Hacking the undernet : libertarian limits, commercial containment

In this article, we explare a recent incident involving aprolonged and severe denial of service attack directed at the Undemet Intemet Relay Chat network. It put the future viabifity of Undernet in doubt; it took some months for service quality to be restored. The circumstances of the attack and the responses, both technical and social, within Undemet are enlightening in themselves, as we discuss. But they also allow us to explore, contrast, and match up the limits of the libertarianism that seems embedded in the socio-technics of the Intemet and the possible and actual containment of 'free' services in a 'free' market, through the operation of commercial transactions.

Desiring the interface : introducing technoculture

In introducing the eight papers that constitute the theme of technoculture for this issue, I suggest that the diversity in responses to and understandings of the term 'technoculture' is not a weakness but a strength. The diffuse results of technocultural studies reflect the desires for relevance, generality and creation with intellectual discourse which, in technocultural limes. enable or require diverse subject mailer to be labelled 'technoculture'.

The promise of a new media and development agenda

The role of the press is underpinned by a concern for public welfare, and the discourses and debates in journalism practice and theory stem from the notion that the press is one of the pillars of a democracy and an essential element of the public sphere (Rosen, 2005; Dahlgren and Sparks, 1991). The public sphere, in turn, is linked to the theory of modernisation and the development agenda of a society, where the media are expected to play an important function as watchman, policy disseminator and teacher (Schramm, 1964). This article looks at citizen journalism’s potential to provide yet another opportunity to disadvantaged communities in India to communicate with the world, via information and communication technologies. The new media also open up the possibility of these earlier disenfranchised communities becoming partners in the country’s development and democratic agenda. This is a discussion paper based on a survey of initiatives undertaken by various community groups in India to provide a voice to local communities who would otherwise remain silent. It explores the impact of these citizen journalism initiatives on local communities vis-à-vis their effectiveness as a tool for development and social change, and argues that the growth and success of these initiatives around the world, though piecemeal, should become an important part of discourse concerning the role of journalism in society.

Reading in brown paper : Beckett's budget and the sensationalist press in interwar Sydney

This article addresses the audience reception of sensationalist newspapers in interwar Australia through a case study of Sydney weekly Beckett's Budget. During a libel trial brought against Beckett's in 1928, readers came to its defence and their testimony reveals overlaps between reading and political allegiances: reading Beckett's equated with voting Labor. While histories of sensationalist media in Australia have rightly emphasised illicit sexuality and public outcry, connections between sensationalism and working-class political movements remain on the margins of academic interest. Responding to the question 'Do you read Beckett's?' readers' evidence at the trial constitutes an audience response and invites debate over the ways gender and class could inform political engagement in the 1920s. Viewing Beckett's Budget outside of 'brown paper' and beyond the sensationalist genre reveals a shift in Australian political culture as party strategists embraced a broader electorate, using Beckett's Budget to tap into the culture and concerns of interwar society.

Book review: Picturing Algeria by Bourdieu, Pierre

A review of the 2012 English translation of Pierre Bourdieu's Picturing Algeria.
Picturing Algeria presents passages from the French sociologist's texts on Algeria with photographs taken during his period of national service in Algeria as a young academic and his subsequent appointment as a university lecturer in Algiers, and an interview conducted towards the end of his career.

Forgotten histories: ephemeral culture for children and the digital archive

The history of children’s popular culture in Australia is still to be written. This article examines Australian print publication for children from the mid-nineteenth to the early twentieth centuries, together with radio and children’s television programming from the 1950s to the 1970s. It presents new scholarship on the history of children’s magazines and newspapers, sourced from digital archives such as Trove, and documents new sources for early works by Australian children’s writers. The discussion covers early television production for children, mobilising digital resources that have hitherto not informed scholarship in the field.

The rhetoric of ‘community’ : ABC local radio's coverage of the 2009 Victorian bushfires

This article joins recent debates in media and communication studies concerning audience participation in news journalism. Specifically, we investigate the impact of an increasing reliance on audience-generated content on newsroom practice in traditional media organisations. We do this by recounting and analysing the experiences of journalists involved in ABC Radio's coverage of the dramatic Victorian bushfires of early 2009, which relied heavily in listener contributions and was closely integrated with the ABC's online coverage. Interviews with two staff at ABC Gippsland, and the ABC's Manager of Emergency Broadcasting provide the basis for a case study of the kinds of tensions that media workers routinely confront within an organisation like the ABC. The interviews suggest that in negotiating the possibility of increased audience participation, journalists and their managers are thinking about much more that the rhetorics of democracy and the validity of news values: their focus is also on a complex structure, the need for skill (re)development and the precise mechanics of creating and maintaining productive relationships with local communities. The significance of the research lies in its attempt to bring together a number of related factors: the increasingly active role of audiences in generating and supplying news content; the impact of digital communications technologies on news production practices; and the ABC's ongoing development of its now contested role as an 'emergency broadcaster'.

