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Breaking Paradigms: Looking At Evils Online

Event Interactive 2010
Format Solo
Organizer Stephen Kellat Erie Looking Productions
Description With the eruption of public dissent online in Iran, blocking and filtering came into play. Breaking out of traditional thought about Internet structure is needed to keep channels open.
Questions
Answered
  1. What was the situation in Iran?
  2. What happened on Twitter?
  3. How did CNN operations get reduced to reading tweets on-air and showing Twitpic shots?
  4. What are limitations on press outside the United States?
  5. Is Freedom of Speech merely a "quaint" American concept?
  6. Can Web 2.0 save the day in other protest movements?
  7. Would lower-grade technology handle filtering more appropriately?
  8. Are topography paradigm changes required for the Internet?
  9. What would be an alternative situation?
  10. Where do we go from here?
Level Intermediate
Category Blogging, Community / Online Community, Journalism 2.0, Other / Out There