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  • Media, politicians embrace the blogosphere.

    5 of 9 candidates have websites. http://armenianow.com/?action=viewAr...D=1172&lng=eng

    Media embracing bloggers, and vice versa, per this Armo blogger. http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/20...ho-loves-more/
    Between childhood, boyhood,
    adolescence
    & manhood (maturity) there
    should be sharp lines drawn w/
    Tests, deaths, feats, rites
    stories, songs & judgements

    - Morrison, Jim. Wilderness, vol. 1, p. 22

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    Re: Media, politicians embrace the blogosphere.

    Blogosphere becomes newssource during RA's recent state of emergency.



    Blogian makes another post raising concerns about censorship and freedom of speech following the declaration of a state of emergency in Armenia. The blog already notes that various online media outlets are limiting or ceasing reporting on events in Armenia as a result, but wonders how blogs will be affected....


    http://www.registan.net/index.php/20...about-georgia/ (same in Georgia citing to Armenian sites and bloggers)

    After a 20-day state of emergency was declared in Armenia when clashes between security services and supporters of the former president, Levon Ter-Petrossian, broke out on the streets of the capital following the disputed 19 February presidential election, access to the media has been severely restricted. According to presidential decree,...


    http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/20...-the-internet/ (same as immediately above)

    http://www.holycross.edu/publicaffai...nalbandianblog (Armenian American student blogs on Armenian life and culture)

    http://www.rwonline.com/pages/s.0100/t.11969.html (Shortwave becoming trendy again, too)

    http://www.armenialiberty.org/armeni...89006ECAE3.ASP (same as above)

    Bloggers involved in political process in Iran:

    "A meeting between Iranian bloggers and candidates of the National Trust Party and the reformist Participation Front (The Khatami branch) becomes a scene of blogger criticism against Mehdi Karrubi, who is accused of selling out and abandoning the reformist cause to get his party members elected."


    Mexican Radio. Hey, look, more cows. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ydpll...eature=related
    Last edited by freakyfreaky; 03-29-2008, 11:29 PM.
    Between childhood, boyhood,
    adolescence
    & manhood (maturity) there
    should be sharp lines drawn w/
    Tests, deaths, feats, rites
    stories, songs & judgements

    - Morrison, Jim. Wilderness, vol. 1, p. 22

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      Re: Media, politicians embrace the blogosphere.

      Directory of online Armenian-related blogs. http://www.armeniapedia.org/index.ph...nline_Journals

      Blogs become recognized newssource in Armenia during 20 day state of emergency in March; so much so that the NSA froze many websites under decree that the exchange of news and ideas was occurring via social networks and blogs. http://www.hetq.am/eng/politics/8012/

      Luckyfrown blogger concludes that the word 'genocide' does not go far enough to fully describe our tragedy. http://armenianow.com/?action=viewAr...=1184&CID=2918


      English bloke blogs, citing the work of Arshile Gorky, that art is evidence of the Armenian Genocide. http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/art/2008..._evidence.html

      Stilletto blogs on the recent 93rd genocide commemoration in NY Times Square. http://www.bloggernews.net/115355

      Stilletto's bio. http://thestiletto.info/About.html

      Stilletto named bloggernews network's blogger of the month for May 2008, received honorable mention from the Webbys for political blogs and interviewed. http://www.bloggernews.net/115507

      Lebanese Canadians blog to commemorate the 93rd anniversary.http://www.theworldforum.org/story/2008/4/25/103110/765

      Blogger takes Chicago Tribune journalist to task for blog entry concerning keeping the peace between Armenian and Greek priests overseeing the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. http://newsbusters.org/blogs/ken-she...hicago-tribune

      Armenian blogger reports on events occuring to memorialize Sargsyan's presidential inauguration. http://blogs.tol.org/armpatch/2008/0...-sky-festival/

      Press release intimates that government censorship of blogs including Armenia's recent media crackdown impacted the media's ability to objectively report on the election and its aftermath and caused consternation re: the reliability of blogs and the legality of posting content on new media that is not officially backed (i.e. government controlled content). http://www.pr-usa.net/index.php?opti...95135&Itemid=9

      RA still pinching the media's flow of information sans official information but censorship, and attempts to censor flow of information via internet, evidence that RA members do not understand modern technology in the information age and that their actions in attempting to stomp new media actually led to the spread of slander and gossip in place of objective reporting. http://www.hetq.am/eng/politics/8015/
      Between childhood, boyhood,
      adolescence
      & manhood (maturity) there
      should be sharp lines drawn w/
      Tests, deaths, feats, rites
      stories, songs & judgements

      - Morrison, Jim. Wilderness, vol. 1, p. 22

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      • #4
        Re: Media, politicians embrace the blogosphere.

        International Center for Journalists offering opportunity for educators in Armenia to train students about, among other things, on new media and methods of application of new media in teaching. http://www.ijnet.org/Director.aspx?P...D=307723&LID=1

        Iranian blogger to write book re: impact of the internet.
        Cyrus Farivar is a USA-based blogger, journalist and writer. He is currently working on a book about the impact of the internet on society. Cyrus writes about internet impact on Iran, Senegal, South Korea and Senegal. He was recently in Iran and has taken several photos of Iranian carpets, food,...
        Between childhood, boyhood,
        adolescence
        & manhood (maturity) there
        should be sharp lines drawn w/
        Tests, deaths, feats, rites
        stories, songs & judgements

        - Morrison, Jim. Wilderness, vol. 1, p. 22

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        • #5
          Re: Media, politicians embrace the blogosphere.

