extends enclosures to handle other media types, such as short films or TV, in addition to providing additional metadata with the media. Media RSS enables content publishers and bloggers to broadly distribute descriptions of and links to multimedia content.
VITAMEDIAS
Ainda sobre o estudo referido no texto anterior, eis os países com menor e maior corrupção (por esta ordem) nos media:
Singapour (2.0)
Albanie (2.2)
Kosovo (2.3)
Malaisie (2.4)
Afghanistan (2.6)
Danemark (2.6)*
Indonésie (2.6)
Luxembourg (2.6)
Roumanie (2.6)
Georgie (2.7)
Inde (2.7)
Kenya (2.7)
Taiwan (2.7)
Afrique du Sud (2.8)
Autriche (2.8)
Bolivie (2.8)
Estonie (2.8)
Ghana (2.8)
Irlande (2.8)
Philippines (2.8)
Finlande (2.9)
Islande (2.9)
République Tchèque (2.9)
Bulgarie (3.0)
Equateur (3.0)
Hong Kong (3.0)
Moldavie (3.0)
Nigeria (3.0)
Pays Bas (3.0)*
Allemagne (3.1)
Bosnie et Herzégovine (3.1)
Croatie (3.1)
Israël (3.1)
Lettonie (3.1)
Suisse (3.1)
Canada (3.2)
Lituanie (3.2)
Norvège (3.2)
Portugal (3.2)
Cameroun (3.3)
Italie (3.3)
Japon (3.3)
Macédoine (ARY) (3.3)
Royaume-Uni (3.3)
Total échantillon (3.3)
Pologne (3.4)
Russie (3.4)
Ukraine (3.4)
Uruguay (3.4)
Argentine (3.5)
France (3.5)
Grèce (3.5)
Pakistan (3.5)
USA (Etats-Unis) (3.5)
Brésil (3.6)
Corée (Sud) (3.6)
Costa Rica (3.6)
Espagne (3.6)
Mexico (3.6)
Guatemala (3.7)
Turquie (3.8)
Venezuela (4.0)
Pérou (4.2)
* a Dinamarca e a Holanda colocaram os media como das instituições mais corruptas
Singapour (2.0)
Albanie (2.2)
Kosovo (2.3)
Malaisie (2.4)
Afghanistan (2.6)
Danemark (2.6)*
Indonésie (2.6)
Luxembourg (2.6)
Roumanie (2.6)
Georgie (2.7)
Inde (2.7)
Kenya (2.7)
Taiwan (2.7)
Afrique du Sud (2.8)
Autriche (2.8)
Bolivie (2.8)
Estonie (2.8)
Ghana (2.8)
Irlande (2.8)
Philippines (2.8)
Finlande (2.9)
Islande (2.9)
République Tchèque (2.9)
Bulgarie (3.0)
Equateur (3.0)
Hong Kong (3.0)
Moldavie (3.0)
Nigeria (3.0)
Pays Bas (3.0)*
Allemagne (3.1)
Bosnie et Herzégovine (3.1)
Croatie (3.1)
Israël (3.1)
Lettonie (3.1)
Suisse (3.1)
Canada (3.2)
Lituanie (3.2)
Norvège (3.2)
Portugal (3.2)
Cameroun (3.3)
Italie (3.3)
Japon (3.3)
Macédoine (ARY) (3.3)
Royaume-Uni (3.3)
Total échantillon (3.3)
Pologne (3.4)
Russie (3.4)
Ukraine (3.4)
Uruguay (3.4)
Argentine (3.5)
France (3.5)
Grèce (3.5)
Pakistan (3.5)
USA (Etats-Unis) (3.5)
Brésil (3.6)
Corée (Sud) (3.6)
Costa Rica (3.6)
Espagne (3.6)
Mexico (3.6)
Guatemala (3.7)
Turquie (3.8)
Venezuela (4.0)
Pérou (4.2)
* a Dinamarca e a Holanda colocaram os media como das instituições mais corruptas
ECOPOL
Les partis politiques constituent institution la plus corrompue du monde selon le Baromètre mondial de la corruption 2004 de Transparency International
Pensez-vous que les secteurs suivants soient touchés par la corruption dans ce pays et dans quelle proportion? (1: pas du tout corrompu, 5: très corrompu)
Portugal:
3.9 - partis Politiques
3.9 - Services des recettes fiscales
3.5 - Système/juridique/judiciaire
3.4 - Parlement/corps législatif
3.4 - Police
3.4 - Secteur des affaires/privé
3.3 - Services médicaux
3.2 - Médias
3.1 - ONG
3.0 - Système éducatif
2.9 - Services des douanes
2.9 - Services publics
2.8 - Structures religieuses
2.7 - Services enregistrement et permis
2.7 - Armée
La petite corruption ou corruption administrative n?est pas considérée comme un problème dans la plupart des pays industrialisés concernés par le sondage; elle est particulièrement ignorée dans les pays nordiques et à Singapour. Parmi les exceptions ? c?est-à-dire les pays où la petite corruption est considérée comme importante ? figurent la France, la Grèce, le Portugal et l?Espagne où la grande corruption atteint les mêmes proportions que dans les pays en développement. [...]
En Europe de l?Ouest, c?est en Allemagne, aux Pays Bas, en Norvège, au Portugal et en Suisse que le grand public estime que la corruption va se développer au cours des prochaines années.
(documento revelado pelo direitos)
Pensez-vous que les secteurs suivants soient touchés par la corruption dans ce pays et dans quelle proportion? (1: pas du tout corrompu, 5: très corrompu)
Portugal:
3.9 - partis Politiques
3.9 - Services des recettes fiscales
3.5 - Système/juridique/judiciaire
3.4 - Parlement/corps législatif
3.4 - Police
3.4 - Secteur des affaires/privé
3.3 - Services médicaux
3.2 - Médias
3.1 - ONG
3.0 - Système éducatif
2.9 - Services des douanes
2.9 - Services publics
2.8 - Structures religieuses
2.7 - Services enregistrement et permis
2.7 - Armée
La petite corruption ou corruption administrative n?est pas considérée comme un problème dans la plupart des pays industrialisés concernés par le sondage; elle est particulièrement ignorée dans les pays nordiques et à Singapour. Parmi les exceptions ? c?est-à-dire les pays où la petite corruption est considérée comme importante ? figurent la France, la Grèce, le Portugal et l?Espagne où la grande corruption atteint les mêmes proportions que dans les pays en développement. [...]
En Europe de l?Ouest, c?est en Allemagne, aux Pays Bas, en Norvège, au Portugal et en Suisse que le grand public estime que la corruption va se développer au cours des prochaines années.
(documento revelado pelo direitos)
VITAMEDIAS
Conversas do DN para o Público:
Parecer pedido pelo DN 'dado' ao Público: Depreende-se do exposto a perplexidade com que ontem deparei com o dito parecer nas páginas do Público, numa notícia de Catarina Gomes e que refere mesmo que o documento «foi suscitado por um questionário de uma jornalista do DN». [...]
Germano de Sousa admitiu que se «limitou» a ler o parecer à jornalista do Público - esta diz que o documento lhe foi enviado por fax pelo bastonário - e não soube explicar-me por que motivo faltou ao seu compromisso, acabando por assumir «a falta», e confessar «não ter pensado».
A jornalista do Público diz ter usado o documento «sem o menor dos problemas», tendo a decisão sido apoiada por dois editores do diário.
