Seidman (1995) believes that the discourse of what it means to be gay or lesbian has changed, particularly since the 1970′s. Up until that point it was common for intellectuals, and the gay community, to position homosexuality as condition that was both universal and natural; hence the convenience of the term “the gay brain”. However, [...]
How do employees use private blogs for personal emancipation? This sentence is the next draft of my thesis statement, and hopefully my last (although once I speak with my supervisor I’m sure this wish will prove to be in vane). Here’s my thoughts on the question. Firstly, it’s tightly focussed on employees and their use [...]
The point is made that the initial hopes for the Internet was that it would become a “grand “public forum”” in which free speech, at least in the US, would be given the very highest protection; however during the development of the Internet, the US government was influenced to hand over the regulation of the [...]
Tatum Lytle has produced an excellent article (subscription required for this link, but can also be found here) about the manner in which the US (and one would assume other administrations to have done the same) military has censored and stopped a number of US military personnel from blogging about their experiences in Iraq and [...]
It isn’t just workers who get fired for blog posts. Students are also coming under fire for their contributions to MySpace reports Associated Press. The battle for control over blogs as public spaces is not simply limited to arrangements that have a commercial nature. The article suggests that schools are seeking the power to control [...]
In this article readers are advised that the First Amendment of the US doesn’t protect the free speech of bloggers.
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