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Komentar “pakar telematika” Roy Suryo yang bilang “blog itu tidak bertanggung jawab, blogger itu tukang tipu” perlu ditanggapi agak serius. Roy mengatakan hal tersebut menanggapi adanya blogger yang memberi informasi palsu atau menggunakan nama-nama palsu. Soal penggunaan nama palsu memang kerap terjadi di ranah blogosfer. Kadang itu mengganggu juga. Tidak heran, ketika mantan menteri sekretaris kabinet Yusril [...]

The first is that communication is no longer one way. Sure, we had letters to the editor and you could have your own public access television show, but for the average media consumer, there was no real chance of being heard before New Media. That’s definitely new for most of us. Secondly, the time compression is [...]

It’s sadly clear that US current leaders have little understanding of technology and why it’s important to our economy and culture. Read more about it.

Jeff Jarvis has written an interesting piece about why a what so called “citizen journalism” is better termed “networked journalism”. “Networked journalism” takes into account the collaborative nature of journalism now: professionals and amateurs working together to get the real story, linking to each other across brands and old boundaries to share facts, questions, answers, ideas, [...]

Media gives impact to voters? What’s the difference between the battle of Kennedy vs Nixon in 1960 and today’s presidential politics? Will the election of 2008 unfold as did the election of 1960, when a new medium, television, was first used by a candidate to harness just enough votes to win the White House. If history [...]

IN the middle of riding back home from the office, my friend and I ended up talking about radio. In the old times, at least while I was in junior high, radio is all about music and community. I, once, have this habit: waiting for hours to listen to a rock program from a certain [...]

New media guru, Chris Garret, has written tips for better Skype meetings. Worth a look!

Three universities receive funding for 14 digital media projects from the Media Development Authority’s National Research Fund. hey are just three of the 14 interactive digital media (IDM) research projects by the National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University and Nanyang Polytechnic, which have received a total of $22 million in funding from the National Research [...]

We wish you all Happy New Year. May the future becoming better for us all. I admit it, that this blog is quite abandoned. New media is a booming issue and I cannot keep the pace with it. Hope next year will be better. Cheers!

Lewat, lewat, lewat. Ya. Koran atau majalah mana pun lewat jika dibandingkan dengan pemberitaan online pembunuhan pemimpin oposisi Pakistan (dan mantan perdana menteri) Benazir Bhutto beberapa hari lalu. Ya, ya, ya. Beberapa koran memasang infografis seputar kronologi kejadian. Tapi semuanya dull. Coba lihat bagaimana The New York Times mengemas berita heboh ini: sajian multimedia berupa slideshow foto-foto [...]