Serei só eu a achar tudo isto muito estranho?
Fernanda Câncio
Conversas do Público (com o DN) para o DN:
Esclarecimento [e] Esperteza saloia: Uma das regras da concorrência saudável na comunicação social é não fazer afirmações sobre o que se desconhece. Ao contrário do que fazem alguns órgãos de comunicação, que se arvoram em paladinos das regras não escritas da concorrência saudável, o "Diário de Notícias" não precisa de caluniar ninguém para se afirmar cumpridor do jornalismo de rigor. [...]
A informação com embargo, o qual foi respeitado escrupulosamente pelo DN, era referente a dados específicos sobre cada país, incluindo Portugal
João Morgado Fernandes Sub-director do "Diário de Notícias
A informação que o responsável do DN diz ter estado disponível na Internet no dia 7 já não está em linha, mas a directora executiva do Comité Português da UNICEF, Madalena Marçal Grilo, fez-nos chegar uma cópia mostrando que o texto anunciava a lançamento do relatório no dia 9 e continha meia dúzia de informações que nunca permitiriam encher três páginas de jornal, como o DN fez. Segundo a mesma responsável da UNICEF, muitos dos dados divulgados nessas páginas constavam do relatório sob embargo, facto para que a própria chamou a atenção da jornalista que fez a peça, como ontem nos esclareceu. [...]
Se fosse a primeira vez que o DN furava um embargo, não falaríamos de escrúpulos ou falta deles. Mas não era. Era - é - recorrente.
A Direcção Editorial [do Público]
Parecer pedido pelo DN 'dado' ao Público: Depreende-se do exposto a perplexidade com que ontem deparei com o dito parecer nas páginas do Público, numa notícia de Catarina Gomes e que refere mesmo que o documento «foi suscitado por um questionário de uma jornalista do DN». [...]
Germano de Sousa admitiu que se «limitou» a ler o parecer à jornalista do Público - esta diz que o documento lhe foi enviado por fax pelo bastonário - e não soube explicar-me por que motivo faltou ao seu compromisso, acabando por assumir «a falta», e confessar «não ter pensado».
A jornalista do Público diz ter usado o documento «sem o menor dos problemas», tendo a decisão sido apoiada por dois editores do diário.
Serei só eu a achar tudo isto muito estranho?
Fernanda Câncio
Conversas do Público (com o DN) para o DN:
Esclarecimento [e] Esperteza saloia: Uma das regras da concorrência saudável na comunicação social é não fazer afirmações sobre o que se desconhece. Ao contrário do que fazem alguns órgãos de comunicação, que se arvoram em paladinos das regras não escritas da concorrência saudável, o "Diário de Notícias" não precisa de caluniar ninguém para se afirmar cumpridor do jornalismo de rigor. [...]
A informação com embargo, o qual foi respeitado escrupulosamente pelo DN, era referente a dados específicos sobre cada país, incluindo Portugal
João Morgado Fernandes Sub-director do "Diário de Notícias
A informação que o responsável do DN diz ter estado disponível na Internet no dia 7 já não está em linha, mas a directora executiva do Comité Português da UNICEF, Madalena Marçal Grilo, fez-nos chegar uma cópia mostrando que o texto anunciava a lançamento do relatório no dia 9 e continha meia dúzia de informações que nunca permitiriam encher três páginas de jornal, como o DN fez. Segundo a mesma responsável da UNICEF, muitos dos dados divulgados nessas páginas constavam do relatório sob embargo, facto para que a própria chamou a atenção da jornalista que fez a peça, como ontem nos esclareceu. [...]
Se fosse a primeira vez que o DN furava um embargo, não falaríamos de escrúpulos ou falta deles. Mas não era. Era - é - recorrente.
A Direcção Editorial [do Público]
15 dezembro 2004
.DE!
Isto é que é a notícia?!?!? Man Allegedly Bites Dog As Punishment: "He said that biting the dog was good punishment and that's how you train them, that dogs bite so that's what they understand," Sgt. Keith Kameg said.
VITAMEDIAS
Por causa desta entrevista, o "jornalista" José Mário Costa, lembrou um Assessor escondido com o rabo de fora, coisa que Rui Baptista denunciou antes e a ela regressou, apimentado com uns comentários do assessor João Oliveira.
Como Pacheco Pereira falou do assunto, também Vital Moreira se lembrou de reclamar em "A entrevista de encomenda": "Imagine-se, por exemplo, que o dito jornalista estava obrigado a declarar em todos os seus trabalhos a sua anterior função de assessor governamental."
Imagine-se, digo eu, que Vital Moreira tinha de declarar todos os conflitos de interesse e as suas anteriores funções nos seus textos. Impraticável.
Sobre o mesmo assunto, a Grande Loja do Queijo Limiano revela que "os factos não interessam nada quando o que está em causa é o tiro ao alvo, questiúnculas pessoais ou apenas uma boa história" e atira-se ao "moralista" Bloguítica, defensor de que "devia haver bom senso. A eterna questão do ser e do parecer (que, aliás, já defendi em diversos casos e abrangendo outras classes profissionais)" - isto a propósito do texto "Assessores e jornalistas ? em defesa do David Dinis" onde João Pedro Henriques defende "David Dinis por uma razão simples: conheço-o. Conheço-o bem e conheço-o há uns anos valentes".
Eu não conheço o "dito jornalista" de lado nenhum. Não sei se fez ou faz fretes ou não. Concordo com o período de nojo, exista ou não imposição legal. Mas fico com uma dúvida: o co-autor da entrevista, Martim Avillez Figueiredo, não existe?
Como Pacheco Pereira falou do assunto, também Vital Moreira se lembrou de reclamar em "A entrevista de encomenda": "Imagine-se, por exemplo, que o dito jornalista estava obrigado a declarar em todos os seus trabalhos a sua anterior função de assessor governamental."
Imagine-se, digo eu, que Vital Moreira tinha de declarar todos os conflitos de interesse e as suas anteriores funções nos seus textos. Impraticável.
Sobre o mesmo assunto, a Grande Loja do Queijo Limiano revela que "os factos não interessam nada quando o que está em causa é o tiro ao alvo, questiúnculas pessoais ou apenas uma boa história" e atira-se ao "moralista" Bloguítica, defensor de que "devia haver bom senso. A eterna questão do ser e do parecer (que, aliás, já defendi em diversos casos e abrangendo outras classes profissionais)" - isto a propósito do texto "Assessores e jornalistas ? em defesa do David Dinis" onde João Pedro Henriques defende "David Dinis por uma razão simples: conheço-o. Conheço-o bem e conheço-o há uns anos valentes".
Eu não conheço o "dito jornalista" de lado nenhum. Não sei se fez ou faz fretes ou não. Concordo com o período de nojo, exista ou não imposição legal. Mas fico com uma dúvida: o co-autor da entrevista, Martim Avillez Figueiredo, não existe?
TECNOSFERA
Based on 366,187 votes cast in all categories over 10 days in early December 2004, here are the winners of the 2004 Weblog Awards.
And, to cut a long story short, I?m no longer happy to be affiliated with the awards nor the sponsor (WizBang), as I find their politics objectionable and suspect that the awards are quite probably little more than a marketing device.
And, to cut a long story short, I?m no longer happy to be affiliated with the awards nor the sponsor (WizBang), as I find their politics objectionable and suspect that the awards are quite probably little more than a marketing device.
