Vibewire is one of Australia’s finest online youth portals (I used to write a regular column for them years ago.) I was recently interviewed by one of their writers, Jacqui Dent, about my book, The Blogging Revolution: Blogging is being used increasingly to speak out against oppression in authoritarian regimes and speak up amidst mainstream…
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What Iranian bloggers are saying about the US election
My following article appears in today’s edition of Crikey: Antony Loewenstein, author of The Blogging Revolution, writes: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was in New York last week and conducted a number of fascinating interviews that confirmed his chameleon nature. He told Democracy Now! — after expressing typical bigotry against homosexuals… — that his country would accept…
The Melbourne Age reviews The Blogging Revolution
The following book review of The Blogging Revolution appeared in the Melbourne Age on September 20: Antony Loewenstein’s journey through the blogging world brings some surprises, says Thuy On. In 2007, journalist Antony Loewenstein travelled to some of the world’s hot spots to meet up with bloggers, activists and dissidents whose cyber activities challenge the…
The Podcast Network on blogging
The Podcast Network has around 500,000 listeners in Australia, the US and internationally. I was interviewed this morning about my book, The Blogging Revolution, the web in repressive regimes and why the Western media must do a better job when reporting the rest of the globe.
What can the internet really do?
Ethan Zuckerman, co-founder of Global Voices, is a leading thinker on the benefits and limitations of the web and social groups. He isn’t a net evangelist or pessimist. His eloquence is unlike many other people. A recent speech articulates his current thoughts: Xenophiles are people who are fascinated by the whole world, by things other…
Who should we trust?
Big Brother isn’t just a problem in “repressive” regimes: Telecommunications executives told the US Senate Commerce Committee [official website] Thursday that their companies would refrain from using certain surveillance technology without users’ permission but stopped short of endorsing legislation to outlaw the practice. The committee hearing [materials] to investigate the privacy practices of American Internet…