          Oh another Bot...ughk!
          Positive vibes, positive taught

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          • #6
            Re: Media, politicians embrace the blogosphere.

            South Korean bloggers embrace political activism. http://www.topix.net/world/south-kor...ics-in-s-korea
            Between childhood, boyhood,
            adolescence
            & manhood (maturity) there
            should be sharp lines drawn w/
            Tests, deaths, feats, rites
            stories, songs & judgements

            - Morrison, Jim. Wilderness, vol. 1, p. 22

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            • #7
              Re: Media, politicians embrace the blogosphere.

              Tampa Tribune characterizes Kocharian as a tryant in reporting on how bloggers counter repressive governments. http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/jul...ad-of-tyrants/
              Between childhood, boyhood,
              adolescence
              & manhood (maturity) there
              should be sharp lines drawn w/
              Tests, deaths, feats, rites
              stories, songs & judgements

              - Morrison, Jim. Wilderness, vol. 1, p. 22

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              • #8
                Re: Media, politicians embrace the blogosphere.

                Serge invites bloggers to his 100 day speech, bloggers opine about the pros and cons of bloggers participating in the event.
                On 21 July at a news conference held at the presidential palace to mark the 100th day of the new president's term in office, two bloggers were invited to attend alongside 38 journalists. Although the bloggers involved argue that the event was important and unprecedented, not everyone agrees.

                Following news that two bloggers were allowed to attend a presidential press conference, Unzipped comments on the event and says that the unprecedented event was actually a disservice to the local blogging community. The pro-opposition Nazarian accuses the bloggers of serving the government.
                Between childhood, boyhood,
                adolescence
                & manhood (maturity) there
                should be sharp lines drawn w/
                Tests, deaths, feats, rites
                stories, songs & judgements

                - Morrison, Jim. Wilderness, vol. 1, p. 22

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                • #9
                  Re: Media, politicians embrace the blogosphere.

                  LA Times bloggers told to not blog about National Enquirer's story on the John Edwards lovechild. http://www.slate.com/id/2195914/#latedict

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                  LAT Gags Blogs: In a move that has apparently stirred up some internal discontent, the Los Angeles Times has banned its bloggers, including political bloggers, from mentioning the Edwards/Rielle Hunter story. Even bloggers who want to mention the story in order to make a skeptical we-don't-trust-the-Enquirer point are forbidden from doing so. Kausfiles has obtained a copy of the email Times bloggers received from editor Tony Pierce. [I've excised the recipient list and omitted Pierce's email address]:

                  From: "Pierce, Tony"

                  Date: July 24, 2008 10:54:41 AM PDT

                  To: [XXX]

                  Subject: john edwards

                  Hey bloggers,

                  There has been a little buzz surrounding John Edwards and his alleged affair. Because the only source has been the National Enquirer we have decided not to cover the rumors or salacious speculations. So I am asking you all not to blog about this topic until further notified.

                  If you have any questions or are ever in need of story ideas that would best fit your blog, please don't hesitate to ask

                  Keep rockin,

                  Tony

                  That will certainly calm paranoia about the Mainstream Media (MSM) suppressing the Edwards scandal. ...

                  P.S.: Is the Times' edict a) part of a double-standard that favors Democrats (and disfavors Republicans like Rep. Vito Fossella and John McCain)? Or does it b) simply reflect an outmoded Gatekeeper Model of journalism in which not informing readers of certain sensitive allegations is as important as informing them--as if readers are too simple-minded to weigh charges that are not proven, as if they aren't going to find out about such controversies anyway? I'd say it's a mixture of both (a) and (b). This was a sensational scandal the LAT and other MSM papers passionately did not want to uncover when Edwards was a formal candidate, and now that the Enquirer seems to have done the job for them it looks like they want everyone to shut up while they fail to uncover it again. ...

                  P.P.S.: The Times apparently failed to get word of the ban to one of its bloggers in time to prevent her from shocking readers by saying she hoped the allegations against Edwards weren't true. ... 2:55 A.M. link

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                  when is a blogger not a blogger, when he or she works for the MSM.
                  Between childhood, boyhood,
                  adolescence
                  & manhood (maturity) there
                  should be sharp lines drawn w/
                  Tests, deaths, feats, rites
                  stories, songs & judgements

                  - Morrison, Jim. Wilderness, vol. 1, p. 22

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                  • #10
                    Re: Media, politicians embrace the blogosphere.

                    Representative John Culberson, a Texas Republican, vlogs in lieu of C-SPAN, going citizen journalist albiet with a partisan slant about proceedings on the House floor from the halls of Congress as commentary on Democrats going on vacation and to protest House rules limiting all communications to official sites. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/04/bu...pagewanted=all
                    Between childhood, boyhood,
                    adolescence
                    & manhood (maturity) there
                    should be sharp lines drawn w/
                    Tests, deaths, feats, rites
                    stories, songs & judgements

                    - Morrison, Jim. Wilderness, vol. 1, p. 22

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