14 dezembro 2004
VITAMEDIAS
2004 Online Media Industry Year-in-Review: four key developments that shaped the online content business during the past year:
- Web Content Crowned King By Consumers Worldwide
- Broadband Booms, Breeds Online Fun
- Rich Media Sparks Content, Advertising Revolution
- Online Advertising Gains Mainstream Momentum
- Web Content Crowned King By Consumers Worldwide
- Broadband Booms, Breeds Online Fun
- Rich Media Sparks Content, Advertising Revolution
- Online Advertising Gains Mainstream Momentum
VITAMEDIAS
O que é isto? Texto de "blogger" num diário ou coluna de opinião num blogue?!?!? Ou "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"?...
O espectro do colunismo: Os colunistas são mais que muitos. Mas poucos valem realmente a pena. [...]
Na nossa imprensa, quase não existem colunistas independentes. [...]
[O]s grandes colunistas são sempre polémicos. Destemidos, frontais, mesmo agressivos. [...]
Um colunista é necessariamente um provocador porque uma opinião é necessariamente uma provocação. Um texto na primeira pessoa incomoda sempre os idiotas da objectividade. [...]
A crescente importância que o colunismo assume na imprensa portuguesa é um fenómeno a seguir com interesse. Nomeadamente por causa da inevitável mudança geracional. Existem condições para que não mais se reincida nas mesmas pessoas, na mesma temática, na mesma linguagem. É necessário que jornais e revistas se modernizem, se dinamizem, que funcionem como espelho de uma sociedade mais diversa, mais cosmopolita, mais atomizada e mesmo mais confusa. Com o advento dos blogues, encontramos muitos opinadores desconhecidos, mas informados, independentes e frontais. Alguns têm sido cooptados pela imprensa. É um passo no sentido da redefinição do colunismo. No modo de recrutamento e no modo de escrita. Não sabemos ainda se os blogues duram, ou se são a moda do semestre. Uma coisa é certa encontramos cada vez mais vozes diferentes. A médio prazo saberemos se os novos colunistas modificam o colunismo. E se têm a tal «coluna vertebral». Essa que incomoda sempre os que gostam muito da liberdade mas que não gostam nada de homens livres.
O espectro do colunismo: Os colunistas são mais que muitos. Mas poucos valem realmente a pena. [...]
Na nossa imprensa, quase não existem colunistas independentes. [...]
[O]s grandes colunistas são sempre polémicos. Destemidos, frontais, mesmo agressivos. [...]
Um colunista é necessariamente um provocador porque uma opinião é necessariamente uma provocação. Um texto na primeira pessoa incomoda sempre os idiotas da objectividade. [...]
A crescente importância que o colunismo assume na imprensa portuguesa é um fenómeno a seguir com interesse. Nomeadamente por causa da inevitável mudança geracional. Existem condições para que não mais se reincida nas mesmas pessoas, na mesma temática, na mesma linguagem. É necessário que jornais e revistas se modernizem, se dinamizem, que funcionem como espelho de uma sociedade mais diversa, mais cosmopolita, mais atomizada e mesmo mais confusa. Com o advento dos blogues, encontramos muitos opinadores desconhecidos, mas informados, independentes e frontais. Alguns têm sido cooptados pela imprensa. É um passo no sentido da redefinição do colunismo. No modo de recrutamento e no modo de escrita. Não sabemos ainda se os blogues duram, ou se são a moda do semestre. Uma coisa é certa encontramos cada vez mais vozes diferentes. A médio prazo saberemos se os novos colunistas modificam o colunismo. E se têm a tal «coluna vertebral». Essa que incomoda sempre os que gostam muito da liberdade mas que não gostam nada de homens livres.
CONTAMINANTES
Acknowledgements hit the limelight: Computer analysis recognizes the most thanked people in science.
Who is Olivier Danvy? He is the most thanked person in computer science, according to an automated analysis of almost half-a-million acknowledgements in science papers.
The technique, which relies on text-mining software, offers a new way to investigate the influence of individuals, research agencies and companies within different areas of science. [...]
Lee Giles, a computer scientist at Pennsylvania State University in University Park, Philadelphia, and his colleagues have now developed software that automatically extracts information on who is thanking who from science papers. They used it to analyse 335,000 papers within the lab's CiteSeer archive of computer-science papers to produce rankings of the most thanked funding agencies and individuals in computer science.
Who is Olivier Danvy? He is the most thanked person in computer science, according to an automated analysis of almost half-a-million acknowledgements in science papers.
The technique, which relies on text-mining software, offers a new way to investigate the influence of individuals, research agencies and companies within different areas of science. [...]
Lee Giles, a computer scientist at Pennsylvania State University in University Park, Philadelphia, and his colleagues have now developed software that automatically extracts information on who is thanking who from science papers. They used it to analyse 335,000 papers within the lab's CiteSeer archive of computer-science papers to produce rankings of the most thanked funding agencies and individuals in computer science.
CULTURAS IN VITRO
France shows off tallest bridge: The Millau bridge over the River Tarn in the Massif Central mountains is more than 300m (984ft) high - taller even than the country's Eiffel Tower. [...]
"The architect, Norman Foster, gave us a model of art."
TECNOSFERA
Cosmopoliteness in the Internet Age: The concept of cosmopoliteness previously has been associated with the diffusion of innovations. Previous research suggests that cosmopolites are earlier adopters of innovations (e.g., new media technologies) and that they use more diverse media sources. This paper details the history of the concept and identifies eight dimensions. Two surveys were employed to investigate the relationship between the concept of cosmopoliteness and new media technology usage. The results indicate that most Internet use behaviors are positively associated with cosmopoliteness. However, this pattern was not found for other media applications such as e-mail and watching DVDs.
13 dezembro 2004
VITAMEDIAS
The Alpha Bloggers: Meet the highly evolved community of 'A-listers' with growing influence over the tech agenda. They show how radically power can shift in the age of the Internet.
What's Next for Dan Gillmor? Dan Gillmor's announcement that he will leave the San Jose Mercury News next month in order to start a citizen-journalism venture has left many insiders scratching their heads. Why is the much respected tech writer leaving what he described as "greatest gig in the world" for the perilous journey of developing an entrepreneurial idea in citizen-journalism? (via Ponto Media)
Another local citizen journalism site in the works: "Our vision is to create sites that offer extremely local coverage, written almost entirely by the readers, using blogs, wikis, and other formats to allow people to share community news and information with their neighbors in a friendly, ad-supported environment distributed via the Web, RSS, and other online media."
The potential for WikiNews: Collaborative news by all
Start a Winning Blog
how online journalism is transforming politics
What's Next for Dan Gillmor? Dan Gillmor's announcement that he will leave the San Jose Mercury News next month in order to start a citizen-journalism venture has left many insiders scratching their heads. Why is the much respected tech writer leaving what he described as "greatest gig in the world" for the perilous journey of developing an entrepreneurial idea in citizen-journalism? (via Ponto Media)
Another local citizen journalism site in the works: "Our vision is to create sites that offer extremely local coverage, written almost entirely by the readers, using blogs, wikis, and other formats to allow people to share community news and information with their neighbors in a friendly, ad-supported environment distributed via the Web, RSS, and other online media."
