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While political bloggers were initially inspired to post their thoughts online as a way to help them blow off steam or articulate new ideas, over time they're driven to blog by a desire to influence mainstream media or public opinion, according to research from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Researchers Brian Ekdale, Kang Namkoong and Timothy K.F. Fung, graduate students from UW-Madison's School of Journalism and Mass Communication, and David D. Perlmutter of the University of Iowa, surveyed 66 of the top U.S. political bloggers, asking about their intrinsic and extrinsic reasons for blogging.
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Newspaper publishers will now be able to set a limit on the number of free news articles people can read through Google, the company has announced.
The concession follows claims from some media companies that the search engine is profiting from online news pages.
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When we talk about intellectual property issues, many maximalists on both the copyright and patent side of things have this inherent sense that "copying" is "bad." Not just "bad," it's downright immoral. You hear words like "freeloading," "parasites," "pirates," "thieves," "copycats," etc. Yet, time and time again, when we look at industries or societies where there is less (or no) intellectual property protection, we notice something interesting: while there is definitely a lot of copying going on, it hasn't proven bad for overall innovation, and at times it's been shown to be very good for overall innovation. When we've talked about things like the chemical industry in Switzerland in the late 19th century (which was not covered by patents), there were certainly many chemical companies who focused on copying -- but there were also many who were quite innovative, and the overall impact to the economy was very strong.
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One of the UK's biggest newspaper firms is starting to limit access to online content from six of its titles.
The Johnston Press websites will either ask users to pay £5 for a three-month subscription to read the full articles or direct them to buy the newspapers.
The sites in the pilot are those of the Worksop Guardian, the Ripley & Heanor News, the Whitby Gazette and the Northumberland Gazette in England.
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Schon innerhalb der Wissenschaftsgemeinde wird zu wenig geprüft und Studien gefälscht bzw. wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse ignoriert. Die Frage stellt sich: brauchen wir eine Demokratisieung der Wissenschaftskommunikation? Wenn es um eine Steigerung der Allgemeinbildung geht, vielleicht ja. Wenn es um die Verbreitung und Aufbereitung von Wissen geht, nein. Nicht jede Subjektivität vermittelt Wissen. In der Tat ermöglichen Blogs die wiederholte und systematische Ubertragung von Halbwissen und Subjektivitäten, die "konsumiert" werden können und durch andere nicht wissenschaftliche Verbreitungswege (andere Blogs, Twitter etc.) auch noch verstärkt werden.
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I have yet to meet an astronomer who does not care about telling other people about the wonders of the Universe. Astronomers share a passion for their science and with that the battle for winning people's hearts and minds is halfway won.
That is why it has been such a pleasure to collect tips and advice from astronomers around the world on how they communicate astronomy in a wide variety of ways to different audiences.
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Journalists need 'new, collaborative ways to tell stories'
User-generated content may make some in the mainstream media 'uneasy' but it allows journalists to 'explore new, collaborative ways to tell stories', according to a paper published by Oxford University's Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (RISJ).
The word 'user' shows that the people once at the end of the production chain have 'upended the standard order', writes RISJ report author and award-winning columnist at The Washington Post, John Kelly. He argues in his report Red Kayaks and Hidden Gold that journalists must respond to this changed dynamic.

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