http://www.mediatimesreview.com/blog world media review website Sun, 31 May 2009 14:33:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A historian points out the problems behind today’s claims of cultural ownership over historical artefacts.]]> http://www.mediatimesreview.com/blog/2006/04/07/heritage-wars/ French students should go back to class to learn some economics]]> http://www.mediatimesreview.com/blog/2006/04/07/the-striking-idiocy-of-youth/ Where are the great men and women who are changing the world for the better? Who are they?]]> http://www.mediatimesreview.com/blog/2006/04/02/heroes-of-our-time/ From the standpoint of postmodernist thinkers like Jean-François Lyotard, western cultures universalize assumptions about what is “human” and “rational,” as if these concepts are not culturally and historically specific, the malleable products of power and ideology. ]]> http://www.mediatimesreview.com/blog/2006/04/02/christian-humanism-past-and-present/ The hardware punks at Apple have changed the world more than the Sex Pistols, argues technology commentator and Mac user Bill Thompson.]]> http://www.mediatimesreview.com/blog/2006/04/01/never-mind-the-os-x/ The formal laws constituting freedom of expression in democratic societies are only the tip of the iceberg of unwritten agreements between citizens about what they can express publicly in one context or another, says Göran Rosenberg.]]> http://www.mediatimesreview.com/blog/2006/04/01/freedom-of-expression-and-its-limits/ It is not an impact on the epic scale of an asteroid smashing into the Earth and killing off the dinosaurs, but the collision of technology and media is having profound effects on a more modern ecosystem. ]]> http://www.mediatimesreview.com/blog/2006/03/13/technology-feeds-grassroots-media/ http://www.mediatimesreview.com/blog/2005/11/26/trusting-the-teacher-in-the-grey-flannel-suit/ http://www.mediatimesreview.com/blog/2005/11/26/red-herring/ http://www.mediatimesreview.com/blog/2005/09/29/matrix-revelations/ http://www.mediatimesreview.com/blog/2005/09/24/blogs-and-journalism-need-each-other/ http://www.mediatimesreview.com/blog/2005/09/24/the-myth-of-national-decline/ What do we do about terrorist incitement on the internet? I have noted on several occasions that the main enemies of democracy and pluralistic Islam -- al-Qaida, the ultra-Wahhabi clerics of Saudi Arabia, and jihadists in Pakistan -- seem to have far surpassed the antiterror forces in use of this versatile and effective form of media.]]> http://www.mediatimesreview.com/blog/2005/09/19/terror-on-the-internet/ If brands can create an emotional attachment to soft drinks or sneakers, it's only a matter of time before more charities do the same -- but even more so.]]> http://www.mediatimesreview.com/blog/2005/09/19/get-creative-how-to-build-innovative-companies/ Georgi Iliev, the gangster and proprietor of Bulgaria's Lokomotiv Plovdiv football club, was in jubilant mood as he stepped out of a bar to take a mobile phone call. Hours earlier, his team had pulled off victory in a UEFA Cup qualifying round. His last words to the barman were: "More champagne".]]> http://www.mediatimesreview.com/blog/2005/09/11/bulgarian-secret-service-implicated-in-murders-of-mobsters/