The potential for WikiNews: Collaborative news by all
Start a Winning Blog
how online journalism is transforming politics
VITAMEDIAS
Manso Preto condenado por defender sigilo profissional a 11 meses de prisão com pena suspensa durante três anos por se recusar a revelar as suas fontes de informação
Reporter Gets House Arrest For Not Revealing Source: A television reporter in Rhode Island was sentenced to six months of house arrest Thursday for refusing to reveal who leaked him an FBI videotape of a politician taking a bribe.
Reporter Gets House Arrest For Not Revealing Source: A television reporter in Rhode Island was sentenced to six months of house arrest Thursday for refusing to reveal who leaked him an FBI videotape of a politician taking a bribe.
VITAMEDIAS
The End of TV as We Know It: TV over Internet protocol - IPTV - will transform couch-cruising into an on-demand experience. For the Internet, it will mean broadband at speeds 10, 100, or even 1,000 times faster than today's DSL or cable. Online games would be startlingly realistic; the idea of channels would seem hopelessly archaic. Why not indeed?
So far, the answer has been inertia. But competition is a powerful stimulus.
So far, the answer has been inertia. But competition is a powerful stimulus.
VITAMEDIAS
Google Magazine Search? Google may have found a way to make money from its still-in-beta News service without alienating publishers, as indicated by a patent application on file with the USPTO.
[T]he application illuminates possible plans by the Mountain View, Calif.-based search leader to enable search of printed material, offer pay-per-view documents, scanned documents with clickable ads and even the ability for print publishers to swap out ads in digital copies of their printed pages.
There are two key elements of the patent: a method for executing a permission protocol so that the publisher could authorize Google to display more text from the relevant publication; and storing scanned versions of printed documents along with data sets representing the ads that went with them.
[T]he application illuminates possible plans by the Mountain View, Calif.-based search leader to enable search of printed material, offer pay-per-view documents, scanned documents with clickable ads and even the ability for print publishers to swap out ads in digital copies of their printed pages.
There are two key elements of the patent: a method for executing a permission protocol so that the publisher could authorize Google to display more text from the relevant publication; and storing scanned versions of printed documents along with data sets representing the ads that went with them.
VITAMEDIAS
2004 Deadliest Year for Reporters in Decade, due largely to the violence in Iraq and to slayings in the Philippines, a leading media group said in a report released on Friday.
Research showed that 54 journalists were killed in the line of work in 2004 so far, said the Committee to Protect Journalists.
The IFJ has recorded 120 deaths so far this year
Research showed that 54 journalists were killed in the line of work in 2004 so far, said the Committee to Protect Journalists.
The IFJ has recorded 120 deaths so far this year
TECNOSFERA
LinkRanks are a measure of how many pages link to each particular site, with more weight given to fresher links and to links from a wider variety of pages.
QuackTrack: 350,000 mappings of 105,000 blogs in a thousand categories
QuackTrack: 350,000 mappings of 105,000 blogs in a thousand categories
CONTAMINANTES
É hoje: The best meteor shower of 2004 peaks on Dec. 13th: It's the Geminids. The best time to look is Monday night, Dec. 13th. Sky watchers who stay outside for a few hours around midnight can expect to see dozens to hundreds of "shooting stars."
.DE!
Robbers scared off by Playstation game get jail time: Back in March, Sandy Wilson was taking care of her three grandsons when a group of men attempted to burglarize her home, pointing a gun at the kids.
The children happened to be playing a video game called Grand Theft Auto at the time. The game has dozens of random police scanner messages, which blare out calls such as "This is the police! You?re surrounded!" Believe it or not, Wilson says the burglars heard that message and thought police were outside the door waiting for them.
The children happened to be playing a video game called Grand Theft Auto at the time. The game has dozens of random police scanner messages, which blare out calls such as "This is the police! You?re surrounded!" Believe it or not, Wilson says the burglars heard that message and thought police were outside the door waiting for them.
VITAMEDIAS
Bloggers could claim same legal protections as journalists: Judges raised concerns about whether bloggers could claim the same legal protection as journalists today while hearing a case about whether two reporters could go to jail for refusing to divulge their sources.
VITAMEDIAS
A procura de conteúdos na Web ultrapassou a comunicação, segundo o Internet Activity Index.
Top News Sites of 2004 (as the first source for news items at Google News):
1 The New York Times
2 Reuters
3 The Washington Post
4 ABC News
5 Xinhua, China
6 The Christian Science Monitor
7 Voice of America
8 CNN
9 Bloomberg
10 San Francisco Chronicle, CA
11 Guardian Unlimited, UK
12 International Herald Tribune, France
Top News Sites of 2004 (as the first source for news items at Google News):
1 The New York Times
2 Reuters
3 The Washington Post
4 ABC News
5 Xinhua, China
6 The Christian Science Monitor
7 Voice of America
8 CNN
9 Bloomberg
10 San Francisco Chronicle, CA
11 Guardian Unlimited, UK
12 International Herald Tribune, France
10 dezembro 2004
09 dezembro 2004
CONTAMINANTES
No cerne da chamada divulgação científica em Portugal, este texto do Conta Natura: A falar para as paredes? (via Blogue de Esquerda)
VITAMEDIAS
Journalists need a get-out-of-jail-free card: Who can blame federal prosecutors for trying to convert journalists into their personal snitches? For the prosecutors, demanding that journalists burn their confidential sources is invariably a winning proposition.
It doesn?t work out that well for journalists ? or the public. [...]
If reporters give up their sources, or agree to cooperate in any way short of that, they may provide information that will serve as the basis for new subpoenas and demands.
If reporters refuse to give up their sources or to cooperate, the resulting legal battle sidelines reporters covering the cases and saddles their employers with huge costs in time and resources. In the end, they may pay heavy fines and wind up in jail anyway.
Under these circumstances, why would journalists go to such lengths to protect their sources? It?s not all that complicated. Journalists see it as their constitutional duty to provide an other-than-government source of information about matters of public import. [...]
So the question becomes: Why would prosecutors go after journalists when they have at their disposal a large force of investigators armed with badges and guns and an arsenal of legal powers such as subpoenas, warrants, wiretaps and computer tracking technology? [...]
How many journalists have to go to jail before prosecutors, judges and American citizens recognize that public justice and an independent press are not mutually exclusive?
It doesn?t work out that well for journalists ? or the public. [...]
If reporters give up their sources, or agree to cooperate in any way short of that, they may provide information that will serve as the basis for new subpoenas and demands.
If reporters refuse to give up their sources or to cooperate, the resulting legal battle sidelines reporters covering the cases and saddles their employers with huge costs in time and resources. In the end, they may pay heavy fines and wind up in jail anyway.
Under these circumstances, why would journalists go to such lengths to protect their sources? It?s not all that complicated. Journalists see it as their constitutional duty to provide an other-than-government source of information about matters of public import. [...]
So the question becomes: Why would prosecutors go after journalists when they have at their disposal a large force of investigators armed with badges and guns and an arsenal of legal powers such as subpoenas, warrants, wiretaps and computer tracking technology? [...]
How many journalists have to go to jail before prosecutors, judges and American citizens recognize that public justice and an independent press are not mutually exclusive?
VITAMEDIAS
Atenção ao balanço do ano da blogosfera repetido este ano pelo Memória Virtual. Um trabalho meritório.
.DE!
Ritz coup trio keep £1.3m: Gamblers who "won" £1.3million on the Ritz hotel's roulette wheel with the help of hi-tech computer gadgetry have escaped prosecution. [...]
