Dutch MPs vote not to ban illegal downloads
Dutch MPs have voted not to ban illegal Internet downloads of copyrighted films, music and software, preferring to levy a tax on smartphones and computers.
Internet
Dec 21, 2012
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The media shape public opinion about surrogacy and homosexuality
The media play a key role in informing society and in shaping perceptions and judgments about social issues, particularly concerning issues on which there is insufficient knowledge or a lack of experience. For example, one ...
Social Sciences
Mar 14, 2019
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Broadcasters win EU court block on Internet streaming
Television broadcasters won a significant battle Thursday when the European Court of Justice said they can block Internet platforms from streaming their output on the web.
Internet
Mar 7, 2013
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TV fiction reflects and reproduces national identities in times of crisis
In times of crisis, TV fiction becomes concerned with changes in the social world, but also with how responses to these changes are visible in a national identity. These conclusions are drawn in a thesis from the university ...
Social Sciences
Dec 20, 2018
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Olympics: 21,000 journalists swarm into London
With less than two weeks to go before the Olympic Games, hordes of competitors are pouring into London from across the globe and limbering up -- but they're not athletes.
Business
Jul 16, 2012
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New study finds tweets can amplify, disrupt, unite and divide
Social media connects people and amplifies different aspects of humanity in good and bad ways. But the effects of social media appear neither universally good nor bad, but rather present an oscillating, dynamic system that ...
Social Sciences
Apr 13, 2023
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21st Century Fox/Sky takeover thrown into doubt by UK regulator
Britain's competition regulator provisionally ruled Tuesday that a planned takeover of pan-European satellite TV giant Sky by Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox entertainment group was "not in the public interest".
Business
Jan 23, 2018
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Mohamed Amin was a famous Kenyan photojournalist—there's much more to his work than images of tragedy
Kenyan photojournalist Mohamed Amin (1943-1996) rose to fame for documenting the 1984 famine in neighboring Ethiopia with powerful images of the tragedy. He also captured the Ethiopian people's suffering during the brutal ...
Social Sciences
Dec 5, 2023
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Does coronavirus aid to news outlets undermine journalistic credibility?
The news business, like every other, is struggling amid the coronavirus pandemic. The economic crisis has forced more than two dozen small-town newsrooms to shut down and has accelerated media job losses—including hundreds ...
Economics & Business
Jun 23, 2020
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