On February 27, 2011, Chinese Premier Wen held an online chat with netizens, the first such direct interaction with Chinese citizens of its kind. However, if you are of the cyber-optimistic view that new media tools spell out the end to authoritarian regimes worldwide as the oppressed world’s ticket to understanding and embrace of democracy, allow [...]
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We’ve all heard it a million times. Barack Obama’s internet campaign was revolutionary, entirely responsible for his candidacy and election, and forever changed the way politicians interact with their constituencies. Great. That must have been a wake-up call for McCain and the Republican National Committee, right? I mean, if I had just been handed a decisive [...] No matter how you personally define the phenomenon, just as the “citizen” in the term suggests, “citizen journalism” invites all individuals to serve as reporters, regardless of their academic backgrounds, biases, and perhaps incomplete information. Never have I relied more on the power of citizen journalism as I have recently as I yearn to uncover what [...] In the United States it is easy to take our internet freedom for granted. But in many parts of the world the safety and freedom of bloggers and citizen journalists are often compromised. Authoritarian states have been known to take any measure necessary to silence online dissent. Threatened Voices is a special project of the advocacy branch [...] |
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