Casino managers became suspicious after the trio won £1.3 million over two days in March. On the first night they won £100,000. They returned the next night to win a further £1.2 million, which they quickly cashed. After declining offers of free caviar and champagne, they departed soon afterwards.
How they did it: A laser scanner concealed within a mobile phone and pointed at the roulette wheel measures the speed of the ball as the croupier releases it and where it first lands on the wheel from the croupier's hand.
Did technology help beat the house?: because the alleged device would not have interfered with the ball or roulette wheel, it would not technically be illegal.
Casino managers became suspicious after the trio won £1.3 million over two days in March. On the first night they won £100,000. They returned the next night to win a further £1.2 million, which they quickly cashed. After declining offers of free caviar and champagne, they departed soon afterwards.
How they did it: A laser scanner concealed within a mobile phone and pointed at the roulette wheel measures the speed of the ball as the croupier releases it and where it first lands on the wheel from the croupier's hand.
Did technology help beat the house?: because the alleged device would not have interfered with the ball or roulette wheel, it would not technically be illegal.
TECNOSFERA
RSS: Show Me the Money: Lately there has been a lot of discussion on the net about how to make money off RSS, which, depending on whom you ask, stands for Really Simple Syndication or Rich Site Summary, but which many publishers and bloggers hope will turn into a Really Sweet (revenue) Stream.
(ler também:
RSS Traffic like a DDos Attack...: This is the beginning of a big problem, expecially for the future and for sites with lots of accesses...
RSS Feeds Can Build Web Traffic, but Fence Sitters Note Problems: Industry decision makers still have concerns about public acceptance of a technology with no standardization or brand identity. They also worry about losing ad visibility on their own index pages.
RSScache.com: solution to all your RSS bandwidth over usage.)
(ler também:
RSS Traffic like a DDos Attack...: This is the beginning of a big problem, expecially for the future and for sites with lots of accesses...
RSS Feeds Can Build Web Traffic, but Fence Sitters Note Problems: Industry decision makers still have concerns about public acceptance of a technology with no standardization or brand identity. They also worry about losing ad visibility on their own index pages.
RSScache.com: solution to all your RSS bandwidth over usage.)
TECNOSFERA
Telecom Tests Online Aromatherapy Service: A new service being tested by Tokyo-based NTT Communications Corp. sends out smells according to data received over the Internet.
Users attach a device to their laptops that resembles a crystal ball with a nozzle. The device receives aroma data from the central server and exudes fumes from the nozzle in accordance with that reading.
NTT is considering the system as a commercial product for aromatherapy, testing incense or just plain fun.
Users attach a device to their laptops that resembles a crystal ball with a nozzle. The device receives aroma data from the central server and exudes fumes from the nozzle in accordance with that reading.
NTT is considering the system as a commercial product for aromatherapy, testing incense or just plain fun.
CULTURAS IN VITRO
Backmask Online: Backmasking is the art of hiding messages in audio by dubbing backwards messages into a recording.
CULTURAS IN VITRO
Libraries Reach Out, Online: The newest books in the New York Public Library don't take up any shelf space.
They are electronic books - 3,000 titles' worth - and the library's 1.8 million cardholders can point and click through the collection at www .nypl.org, choosing from among best sellers, nonfiction, romance novels and self-help guides. Patrons borrow them for set periods, downloading them for reading on a computer, a hand-held organizer or other device using free reader software. When they are due, the files are automatically locked out - no matter what hardware they are on - and returned to circulation, eliminating late fees.
They are electronic books - 3,000 titles' worth - and the library's 1.8 million cardholders can point and click through the collection at www .nypl.org, choosing from among best sellers, nonfiction, romance novels and self-help guides. Patrons borrow them for set periods, downloading them for reading on a computer, a hand-held organizer or other device using free reader software. When they are due, the files are automatically locked out - no matter what hardware they are on - and returned to circulation, eliminating late fees.
ECOPOL
Who poisoned Yushchenko? Medical experts have confirmed that Viktor Yushchenko, Ukraine?s opposition leader, was poisoned in an attempt on his life during election campaigning, the doctor who supervised his treatment at an Austrian clinic said yesterday.
Doctors at Vienna?s exclusive Rudolfinerhaus clinic are within days of identifying the substance that left Mr Yushchenko?s face disfigured with cysts and lesions, Nikolai Korpan told The Times in a telephone interview.
Specialists in Britain, the United States and France had helped to establish that it was a biological agent, a chemical agent or, most likely, a rare poison that struck him down in the run-up to the presidential election, he said
Doctors at Vienna?s exclusive Rudolfinerhaus clinic are within days of identifying the substance that left Mr Yushchenko?s face disfigured with cysts and lesions, Nikolai Korpan told The Times in a telephone interview.
Specialists in Britain, the United States and France had helped to establish that it was a biological agent, a chemical agent or, most likely, a rare poison that struck him down in the run-up to the presidential election, he said
CONTAMINANTES
Mind Hacks: Neuroscience and psychology tricks to find out what's going on inside your brain.
08 dezembro 2004
VITAMEDIAS
Business without frontiers: Europe?s new broadcasting landscape: The ?leitmotiv? is to create added-value at European level and not to seek to do what can better be done at national level.
VITAMEDIAS
Dos blogues:
O Outro Debate Público: Os Blogues Políticos [e o "jornalismo de rebanho"]
Flog on a blog: The next ad frontier: Weblogs a new way to reach consumers
On her personal blog -- "The Life & Times of Sooz" -- Susan Kaup writes regularly about her friends, her Internet radio station and Boston's indie rock scene.
She also writes about Marqui Inc., a small Vancouver content management company that is paying a select group of 17 bloggers $800 (U.S.) a month to write about the company on their weblogs.
Business Weblogs Are Double-Edged: Some organizations have a culture that allows for blogging to take place with minimal disruption, and blogging can actually enhance their conversations with the outside world. While not all businesses fall into this category, they all must deal with weblogs, even if they don't have corporate blogs of their own. The things you need to consider fall into three areas.
1. Know what's being said about your company on other people's weblogs. [...]
2. Go slowly when creating official corporate blogs. [...]
3. Establish guidelines for workers who identify themselves as company employees while doing personal blogging.
Spitzer announces run through media, blog: Eliot Spitzer, who took an untraditional approach to his role as New York's attorney general, took a similar route in announcing his gubernatorial bid.
Spitzer made his official announcement at 11 a.m. Tuesday through a "blog" entry on his campaign Web site, www.spitzer2006.com.
The Blogosphere By the Numbers: The size of the blogosphere has doubled every five months over the last year and a half, according to blog analysis firm Technorati. [obrigado, Carlos]
O Outro Debate Público: Os Blogues Políticos [e o "jornalismo de rebanho"]
Flog on a blog: The next ad frontier: Weblogs a new way to reach consumers
On her personal blog -- "The Life & Times of Sooz" -- Susan Kaup writes regularly about her friends, her Internet radio station and Boston's indie rock scene.
She also writes about Marqui Inc., a small Vancouver content management company that is paying a select group of 17 bloggers $800 (U.S.) a month to write about the company on their weblogs.
Business Weblogs Are Double-Edged: Some organizations have a culture that allows for blogging to take place with minimal disruption, and blogging can actually enhance their conversations with the outside world. While not all businesses fall into this category, they all must deal with weblogs, even if they don't have corporate blogs of their own. The things you need to consider fall into three areas.
