What is the difference? If your question is like that one, more practical than philosophical, the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism may soon have an answer. With $3.25 million in initial financing from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the college’s Norman Lear Center is about to create what it is calling a “global hub” for those who would measure the actual impact of media — journalistic, cinematic, social and otherwise.
Center Will Offer New Tools for Measuring the Impact of Media Beyond Numbers
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Looking at Facebook’s Friend and Relationship Status Through Big Data
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Wolfram Alpha, a computational search engine, released a detailed report about people’s friendships and relationship habits on Facebook.
Sen. Rockefeller to push for Do Not Track at hearing
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Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) will hold a hearing April 24 to push for a feature that would allow users to opt out of online tracking.
Marco Rubio Forced To Clarify That He Is Not Giving Away Free Cellphones
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Lots going on up at Capitol Hill which is kind of not the ideal environment for a bunch of right-wing blogs to start dredging up nonsense over a sinister plan to give away free cellphones, mirroring the ancient election year grievance over "Obamaphones," but that's what's happened.
ACLU files complaint with FTC over older Android software
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The American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal complaint accusing the nation’s largest wireless carriers of “deceptive” business practices for failing to keep the software on tens of millions of Android smartphones updated — a shortcoming that can make the devices vulnerable to hackers.
Boston rumors aside, cell service can be halted
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The government’s process for shutting down a wireless network is shrouded in both secrecy and controversy.
Sen Rockefeller Files Media Violence Bill As Amendment To Gun Control
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Sen Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) has offered his media violence research bill as an amendment to gun-control legislation currently before the Senate, according to a committee spokesperson.
White House threatens veto against CISPA, citing privacy concerns
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The White House threatened to veto a cybersecurity bill the House will vote on this week, citing concerns it lacks vital privacy protections.
Wireless woes in Boston
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The aftermath of the deadly explosions that ripped through the Boston Marathon overwhelmed wireless networks, which struggled to complete calls and process messages.
House Commerce Committee to Mark Up Internet Governance Bill
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The House Commerce Committee has scheduled an April 17 markup of a bill that would codify the earlier sense of the Congress resolution endorsing the multistakeholder model of Internet governance.