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This blog is a platform to respond to the concepts in a course called International Studies and International Communications at the University of Toronto.

I am a fourth-year student in the joint-journalism program between the University of Toronto and Centennial College. I am minoring in English and Cultural Anthropology.

UPDATE: I graduated from the program in June 2010 with an Honours Bachelor of Arts with distinction. I am currently an intern at Sun TV’s 5:30 p.m. news show Canoe Live. Visit my personal website here. Cheers!

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How could mashups serve international governance? Would mashups serve to make government more effective?

A web mashup is a web application that takes information from one or more sources and presents it in a new way or with a unique layout. The key driving power of the Internet is information, and a mashup is an application that takes that information and shows it to you in a unique way. [...]

What does global civil society look like? Where are the ‘good’ and ‘bad’ forces located, and how do they achieve their ends?

Globalization describes an ongoing process by which regional economies, societies, and cultures have become integrated through a globe-spanning network of communication and trade. However, the term globalization conjures up a panoply of bleak images to many: multinational corporations wielding more power than governments; dirt cheap labor replacing well-payi […]

What are the main arguments in the two readings for this week? What version of historical change do you believe in and why?

Translate a phrase from English to another language and then back again. English to Dutch University of Toronto is not for everyone (English) – De universiteit van Toronto is niet voor iedereen (Dutch) Dutch to English De universiteit van Toronto is niet voor iedereen (Dutch) – The university of Toronto is not for everyone READINGS [...]

What are the main arguments in the two readings for this week? Which one do you prefer?

CNN : IN CASE YOU MISSED IT! A fast-paced look at top news events and most dramatic video from the day. http://rss.cnn.com/services/podcasting/incaseyoumissed/rss.xml HISTORICAL CHANGE PART 1 NOTE: late post, just trying to catch up! The Radical approach is deeply more concerned with only one aspect of change. The negative view of Neo-Marxist implies that ch […]

What determines the structure of a folksonomy and why? The code, the content or the social process? What does your answer to this question suggest about how we should understand globalization?

BY DEFINITION In contrast to a taxonomy, which can be roughly translated as “classification management”, a folksonomy is a classification scheme that uses a crowd rather than experts to parse content. The idea of a folksonomy is closely related to tagging, which has enjoyed great vogue in online circles since 2005 at least. The word [...]

Are wikis an effective means of communication? Why or why not? Why does it matter?

Wiki is a piece of server software that allows users to freely create and edit Web page content using any Web browser. Wiki supports hyperlinks and has a simple text syntax for creating new pages and crosslinks between internal pages on the fly. Wiki is unusual among group communication mechanisms in that it allows the [...]

(klā)~[mawr, mohr]=klaymor[Cleimore]

My name is Cleimore. I’ve never blog about a University Course before. Should be interesting! To sum me up: I work like I don’t need the money, I dance like no one is watching, And love like I’ve never been hurt -M.Twain

Digital Divide

DIGITAL DIVIDE refers to those people having access to digital and information technology and those who have little access or no access at all. People living in rural areas don’t have access while people living in the urban areas have access. Since technology has become a greater enabler, the computer, internet, all of these things [...]

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CONSUMER DEMOCRACY

To some extent the internet does democratize the consumer. If we look at web-based marketing and current audience or customer construction according to Joseph Turrow and Arun Sharma, we learn that current marketing schemes are created with the needs of the customer in mind. To democratize according to the freeonline dictionary, is defined as making [...]