1. Know what's being said about your company on other people's weblogs. [...]
2. Go slowly when creating official corporate blogs. [...]
3. Establish guidelines for workers who identify themselves as company employees while doing personal blogging.
Spitzer announces run through media, blog: Eliot Spitzer, who took an untraditional approach to his role as New York's attorney general, took a similar route in announcing his gubernatorial bid.
Spitzer made his official announcement at 11 a.m. Tuesday through a "blog" entry on his campaign Web site, www.spitzer2006.com.
The Blogosphere By the Numbers: The size of the blogosphere has doubled every five months over the last year and a half, according to blog analysis firm Technorati. [obrigado, Carlos]
VITAMEDIAS
Um novo "jornalismo": Advocacy Groups Blur Media Lines: The Madison County Record, an Illinois weekly newspaper launched in September that bills itself as the county's legal journal, reports on one subject: the state courts in southern Illinois. A recent front page carried an assortment of stories about lawsuits against businesses. In one, a woman sought $15,000 in damages for breaking her nose at a haunted house. In another, a woman sued a restaurant for $50,000 after she hurt her teeth on a chicken breast.
Nowhere was it reported that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce created the Record as a weapon in its multimillion-dollar campaign against lawyers who file those kinds of suits. [...]
The chamber is one of a growing number of advocacy groups that blur the distinction between legitimate media and propaganda to promote their causes.
Nowhere was it reported that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce created the Record as a weapon in its multimillion-dollar campaign against lawyers who file those kinds of suits. [...]
The chamber is one of a growing number of advocacy groups that blur the distinction between legitimate media and propaganda to promote their causes.
TECNOSFERA
Sale of I.B.M. PC Unit Is a Bridge Between Companies and Cultures: The transaction - The Times reported late last week that I.B.M. had put its PC business up for sale - points to the rising global aspirations of corporate China as it strives to become a trusted supplier to Western companies and consumers. The sale also signals a recognition by I.B.M., the prototypical American multinational, that its own future lies even farther up the economic ladder, in technology services and consulting, in software and in the larger computers that power corporate networks and the Internet. All are businesses far more profitable for I.B.M. than its personal computer unit.
VITAMEDIAS
Ten troublesome trends in TV health news: A 2002 Gallup poll showed that many Americans consider television their most important source of news and information on health. It also showed that television is one of the least trusted sources of such news and information. I studied each of the 840 health news stories that appeared between February and May 2003 on four television stations (KARE, KSTP, KMSP, WCCO) in Minneapolis-St Paul, Minnesota, where I live. As I watched hours of health news coverage, 10 troublesome trends scrolled across the screen:
Too brief to matter
No full time health journalists
No data to back up sensational claims
Hyperbole
Commercialism
Single source stories
Baseless predictions from basic science
FDA approval treated as a fait accompli
Little coverage of health policy
No time for enterprise
Too brief to matter
No full time health journalists
No data to back up sensational claims
Hyperbole
Commercialism
Single source stories
Baseless predictions from basic science
FDA approval treated as a fait accompli
Little coverage of health policy
No time for enterprise
VITAMEDIAS
Activists Dominate Content Complaints: The number of indecency complaints had soared dramatically to more than 240,000 in the previous year, [Federal Communications Commission chairman Michael] Powell said. The figure was up from roughly 14,000 in 2002, and from fewer than 350 in each of the two previous years. There was, Powell said, "a dramatic rise in public concern and outrage about what is being broadcast into their homes."
What Powell did not reveal?apparently because he was unaware?was the source of the complaints. According to a new FCC estimate obtained by Mediaweek, nearly all indecency complaints in 2003 - 99.8 percent - were filed by the Parents Television Council, an activist group.
This year, the trend has continued, and perhaps intensified.
Through early October, 99.9 percent of indecency complaints - aside from those concerning the Janet Jackson "wardrobe malfunction" during the Super Bowl halftime show broadcast on CBS - were brought by the PTC, according to the FCC analysis dated Oct. 1.
What Powell did not reveal?apparently because he was unaware?was the source of the complaints. According to a new FCC estimate obtained by Mediaweek, nearly all indecency complaints in 2003 - 99.8 percent - were filed by the Parents Television Council, an activist group.
This year, the trend has continued, and perhaps intensified.
Through early October, 99.9 percent of indecency complaints - aside from those concerning the Janet Jackson "wardrobe malfunction" during the Super Bowl halftime show broadcast on CBS - were brought by the PTC, according to the FCC analysis dated Oct. 1.
TECNOSFERA
Contrarian finding: Computers are a drag on learning: From a sample of 175,000 15-year-old students in 31 countries, researchers at the University of Munich announced in November that performance in math and reading had suffered significantly among students who have more than one computer at home. And while students seemed to benefit from limited use of computers at school, those who used them several times per week at school saw their academic performance decline significantly as well.
[T]he German study stands out on account of two features: its unusually broad, international sample and its bid to isolate computers as a performance-shaping factor.
[T]he German study stands out on account of two features: its unusually broad, international sample and its bid to isolate computers as a performance-shaping factor.
ZITE
Ten Years of My Life: During the upcoming ten years, from the time I turn 31 until I turn 41, I expect I'll be witnessing a great deal of major changes and would love to have a way to remember them.
07 dezembro 2004
CONTAMINANTES
Isto é ético? Maria da Graça Carvalho também foi agraciada pelo Ministério que dirige: A ministra Maria da Graça Carvalho faz parte do grupo de 73 cientistas distinguidos pela publicação de mais de cem artigos científicos no âmbito do prgrama «Estímulo à Excelência» anunciado pelo Ministério que é agora o da Ciência, Inovação e Ensino Superior (MCIES). Fernando Ramôa Ribeiro, presidente da Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT) também recebeu o prémio. [mas não consta da lista oficial divulgada pelo ministério]
Cinco mil euros em dois anos é o pémio atribuído pelo Ministério a quem tiver publicado mais de cem artigos científicos. No limite, cada artigo corresponde a 50 euros. O valor do prémio destina-se a apoiar actividades de investigação e de divulgação científica nas unidades onde trabalham os contemplados.
[actualização a partir dos comentários:
1) Lúcia Cavaleiro demonstra profissionalismo pela rapidez na resposta a um blogue, como realçou jpmeneses. Parabéns. Mas fico com uma dúvida sobre a sua assinatura "Assessora de Imprensa do Gabinete do Secretário de Estado da Ciência e Inovação": não é suposto só existirem assessores de imprensa nos gabinetes de ministro ou os secretários de Estado também já os podem ter?
2) sobre os factos respondidos, tenho outra dúvida: se, como diz, a ministra "faz parte do grupo de investigadores que cumprem os requisitos mínimos exigidos para a atribuição do Prémio" e "tê-lo-ía recebido se a ele se tivesse candidatado, o que não aconteceu", como e porquê surgiu o seu nome na lista? Não se candidatou ou retirou agora a sua candidatura?
3) Aliás, não se percebe esse recuo quando se mantém o nome de Ramôa Ribeiro, actual presidente da FCT. Ambos foram investigadores - não é o seu mérito científico que está em causa - mas ocupam agora cargos políticos. A questão mantém-se: é ético premiar investigadores que ocupam agora esse tipo de cargos? E se não há problemas éticos, porque foi retirado o nome da ministra e se manteve o do presidente da FCT? Porque um se candidatou e outro não?
