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International Perspectives on Network Neutrality 2010

[Source: Global Media Journal Canadian Edition, by effrey Layne Blevins & Leslie Regan Shade, August 31, 2010]
The current issue of Global Media Journal focuses on Net Neutrality and traffic management issues in Canada, the US and around the world. Multiple editorials and research papers offer global ...

Nonprofits Review Technology Failures

[Source: The New York Times, by Stephanie Strom, August 16, 2010]
WASHINGTON — At a gathering last month over drinks and finger food, a specialist at the World Bank related the story of how female weavers in a remote Amazonian region of Guyana had against all ...

Mobile Phones for Development in Africa

[Source: Soul Beat, July 28, 2010]
The current issue of Soul Beat, the international communication and media journal, highlights a selection of program experiences and case studies, strategic planning documents, and materials ...

The GFEM Media Database | Spotlight on POVERTY

If your foundation engages in grantmaking related to poverty issues, you won’t want to miss these and other projects in the GFEM Media Database at http://media.gfem.org/.

Highlights from 2010 Media Grantmaking — The State and Future of the Field

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The 2010 Funder Conversation: Media Grantmaking — The State (and Future) of the FieldPresented by: Grantmakers in Film + Electronic Media and the Media Democracy FundHosted by: The Open Society ...

Lucasfilm Animation Singapore

[Source: Open Spaces, by Patricia Zimmermann, May 6, 2010]
Blog written by Patricia Zimmermann, Shaw Foundation Professor, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and codirector, Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival.Old Hollywood/New Hollywood

Pew Center: Social Media Provide First-Hand Accounts, Direct Action on Haiti

[Source: Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism, January 21, 2010]
The tragic earthquake that devastated the country of Haiti on January 12 and killed an estimated 200,000 people inspired a wealth of online activity. The online communication site Twitter played ...

Community Radio Reaches Out in Haiti

[Source: Prometheus Radio Project, January 27, 2010]
"Much has been made about the role flashier technologies like Twitter, Skype and text messaging have played in helping disaster victims find loved ones and communicate with international aid ...

The Social Media of Post-Industrial Collapse, Recession and Social Uprisings

[Source: Open Spaces, by Patricia Zimmermann; November 1, 2009]Social, Viral, Buzz