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Participatory Media, Participatory DemocracyHow national governments have responded to the challenges of outspoken citizens
“INFORMATION IS THE OXYGEN OF THE MODERN AGE. IT SEEPS THROUGH THE WALLS TOPPED BY BARBED WIRE, IT WAFTS ACROSS THE ELECTRIFIED BORDERS, THE GOLIATH OF TOTALITARIANISM WILL BE BROUGHT DOWN BY THE DAVID OF THE MICROCHIP.”
JUNE 1989 AUGUST 2007“IT IS TIME TO STOP THE ANARCHY ON THE INTERNET. WE CANNOT ALLOW THIS GREAT TECHNOLOGICAL ACHIEVEMENT OF MAN TO BE TURNED INTO AN INFORMATION GARBAGE HEAP.”
1979 - Participatory Media (USENET)
Archived, Persistent, Linkable
1984 BBSes - Precursor to Web Forums
1989 - The Hyperlink
Formatted ‘hypertext’ or HTML
Exponential Service Growth: Easier, Cheaper
Web 2.0 Easier, Cheaper, Faster ...
... and global.
Exponential Blog Growth
How Have Governments Responded?
Egyptian blogger jailed for four years for insulting President Mubarak and Islam
Two Thais arrested in Thailand for comments posted about the Thai king
China: Over 50 known jailed cyber-activists
Myanmar: Internet severed to suppress protests
Turkey: WordPress and YouTube Blocked
Thailand: YouTube Blocked for videos ridiculing the king
Barbados: Calls for regulation
Malaysia: Discrediting Bloggers
City of Buenos Aires Official Blog - Bridging the Blogosphere and City Government
Chile’s most popular blogger - Senator Fernando Flores
Chile 2001 Elections - All Candidates Had Blogs
Citizen-led Presidential Debateshttp://www.youtube.com/debates
Iran: Even Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has a blog.
Cambodian King was his nation’s first blogger. Since then ...
Cambodia gets publicity on CNN and hundreds of other news outlets
Ecuador: President Rafael Correa has a YouTube channel and blog
Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa: Videobloggerhttp://acuerdopais.com/blogs/rafael_correa/
Gilberto Gil: Brazilian Minister of Culture and Free Culture advocate
State-owned Agencia Brasil links back to all blogs discussing their articles
US Senators and Representatives with weblogs. Also: Los Angeles Police Department
How Has Civil Society Responded?
Kenya: Explanation and commentary on every bill
Tech Presidenthttp://techpresident.com/
New Election Metrics
They Work For YouUK-based watchdog site
Atina Chile: From Conversation to Legislation
Open Congress - US philanthropy foundations are funding such projects
Campaign contributions and voting records of every Californian politician
Incentives for governments to support blogging
Botswana Blog invited to the UN Global Conference on ICT and Youth for Development
Investors are Blog Addicts
Next Step: Act
US $5 Million for Citizen Media Projectswww.newschallenge.org
To Conclude:Fear Factor Versus Tipping Point
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