4) Como explica o que diz António Granado quando "num almoço no dia 24 de Novembro, foi dito aos jornalistas presentes que o nome do Prof. Fernando Ramôa Ribeiro, assim como o da ministra da Ciência, tinha sido erradamente incluído na lista distribuída nesse dia pelo Ministério".
Afinal, nenhum se candidatou ou ambos foram "erradamente" colocados na lista? Ou só um(a) se (auto)excluiu?
5) A resposta à questão anterior foi a dada hoje ao Ciência Hoje (CH) de que "a ministra tinha mandado excluir o seu nome quando reparou que ele fazia parte da lista oficial dos cientistas distinguidos por terem publicado mais de cem artigos"? Só hoje, ao fim de duas semanas, é que a ministra reparou?
(correcção ao CH: o ContraFactos só notou que o nome de Ramôa Ribeiro não constava da lista oficial, não o de Graça Carvalho.)]
Cinco mil euros em dois anos é o pémio atribuído pelo Ministério a quem tiver publicado mais de cem artigos científicos. No limite, cada artigo corresponde a 50 euros. O valor do prémio destina-se a apoiar actividades de investigação e de divulgação científica nas unidades onde trabalham os contemplados.
[actualização a partir dos comentários:
1) Lúcia Cavaleiro demonstra profissionalismo pela rapidez na resposta a um blogue, como realçou jpmeneses. Parabéns. Mas fico com uma dúvida sobre a sua assinatura "Assessora de Imprensa do Gabinete do Secretário de Estado da Ciência e Inovação": não é suposto só existirem assessores de imprensa nos gabinetes de ministro ou os secretários de Estado também já os podem ter?
2) sobre os factos respondidos, tenho outra dúvida: se, como diz, a ministra "faz parte do grupo de investigadores que cumprem os requisitos mínimos exigidos para a atribuição do Prémio" e "tê-lo-ía recebido se a ele se tivesse candidatado, o que não aconteceu", como e porquê surgiu o seu nome na lista? Não se candidatou ou retirou agora a sua candidatura?
3) Aliás, não se percebe esse recuo quando se mantém o nome de Ramôa Ribeiro, actual presidente da FCT. Ambos foram investigadores - não é o seu mérito científico que está em causa - mas ocupam agora cargos políticos. A questão mantém-se: é ético premiar investigadores que ocupam agora esse tipo de cargos? E se não há problemas éticos, porque foi retirado o nome da ministra e se manteve o do presidente da FCT? Porque um se candidatou e outro não?
4) Como explica o que diz António Granado quando "num almoço no dia 24 de Novembro, foi dito aos jornalistas presentes que o nome do Prof. Fernando Ramôa Ribeiro, assim como o da ministra da Ciência, tinha sido erradamente incluído na lista distribuída nesse dia pelo Ministério".
Afinal, nenhum se candidatou ou ambos foram "erradamente" colocados na lista? Ou só um(a) se (auto)excluiu?
5) A resposta à questão anterior foi a dada hoje ao Ciência Hoje (CH) de que "a ministra tinha mandado excluir o seu nome quando reparou que ele fazia parte da lista oficial dos cientistas distinguidos por terem publicado mais de cem artigos"? Só hoje, ao fim de duas semanas, é que a ministra reparou?
(correcção ao CH: o ContraFactos só notou que o nome de Ramôa Ribeiro não constava da lista oficial, não o de Graça Carvalho.)]
VITAMEDIAS
Este blogger mostrou algo da Sony que foi citado no Washington Post. Resultado?
Sony Bullies Blogger...
Sony Bullies Blogger...
06 dezembro 2004
VITAMEDIAS
Web of Influence: Every day, millions of online diarists, or ?bloggers,? share their opinions with a global audience. [...] What began as a hobby is evolving into a new medium that is changing the landscape for journalists and policymakers alike.
The Business Of Blogging: Explosive growth means Web logs are suddenly in Madison Avenue's sights
New media still evolving fast: When the topic is news in the digital age, everyone is talking about Weblogs. But the reality is that the way we get news is changing so fast that no one can predict which of many trends will last.
Magazine for bloggers is no Red Herring: After Red Herring magazine met its dot-com doom last year, founder Tony Perkins said he swore off print publications. The tech pundit has now gone back on his word. Come February, Perkins will launch a printed ``blogozine'' aimed at the Net's latest frenzy, blogging.
The Business Of Blogging: Explosive growth means Web logs are suddenly in Madison Avenue's sights
New media still evolving fast: When the topic is news in the digital age, everyone is talking about Weblogs. But the reality is that the way we get news is changing so fast that no one can predict which of many trends will last.
Magazine for bloggers is no Red Herring: After Red Herring magazine met its dot-com doom last year, founder Tony Perkins said he swore off print publications. The tech pundit has now gone back on his word. Come February, Perkins will launch a printed ``blogozine'' aimed at the Net's latest frenzy, blogging.
VITAMEDIAS
Blog ethics movement afoot: it's time "someone stands up, calls people out, and keeps the blogosphere honest"
TECNOSFERA
Jeffrey Griffiths, president and chief executive of Electronics Boutique Holdings: says early results show that people are buying more video games this holiday season.
VITAMEDIAS
Participatory journalism pioneer OhMyNews is starting to turn profit, a sign that the model may have a future.
VITAMEDIAS
Parabéns ao Ponto Media: foi eleito o BEST JOURNALISTIC BLOG PORTUGUESE, apesar dos votos. Ainda bem porque, como já tinha aqui alertado, era possível votar várias vezes num mesmo blogue.
02 dezembro 2004
VITAMEDIAS
You Can Blog, but You Can't Hide: Because of the Internet, anyone can be a journalist. Some so-called Weblogs - Internet-based opinion columns published by ordinary people - have hundreds of thousands of readers. I run a blog with more than 10,000 daily readers. We often publish news tips from friends or readers, some of which come with a condition of confidentiality.
The First Amendment can't give special rights to the established news media and not to upstart outlets like ours. Freedom of the press should apply to people equally, regardless of who they are, why they write or how popular they are.
Yet when everyone is a journalist, a broad journalist's privilege becomes especially costly. [...]
Maybe a journalist's privilege should likewise be limited. Lawmakers could pass legislation that protects leakers who lawfully reveal information, like those who blow the whistle on governmental or corporate misconduct. But if a leaker tries to use a journalist as part of an illegal act - for example, by disclosing a tax return or the name of a C.I.A. agent so that it can be published - then the journalist may be ordered to testify.
Such a rule may well deter some sources from coming forward. But they will be the very sources that society should want to deter, to protect privacy and safety. In any event, the rules should be the same for old media and new, professional and amateur. Any journalist's privilege should extend to every journalist.
The First Amendment can't give special rights to the established news media and not to upstart outlets like ours. Freedom of the press should apply to people equally, regardless of who they are, why they write or how popular they are.
Yet when everyone is a journalist, a broad journalist's privilege becomes especially costly. [...]
Maybe a journalist's privilege should likewise be limited. Lawmakers could pass legislation that protects leakers who lawfully reveal information, like those who blow the whistle on governmental or corporate misconduct. But if a leaker tries to use a journalist as part of an illegal act - for example, by disclosing a tax return or the name of a C.I.A. agent so that it can be published - then the journalist may be ordered to testify.
Such a rule may well deter some sources from coming forward. But they will be the very sources that society should want to deter, to protect privacy and safety. In any event, the rules should be the same for old media and new, professional and amateur. Any journalist's privilege should extend to every journalist.