Network societies vs Postmodernism

The reading by Manuel Castells suggests that we are currently living in a networked societies which means that we have a new way of social organizing. Due to the new information technologies we are living in societies where social interaction is carried through electronically based communication networks. According to Castells, network technologies have led […]

me no speak no english

UJUMBE Natoa changamoto ya kuanzisha vuguvugu la kutaka usawa katika masuala yote yanayogusa jamii zetu kimataifa. Kwanza tuanzie na hili la urembo ambalo Bi. Chemi Che Mponda amelirudisha katika fikra zangu. Kwa mtazamo wangu ni vigumu sana kumpata mrembo mmoja wa dunia. Kwa sababu huyo mwanamke wa Kihaya ambaye atakuwa mnene, aliyesuka kipilipili, mwenye r […]

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cyber harassment The two argument presented in this weeks reading is the cosmopolitan ideal of the internet which was argued by Charles Ess. Cosmopolitanism assumes that the world is a global village where all people are looking to achieve democracy, through the free flow of information and eventual economic prosperity. On the other hand Ronald [...]

YIKES! I HAVE BEEN FOLKSONOMIZED :p

The word folksonomy is derived from two words “Folk” and “Taxonomy” . On the one hand Folk refers to users or just regular people who are socially connected in the world-wide web and on the other hand Taxonomy is a method of organized classification. I think taxonomy is synonymous with biology, especially when classifying animals [.. […]

WIKIS

Our group project this week required us to create a wiki. It was an interesting task, our group had four members and we were lucky to have met in class but we didn’t know much about each other. Oh well, our meeting was brief- we only had enough time to decide on a topic “DIGITAL [...]

The digital divide is socially constructed.

It is essential to remember that there already exist a large gap between the Northern hemisphere and the Southern hemisphere. It has taken a long time for developing countries to try and close the gap, but unfortunately the socio-economic differences that exist still persist to grow wider rather than narrow down. When we analyze the [...]

Digital Native

I think my grandparents generation had a rough time when it came to communicating compared to my generation. Living in Africa in an era when access to communication infrastructure was limited to urban areas, my grandparents must have had it rough since they lived in rural Kenya. During that time family and friends lived close [...]

Fun Fun Fun!

I have a feeling my international studies course this semester will be fun. I can’t wait to start blogging. Watch this space.

Shiyue

How could mashups serve international governance? Would mashups serve to make government more effective

According to Wikipedia, Mashup is a platform (web page or application) combines two or more sources to make a new program or function. In this case, people could integrate the existing functions or data to create the new one. Thus, people could have their own web program or software; it is a way that democratizes the internet users. In the level of state, ba […]

The Global Civil Society

According to this week’s reading, the global civil society has three social and political implications. Firstly, there is influence shift from state-based institutions to social relations. The relationships between different NGOs become significant in political and social perspectives. Then, the NGOs played important rules and become essential actors in the […]

Does Internet Democratize the Consumer? Is privacy a concern?

In Arun Sharma and Jagdish N Sheths’ article, the transition from traditional marketing to reverse marketing is initially highlighted. The traditional marketing theory mainly focuses on the products and services which the companies and firms can produce. The marketing target is to promote demand for the product (Sharma & Sheth 2004, P697). The reverse ma […]

Translation

Before translate:"Because we need to know, and because people need to know, more than ever we need a sociology rooted in its scientific endeavor. Of course, it must have the specificity of its object of study, and thus of its theories and methods, without mimicking the natural sciences in a futile search for respectability. And it must have a clear purp […]

What are the main arguments in the two readings for this week? What version of historical change do you believe in and why?

In Fraiberg’s article, several postmodern cultural theories which related to AIDS are discussed. Baudrillard argued the era of networks abolished the boundary between the private sector and the public. The Communication, in Baudrillard’s mind, eliminated the private secrets, spaces and scenes. By integrated with the network, the body will be influenced and l […]

What are the main arguments in the two readings for this week?

In Charles Ess’s article, the argument is made based on some assumptions of “The Electronic Global Village” including cosmopolitanism, universal democracy, peace and prosperity. The author individually examined each of these assumptions; and pointed out that the electronic global village may undermine the regional culture and result in ethnical problems. The […]

What determines the structure of a folksonomy and why? The code, the content or the social process? What does your answer to this question suggest a

The term “folksonomy” can be divided into two words; folk means a group of people and taxonomy is a term usually used in biology to classify animals or plants into different species. Together, folksonomy means a group of internet users mutually classify or generalize the information into certain categories. Tagging is the major method of folksonomy. With the […]

Are wikis an effective means of communication? Why or why not? Why does it matter?

