Clay Shirky on the future of Newspapers - good but from 2009

A useful article about the future of newspapers.  Good but from 2009, so needs adding to/ updating.




http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cifamerica/2009/apr/13/internet-newspapers-clay-shirky








The longer article can be read on Shirky's blog.




http://www.shirky.com/weblog/2009/03/newspapers-and-thinking-the-unthinkable/    

The Secret Life of your mobile phone.

Please watch the following Channel four report.  What are the implications of this in relation to democracy?




http://www.channel4.com/news/phone-mobile-data-24-hours-apps-security-secret  








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Twitter Share Prices Fall...

Twitter Share Prices Fall -

 

Read through the following article.

 

1. Comment on why you think interest in Twitter could be waning.
2. What could this mean for the future of this social networking site?

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/feb/05/twitter-revenues-share-price-drops 

Microsoft, Facebook, Google and Yahoo release US surveillance requests

• Tech giants turn over data from tens of thousands of accounts
• Limited disclosure part of transparency deal made last month

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/03/microsoft-facebook-google-yahoo-fisa-surveillance-requests