The Cronenberg approach
By Editor on June 25, 2008 2:06 pm / Permalink
The idea of using literary texts to illuminate film is not new. But there remains a stubborn Leavisite tendency that implicitly values literary writings as superior on the grounds of being the more established art form. Mark Browning examines Canadian director David Cronenberg’s works in this context.
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‘Maoist rebels are mirrors of our own failings as a nation’
By Editor on June 18, 2008 1:21 am / Permalink
Sudeep Chakravarti, author of Red Sun: Travels in Naxalite Country, discusses the Maoist rebellion in India. “There is a crying need to mainstream it, tell the lay reader what is going on, shake ‘middle India’ out of its mall-stupor and diminish the delusions of grandeur of India’s lawmakers,” he tells Rohit Chopra. “The truth about this wrenching war has to be told.”
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‘Media must uphold human rights and social justice principles’
By Editor on June 12, 2008 4:49 am / Permalink
Professor Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na’im, in conversation with Rohit Chopra. The author of Islam and the Secular State addresses the role of media in upholding the principles of rights and social justice and the problems with embedded journalism.
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The Church and Oprah
By Editor on June 6, 2008 2:10 am / Permalink
At the heart of a YouTube-led controversy stands Oprah Winfrey, one of the world’s most popular media figures, charged with threatening Christianity. In this article which first appeared in ReligionDispatches, Gary Laderman says there’s every reason to be concerned about the Church of Oprah. Because it’s part of a larger competing religious culture: celebrity worship.
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The unembedded truth
By Editor on May 28, 2008 11:02 pm / Permalink
Beyond the Green Zone: Dispatches from an Unembedded Journalist in Occupied Iraq seeks the truth about Iraq beyond the blinkers of embedded reporting. The reality outside the comfort of the Green Zone squarely challenges the mainstream media picture of insurgency and everyday life there. Amy Blyth reviews Dahr Jamail’s book.
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Napoleon to heavy metal: academic blogs
By Editor on May 14, 2008 10:13 pm / Permalink
In the first of a series, Rohit Chopra surveys academic blogs from the worlds of history, media studies, and the social sciences.
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Online (+ print) = future
By Amy Blyth on May 7, 2008 1:08 am / Permalink
Print will fall and online will rise and rise. In five years most journalists will produce multi-media content. But quality of journalism may not improve… What 700 editors and newspaper executives across 120 countries said in the second Newsroom Barometer Survey.
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‘What does online democracy mean?’
By Editor on April 28, 2008 7:18 pm / Permalink
Professor Mark Nunes, in conversation with Rohit Chopra. In this inaugural interview in a series on new media and culture, the author of Cyberspaces of Everyday Life discusses the limitations of democracy online and the expectations from Web 2.0.
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