An effective means of communication should contain two fundamental factors. Firstly, it must provide a bilateral way for people to communicate. That means people are able to express their opinion and to get the responses from others, not just Then, people must have rights to communicate without any limitation or artificial barriers for example to prevent the […]

Wee3

In 21st century, the creation of New Media based on digital technology was already adopted by many people around the world. As new media more relied on Internet or other digital method, the problem of digital divide is more likely to shown. In order to acquire information through new media, people at least should have devices that can access to the internet. […]

Week 2

In their early lives in 1940s, letter writing was the major way that they could communicate with their relatives or friends who lived far away from them. Also, they could visit their friends and relatives if they could get there by walking or wagon. Otherwise, they could orally communicate through their neighbor who may travel to their relatives' hometo […]

Hubert Law

How could mashups serve international governance? Would mashups serve to make government more effective?

Now before answering the question, let's first define the meaning of a "mash-up."A mash-up is a web page or application that contains and combines multiple-external resources to form a new service. It is also a form of Web 2.0 application.As we all know, the internet is a massive communication tool and can be very difficult to monitor all acti […]

What does global civil society look like? Where are the ‘good’ and ‘bad’ forces located, and how do they achieve their ends?

A global civil society is a society managed by non-government Structures and it is the "people" or elites that make the decisions rather than an authority government. This society attempts to eliminate the gap between government and people.These forces good or bad are located in many type of forms. One type of form are institutional frameworks whic […]

Does internet democratise the consumer? Is privacy a concern?

Under the growing influence of the internet and technology, I find it difficult to state it does not democratize the consumer. Today, most countries are under the influence of democratic and capitalistic leadership especially in the United States which is the most powerful and influential country in the world of the century. With the help of the most powerfu […]

What are the main arguments in the two readings for this week? What version of historical change do you believe in and why?

From this week's reading, two views were presented one by Castell and one by Fraiberg.For Castell's view, the article viewed this new digital age in a sociological perspective. The ideas presented were quite dynamic, unifying, scientific and statistical. Castell viewed in the process of globalization, politicians would unify and eventually set asid […]

What are the main arguments in the two readings for this week? Which one do you prefer and why?

In the article presented by Charles Ess, it portrays its view towards an "electronic global village." Ess demonstrates inevitably that the global village will eventually occur in the long run. However, in its process there are bound to be conflicts of interest and restrictions. One of the most notable issues is culture and its values, many cultures […]

What determines the structure of a folksonomy and why? The code, the content or the social process?

Before determining the structure of the Folksonomy, I should first define it. Folksonomy is a system of categorization that enables users to manage and create tags of their content.Today, Folksonomy is wildly used as a form of collaborative tagging in social networks and in contents. Clearly, Folksonomy makes our lives easier for us by making things less tim […]

Are wikis an effective (be sure to define this term) means of communication? Why or why not? Why does it matter?

Wikis are articles or websites that can be created by anyone. However, these websites or articles can also be modified or edited by anyone as well whether it is the author or reader. The information provided in wikis are usually collaboration of multiple users rather than a single user. To a limited degree, wikis can be an effective form of communication dep […]

Should we be worried about the digital divide? Why or why not?

Firstly, the digital divide should be defined before I should begin assessing the question. By definition, the digital divide is the gap between people who own at least one computer and have access to the internet and people who do not. This gap is primarily determined by sociological and economical factors. The digital divide is an occurrence we should be a […]

How did my grandparents communicate? How could Web 3.0 change my life? How would being a ‘digital native’ affect my answer to this question?

How did my grandparents communicate?The capabilities of grandparent’s communication vary depending where and when they lived at that time. My grandparents lived in Taiwan in the 1960s where communication was not fully modernized to the whole society. Depending on how wealthy a family can be, they would have better access to phones. However, no matter how wea […]

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