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Internet in Iceland - 8 views

This is definitely an interesting article to look at after the readings for this week, I am a little surprised that the United States is only fourth on this list because I feel like we have a lot o...

research Internet Iceland

purplekimchi

How an Internet Dog Meme Sent the Jamaican Bobsled Team to the Winter Olympic... - 0 views

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    Virtual currency, internet memes, and the Jamaican bobsled team... https://t.co/NpsN9ENemc #6300link #emac6300 - Kim Knight (@purplekimchi) January 21, 2014
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    Virtual currency, internet memes, and the Jamaican bobsled team... https://t.co/NpsN9ENemc #6300link #emac6300 - Kim Knight (@purplekimchi) January 21, 2014
norma martin

How a 1961 law has reignited the debate over Internet gambling (VIDEO) - 0 views

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    The Wire Act and Internet gambling
purplekimchi

Michael Geist - Why the U.S. Government Isn't Really Relinquishing its Power over Inter... - 0 views

  • hile a transfer would be perceived by many to represent a change in control, the reality is that the U.S. will not be relinquishing much power even when (or if) the transition occurs. In the years since the U.S. first indicated that it would shift away from Internet governance, it has steadily erected jurisdictional authority over a considerable portion of the Internet infrastructure
purplekimchi

Why AT&T's New Patent Is Terrible For The Internet - 0 views

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    "Such a system would fly in the face of net neutrality principles, which call upon Internet service providers to treat all types of websites the same -- whether they're big or small, complex or simple, corporate or independent." h/t aksparling
norma martin

Consortium Wants Standards for 'Internet of Things' - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    Follow-up on Cerf lecture
Suzanna Brooks

Wary NKorea struggles to stay afloat in info age - 0 views

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    This article relates directly to some of the readings we had this week about infrastructure, protocol, and net neutrality. North Korea has strict control over what its citizens can access, but it does allow the tiniest trickle of real internet into the country... will that inevitably lead to raising citizens' awareness? "Still, some experts believe that as more North Koreans become familiar with the benefits of going online - a trend that would seem inevitable if North Korea is to keep afloat in the information age - it will become increasingly difficult for the ruling regime to keep the IT dam from bursting."
norma martin

Black Twitter: Part wry, part rally call - 1 views

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    Confused? Keep reading. We'll get to that. Black Twitter is part cultural force, cudgel, entertainment and refuge. It is its own society within Twitter, replete with inside jokes, slang and rules, centered on the interests of young blacks online - almost a quarter of all black Internet users are on Twitter.
purplekimchi

Not All Men: A Brief History of Every Dude's Favorite Argument | TIME.com - 0 views

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    Really smart and detailed analysis of the rise of the "not all men" meme in online discussions of sexism. The kind of analysis could be a model for an EMAC 6300 essay.
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