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Christoph Zed

BBC NEWS | Technology | Europe's net refuseniks revealed - 0 views

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internet usage europe online behaviour downloads

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  • more than one in four Europeans had never used a PC
  • People above the age of 65 and the unemployed were the least active online
  • Nearly 70% of people under the age of 24 use the internet every day, compared to the EU average of 43%. But this same group is reluctant to pay to download or use online content, such as music or video, with 33% saying that they would not pay anything at all.
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  • make access to digital content an easy and fair game
  • Christoph Zed on 04 Aug 09
     
    I wonder how the east-west divide impacts this, keeping the expansion to eastern European countries in the last few years in mind.
glen donnar

China Puts Online Games That Glorify Mafia on Its Hit List - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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  • This year more than a thousand Web sites have been shut down for “vulgar” content, although some critics complain that academic or public service sites that deal with sexually transmitted diseases have also been swept up in the juggernaut.
  • Industry experts say that at least 90 percent of all online games in China have some form of violence, whether they involve homicidal kung-fu masters, sword-wielding hobbits or monsters with a taste for human flesh
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      xinning ji on 29 Jul 09
       
      the only thing CHinese government should do is to classify the level of games and also films. it can make people choosing approriate type of game depending on their ages, and avoid young people to reach the voilence and strong sexual behaviour.
  • There are summer camps for teenagers who spend too much online,
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  • more than 10 percent of the country’s young people are “addicted” to the Internet
  • the definition includes children who spend more than six hours a day staring at a computer screen while avoiding sleep, social interaction and schoolwork
  • 70 percent of all juvenile crimes were “induced by Internet addiction
    • glen donnar
      glen donnar on 30 Jul 09
       
      Great work, Jenny! Perhaps Sticky Notes would be good to ask a question of fellow students or for agreement on your comment.
  • Whether it is religion, environmentalism or nonprofit charities, the Chinese government has always been wary of any organized activity it cannot directly control.
  • xinning ji on 29 Jul 09
     
    even though Chinese government try the best to govern the mass media but sometimes it is hard to give the restriction on online information because of its fast speed of spread and a large amount of information.
Christoph Zed

Celebrities, recession fuel interest in etiquette | Lifestyle | Reuters - 0 views

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manners etiquette values style social behaviour

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  • Misbehaving celebrities and the recession have pushed more people to improve their etiquette in a bid to gain an edge over job rivals
  • he art of living with style, class and grace
  • For too long this 'stupid girl' behavior has been burning the daily headlines and I really think there's a lot of people out there who wanted to see a return to our feminine values,
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  • tand up and take back our dignity and our values and our self respect," said Christy. "It's great that we have seen this resurgence in etiquette and manners and self respect
  • studies has shown that "85 percent of the reason a person gets a job, keeps a job and moves up is related to their people skills.
  • Manners are the great equalizer and if you have manners you can walk into any business or social situation
xinning ji

Japan's 'herbivore men' -- less interested in sex, money - CNN.com - 0 views

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  • They are young, earn little and spend little, and take a keen interest in fashion and personal appearance -- meet the "herbivore men" of Japan
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      xinning ji on 07 Aug 09
       
      it is quite interesting to learn the new term "herbivore men". I think it is the popular phenomenon in Japan, and also will be a global phenomenon because of the information flow and complex human behaviours
  • some men who she said were changing the country's ideas about just what is -- and isn't -- masculine
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      xinning ji on 07 Aug 09
       
      The world is chaning all the time because of the improvement of technology and the high speed of information spread. So we always learn something new, and something is not always static. Traditionally, men in our mind are strong and powerful in sex and social work. But like this article presents, men can be weak and passive. This change breaks the conventional male image and social and cultural role.
  • "Some guys still try to be manly and try to be like strong and stuff, but you know personally I'm not afraid to show my vulnerability because being vulnerable or being sensitive is not a weakness."
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      xinning ji on 07 Aug 09
       
      These men are confident to show their weakness, so it is kind of personality and characteristics among human beings today. People would not like to hide themselves and to follow the traditional rule. They have more freedom to present their real personality. Therefore, as we can see, even though they are sensitive and passive, they are happy and comfortable with that. I have to say, it is the society the world we live with, in which people can have multiple faces, attitudes, identities and personalities.
xinning ji

Nova to screen Uighur film - Film - Entertainment - theage.com.au - 0 views

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  • It would have been easy for us to err on the side of caution, but we felt it wouldn’t be fair to the filmmakers to rescind our offer
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      xinning ji on 13 Aug 09
       
      based on my understanding, what Nova general manager trying to say is to give free speech and equality to every filmmaker, rather than take any political action against Chinese government. But it is hard to make sense because when the film is going to release to the public, it will influence on audiences, and change their behaviour and attitude. more seriously, it will lead to misunderstaning and grudge to people who do not really know or know little about China. It is hard to judge who is right or wrong, but hopefully, one day we can get mutual respect and understand among different cultures and religions.
anonymous

Aids ist ein Massenmörder: Campaign - 0 views

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  • The "AIDS is a mass murderer" TV and cinema advert
  • The new campaign, designed by Regenbogen e.V. in conjunction with the advertising agency das comitee, speaks in clear terms: its slogan is "AIDS is a mass murderer". It features the greatest mass murderers in recent history having sex. TWITTER PROFIL 
  • The "Adolf" poster The "Saddam" poster The "Stalin" poster
  • Christoph Zed on 08 Sep 09
     
    Content Warning: Male and Female Nudity. The Germany made "Aids is a mass murderer" campaign has caused quite some stir, interestingly more outside of Germany than in Germany. It not only depicts Hitler, but also Saddam and Stalin in a poster AD campaign, as well as (very graphic) video. The controversy around the campaign raises a few questions, in regards to contemporary understanding of the holocaust (and other brutal mass-murdering regimes), ethics and contemporary sexual behaviour as well as acceptance depiction of sexual imagery in popular media and advertisement.
Lucy Rechnitzer

France Telecom | suicides | Chief Financial Officer | Gervais Pellissier | French exec ... - 0 views

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  • Boss blames smartphones for stress as company suicide rate comes under scrutiny September 25, 2009 Comments 12 A top executive at France's biggest telecommunications company, which is dealing with a spate of suicides, warned that the barrage of emails from smartphones and personal computers was stressing out employees.
  • Research in Motion's popular BlackBerry has been dubbed CrackBerry in the United States, where some users say they are addicted to checking emails.
  • That is probably something we've not undertaken, not only at France Telecom but, it's more a global society issue, the impact of the new ways of working on personal behaviour," Pellissier said.
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