Book review : Citizen voices: performing public participation in science and environment communication

In Citizen Voices Phillips, Carvalho and Doyle present a collection of articles exploring the meaning of “citizens” and their role as initiators of communication on science and as actors in formal public engagement exercises involved in science governance. Focusing on the dialogic process, the articles provide empirical insight into the effect of citizen voices on participatory decision-making and a range of related theories and methodologies.

Blokey' newsroom culture

This paper seeks to address the gap in Australian media studies and feminist media scholarship relating to the way newsroom culture is embodied. How does the numerical dominance of men in journalism, particularly in decision-making roles, affect newsroom culture? How do male and female journalists understand this inequality? The paper first briefly attends to research into occupational culture and feminist theories of the body to address the central question ‘How is newsroom culture embodied?’ It then engages with this question more thoroughly via an analysis of my own interviews with 17 Australian male and female print news media journalists. It finds that, even though women have entered the industry in unprecedented numbers, a ‘blokey’ or hegemonic masculinity continues to shape news newsroom culture.

Na 1 Nachlass Max Horkheimer, 48 - Korrespondenzen u.a. an Thorsten Sellin (p. I 22, 227-395)

2 Briefe zwischen Luther L. Gobbel und Max Horkheimer, 28.09.1938, 03.10.1938; 2 Briefe zwischen Russell M. Story und Max Horkheimer, 15.03.1938; 1 Brief von Max Horkheimer an Ralph E. Boothby, 14.03.1938; 1 Brief von Max Horkheimer an Roswell G. Ham, 13.01.1938; 2 Briefe von Carl Schurz von der Memorial Foundation Philadelphia an Max Horkheimer, 1940; 7 Briefe zwischen Helen Schuster und Max Horkheimer, 1936, 1937, 1947-1948; 1 Brief von Liesel Schwaibold an Max Horkheimer, 19.01.1937; 6 Briefe zwischen Ph. Schwartz und Max Horkheimer, 1936-1937; 4 Briefe zwischen Ph. Schwart an Ludwig Jekels, 1936, 1937; 1 Brief von Ph. Schwartz an Karl Landauer,; 1 Brief von Eugen Schwarz an den Vater von Max Horkheimer, 08.12.1937; 1 Brief von Max Horkheimer an Eugen Schwarz, 31.12.1937; 5 Briefe zwischen Olga Therese Schwarz und Max Horkheimer, 1942; 8 Briefe zwischen Alfred Schweizer und Max Horkheimer, 1940-1941; 1 Lebenslauf von Arthur Heinrich Schweitzer und 1 Bericht über Arthur Heinrich Schweitzer; 1 Brief von Josef Schwoner an Max Horkheimer, 20.06.1941; 1 Brief von Max Horkheimer an L. H. Seelye, 01.04.1935; 1 Brief von Max Horkheimer an Dora Segall-Ziegellaub, 01.10.1935; 6 Briefe zwischen Matyes Seiber und Max Horkheimer, Juli 1936, 1936; 2 Briefe zwischen Alfred Seidenmann und Max Horkheimer, 29.02.1940, 12.03.1940 sowie Briefwechsel mit dem American Freinds Service Committee, Phiadelphia; 2 Briefe zwischen dem American Friends Service Committee und Max Horkheimer, 12.09.1940; 3 Rundschreiben von der Selbsthilfe Deutscher Ausgewanderter New York, 1937-1938; Antworten auf einen Fragebogen des Selective Service Occupational Questionnaire von Max Horkheimer, 27.10.1942; 1 Brief vom Selfhelp of Emigres from Central Europe an Margot von Mendelssohn, 22.12.1948; 8 Briefe zwischen Edwin R. A. Seligman und Max Horkheimer, 1938-1939; 1 Brief von Max Horkheimer an Eustace Seligman, 11.03.1940; 1 Brief von Seligmann und Cia an Friedrich Pollock, 06.04.1936; 2 Brife zwischen Milton C. Seligman und Max Horkheimer, 1947; 1 Brief Stephen Schäfer an Thorsten Sellin, 07.02.1939; 17 Briefe zwischen Thorsten Sellin und Max Horkheimer, 1938-1941; 1 Brief von der Sherwin Cody School of English an Max Horkheimer, 06.02.1939; 3 Briefe und 1 Beilage zwischen Edward A. Shils und Max Horkheimer, 1938; 10 Briefe zwischen James T. Shotwell und Max Horkheimer, 01.07.1940-1941;

Musæ etonenses, seu, Carminum Etonæ conditorum delectus.

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Flosculi graeci boreales : sive, Anthologia graeca aberdonensis /

English and Greek on opposite pages.

The Western teacher song book : a collection of songs for schools.

Imprint date from title page; cover has issue date of January 1898 for Gillan's Quarterly, no. 2 single number.