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Blogging : serious media or just a rant? /

Discusses the role of blogs, as well as more traditional media, in modern democratic societies, particularly focusing on the situation in Australia. Asks to what extent blogs represent opportunities for alternative voices rather than uncensored rants. Discusses issues of media concentration and comm...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Video Education America
Other Authors: Pederick, Ben (Director, Producer, Editor), Collins, Cath (Screenwriter), Hickey, Lisa (Narrator)
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Published: White Plains, NY : VEA (Video Education America), [2006]
Subjects:
Blogs > Social aspects.
Mass media > Social aspects.
Blogs > Social aspects > Australia.
Mass media > Social aspects > Australia.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Short films.
Documentary.
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Summary:Discusses the role of blogs, as well as more traditional media, in modern democratic societies, particularly focusing on the situation in Australia. Asks to what extent blogs represent opportunities for alternative voices rather than uncensored rants. Discusses issues of media concentration and commercialization and the value of a pluralistic public sphere.
Item Description:Copyright date on title frames: 2006, Classroom Video.
Aspect ratio 4:3; English 2.0.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (approximately 25 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD, NTSC, region 0.
Production Credits:Camera, Ben Pederick, Max Davis; editing, Ben Pederick.