The 2007 report Packet Forgery By ISPs: A Report on the Comcast Affair by the Electronic Frontier Foundation talks about the practices of Comcast (the second largest Internet Service Provider in the United States) to control and differentially prioritize the flow of information through their network. This “interference”, as the […]
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The report on Latino Congreso 2011 reveals how a group of Latino community scholars are forging conversations regarding media justice (internet freedom) to address larger societal problems. These conversations have empowered and inspired Latinos to strategize on how to solve these inequalities. The report is here: http://centerformediajustice.org/2011/03/27/and-life-and-the-people-neve… The author observes […]
Radical Media, according to Robert D.H. Downing, are “media, generally small-scale and in many different forms, that express an alternative vision to hegemonic policies, priorities and perspectives” (v, 2001). In chapter IV of his book, Radical Media: Rebellious Communication and Social Movements, Downing asks how radical media can strengthen democratic […]
No hay revolución sin la organización de procesos democráticos que concientizen a que individuos se empoderen para formar comunidades que tomen acción a pequeña y gran escala. En Desarrollo Organizativo para el Cambio Social: Un Enfoque Integrado para la Transformación Comunitaria, una de las primeras preguntas que hace el estudio […]
The theme of today’s class is Hegemony, Ideology, and Resistance. “Radical Media: Rebellious Communication and Social Movements” by Robert Downing discusses the radical media, or “media, generally small scale and in many different forms, that express an alternative vision to hegemonic policies, priorities, and perspectives,” (Downing, v). Radical media exists […]