TECNOSFERA
TV Phones Prep for Prime Time: Mobile TV is coming to a cell phone near you -- and it could leave hot offerings like ringtones and text messaging in the dust
An 'Incredible' Marketing Ploy: The Walt Disney Co. and Pixar Animation Studios have marketed the film ["The Incredibles"] over mobile devices. Pick up your phone or log onto Disney Mobile, the company's cell-centric Web site, and you can download two dozen Incredibles wallpaper graphics, two new video games and three dozen custom-made ring tones--including one of villain Syndrome growling, "What, you expected a cute little ring?"
It's a clever way to promote the movie--but perhaps just as importantly, it's a strong new revenue stream for both content and service providers.
The Wall Street Journal Mobile Launches: The Wall Street Journal Mobile will provide up-to-the-minute business and financial news from the Online Journal, along with comprehensive market, stock and commodities data, plus personalized portfolio information -- directly to a cell phone.
An 'Incredible' Marketing Ploy: The Walt Disney Co. and Pixar Animation Studios have marketed the film ["The Incredibles"] over mobile devices. Pick up your phone or log onto Disney Mobile, the company's cell-centric Web site, and you can download two dozen Incredibles wallpaper graphics, two new video games and three dozen custom-made ring tones--including one of villain Syndrome growling, "What, you expected a cute little ring?"
It's a clever way to promote the movie--but perhaps just as importantly, it's a strong new revenue stream for both content and service providers.
The Wall Street Journal Mobile Launches: The Wall Street Journal Mobile will provide up-to-the-minute business and financial news from the Online Journal, along with comprehensive market, stock and commodities data, plus personalized portfolio information -- directly to a cell phone.
VITAMEDIAS
O problema das notícias geradas automaticamente: Bush Arrested? A left-wing site called Axis of Logic published a satirical (though unfunny) article yesterday titled "Canadians Authorities Arrest U.S. President Bush on War Charges," and it ended up as Google's top story. Seriously.
TECNOSFERA
Os blogues da Microsoft: MSN Spaces
Microsoft wades into wide world of Weblogs
First blogosphere reaction to MSN Spaces
Microsoft wades into wide world of Weblogs
First blogosphere reaction to MSN Spaces
01 dezembro 2004
.DE!
Elaine Davidson, the most pierced woman in the world, shows off some of her 2,520 piercings at the 50th anniversary of the Guiness World Records in London. (AFP/Nicolas Asfouri)
VITAMEDIAS
Compromisso com os leitores: Eis os nossos compromissos: atingir a liderança no nosso segmento; reforçar a relação de intimidade diária dos leitores com este diário; e, sobretudo, posicionar o Diário de Notícias no seu lugar de sempre. Ou seja, o de referencial de independência e equilíbrio da imprensa nacional
CONTAMINANTES
'Blog' top word of the year: A four-letter term that came to symbolize the difference between old and new media during this year's presidential campaign tops U.S. dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster's list of the 10 words of the year (based on your online lookups):
1. Blog noun [short for Weblog] (1999): a Web site that contains an online personal journal with reflections, comments, and often hyperlinks provided by the writer
2. incumbent
3. electoral
4. insurgent
5. hurricane
6. cicada
7. peloton : noun (1951) : the main body of riders in a bicycle race
8. partisan
9. sovereignty
10. defenestration
(ver também:
- Why Bloggers Get Free Books: some bloggers are now getting free review books from publishers. It's no longer just the privilege of book reviewers for mainstream media outlets, and it's an indication of bloggers' growing importance.
- na eBay, Blogger for Hire - Start or Improve Your Blog)
1. Blog noun [short for Weblog] (1999): a Web site that contains an online personal journal with reflections, comments, and often hyperlinks provided by the writer
2. incumbent
3. electoral
4. insurgent
5. hurricane
6. cicada
7. peloton : noun (1951) : the main body of riders in a bicycle race
8. partisan
9. sovereignty
10. defenestration
(ver também:
- Why Bloggers Get Free Books: some bloggers are now getting free review books from publishers. It's no longer just the privilege of book reviewers for mainstream media outlets, and it's an indication of bloggers' growing importance.
- na eBay, Blogger for Hire - Start or Improve Your Blog)
VITAMEDIAS
ReviCien: La Red de Revistas Científicas Españolas reúne a las principales publicaciones científicas editadas en España.
VITAMEDIAS
Agora que o Jornalista do "Expresso" [José Pedro Castanheira] lança estudo sobre notícias na Internet no livro "No Reino do Anonimato - Estudo sobre o Jornalismo Online", ocasião para lembrar uma entrevista feita em Maio de 2003 sobre este trabalho intitulada - claro! - No Reino do Anonimato.
TECNOSFERA
Primeiro resultado da pesquisa "Arabian Gulf" no Google: The Gulf You Are Looking For Does Not Exist. Try Persian Gulf.
CULTURAS IN VITRO
The New Wave of Net Films: At their best, these branded movie shorts are entertaining, engaging, and great sales tools. At their worst, they're just overly long ads [...]
Internet films turn the TV advertising paradigm on its head. Instead of spending a few hundred thousand dollars producing a slick TV ad, and then tens of millions on airtime, advertisers are spending the big bucks -- in some cases millions -- to produce the short films and peanuts to distribute them on the Internet. When the films are good, consumers will seek them out.
The only danger is that Net films will become as ubiquitous as TV ads. If that happens, the sheer volume would mean that not even the good ones will stand out. For now though, most Net films beat the heck out of 99% of the ads we have to endure on TV -- and even stand up pretty well as short-form cinema. That's infotainment!
Internet films turn the TV advertising paradigm on its head. Instead of spending a few hundred thousand dollars producing a slick TV ad, and then tens of millions on airtime, advertisers are spending the big bucks -- in some cases millions -- to produce the short films and peanuts to distribute them on the Internet. When the films are good, consumers will seek them out.
The only danger is that Net films will become as ubiquitous as TV ads. If that happens, the sheer volume would mean that not even the good ones will stand out. For now though, most Net films beat the heck out of 99% of the ads we have to endure on TV -- and even stand up pretty well as short-form cinema. That's infotainment!
VITAMEDIAS
Os jornais e as crises: O DN, que não é porta-voz de quaisquer interesses partidários, tomou, ontem, uma posição prudente: não desdramatizar - nem dramatizar. O tempo vai mostrar a justeza dessa posição de independência e de rigor. Por detrás da falsa capa da independência, muitos intervieram. Sem dados suficientes na mão, o DN relatou. O respeito pelo leitor aconselhou-nos a isso. E, por isso, vamos hoje mais longe.
Primeira página: "Santana Lopes leva hoje nome do novo ministro a Sampaio. Tomada de posse será amanhã".
Jorge Sampaio exige consistência a Santana: Cenário de eleições antecipadas não está a ser equacionado com «caso Chaves»
Primeira página: "Santana Lopes leva hoje nome do novo ministro a Sampaio. Tomada de posse será amanhã".
Jorge Sampaio exige consistência a Santana: Cenário de eleições antecipadas não está a ser equacionado com «caso Chaves»
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Painel de jornalistas apoia posição de Manso Preto [mas] seis por cento [das 68 respostas no inquérito a 90 jornalistas que ocupam cargos em órgãos de comunicação social] admitem só identificar as fontes contactadas perante a Justiça...
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