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Robots and computers are acting more and more like people. They’re driving around in cars, hooking us up with new lovers and talking to us out of the blue. But is the opposite also true— are people acting more and more like robots?
The exhibition presents eleven case studies spanning the period from the invention of ‘metric’ photography of crime scenes in the 19th century to the reconstruction of a drone attack in Pakistan in 2012 using digital and satellite technologies. These offer an analysis of the historical and geopolitical contexts in which the images appeared, as well as their purpose, production process and dissemination
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Drone crews, analysts, intelligence officials and military commanders all speak frankly to the author about how armed drones revolutionized warfare–and the unexpected costs to some of those involved
The talks from the panel Tracking Drones, Reporting Lives zoomed out from the personal perspective and brought together a data journalist, a documentary director and an artist whose work examines the drone issue
The practice of targeted killing by drones raises many questions: “How many civilians have been killed as collateral damage during these strikes?” “And even if we’re talking about militants, how can the killings be justified when there has been judicial supervision? “If these drones can reach their targets anywhere, then how is the battlefield defined?” “Right now, only 3 countries use drones for targeted killings: the U.S., Israel and the UK. Where will this stop?” “And if these targeted killings are illegal, why does Europe keep silent?”
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The most compelling part of the day for me was when i discovered the nominees of the Digital Storytelling competition. Because the focus of the selection is as much on new forms of interactivity as it is on strategies to weave a compelling story, all the projects were deep, multi-layered and compelling. Some took me ages to explore. Take the super addictive podcast of the now cult “Serial” for example…
Recent travels have brought Peter Cusack to the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, Ukraine; the Caspian and other potentially dangerous places. Most are sites of major environmental/ecological damage; others are nuclear sites or the edges of military zones
VisualLeader 2013, The Best of Magazines And Internet displays the works of the nominees and winners of last year LeadAwards, Germany’s most prestigious print and online media award. Photo reports, fashion shoots, advertisement, blogs, etc. That made for a great afternoon so without further ado…
To many of their fellow Israelis, they are traitors. They are attacked, arrested and demonised. Yet Israelis like Yehuda Shaul, leader of Breaking the Silence and Jonathan Pollack from Anarchists Against the Wall continue to struggle for a more peaceful Middle East. They believe that they can save their state by putting an end to the military occupation
The continuous withdrawal of mental health funding has turned jails and prisons across the U.S. into the default mental health facilities
I talked with the director of a documentary which explores the life of young people in China who earn a living by playing online games for 10 to 12 hours a day, and produce virtual goods which are sold to richer gamers all over the world for real money.
China has published the world’s first gold newspaper, Xinhua news agency reported. The most expensive edition uses 500 […]
To cover the voices of people on the street during the Republican National Convention, and let you directly […]
Students at Northwestern University have put together a report, called “Hyperlocal Citizens’ Media: Connecting Communities, Improving Journalism, Building […]
So about 35 have official accreditation to attend the Democratic National Convention. Cyberjournalist published a list of the […]
ITV News in the UK is looking for 3G reporters to send them breaking news footage that could […]
Max is moblogging the Culture Digitali conference in Naples on “Weblogs and the New Political Sphere” where Loic […]
To be a vlogger or video bloggers, you have to link a digital video camera to a laptop […]
just a small personal experience to underline the gap. i followed for a while the polemic about showing […]
News filed on the spot – thumbs permitting Mr Woie’s next project will be to report from a […]
Culture Digitali: i Weblog e la nuova sfera pubblica The blog of the University of Napoli (Faculty of […]
Mobile Data Users Now Representing the Mainstream In-Stat/MDR�s Consumer Mobility Study showed that 54% of respondents currently use […]