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A Rich History of Ethnic Media: A Review of News for All the People: The Epic Story of Race and the American Media

White-owned media has disparaged, dehumanized, and defamed people of color for thousands of years. That is the premise of the recently released News for All the People: The Epic Story of Race and the American Media by journalists and activists … Continue reading

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“Don’t be Evil” means respecting privacy

Googled: The End of the World as We Know It by Ken Auletta is intriguing, riveting and more then just a story about Google but also a brief history of the Internet. Auletta reminds us of how initially the power … Continue reading

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To filter or not to filter? that is the question

In the enjoyable and easy to read Here Comes Everybody, Clay Shirky illustrates how the Internet has revolutionized the way people interact with each other.  How we no  longer need a hierarchical organization to organize us under the banner of … Continue reading

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