Category «Knowledge Management»

Fake TV News Subject of Reports and FCC Investigation

Press release: “Which would you think has more substantive news coverage — traditional broadcast network newscasts or The Daily Show with Jon Stewart? Would you believe the answer is neither? Julia R. Fox, assistant professor of telecommunications at Indiana University isn’t joking when she says the popular “fake news” program, which last week featured Pakistani …

Subjects: Government Documents, Knowledge Management

Newspaper Association Survey Tracks Increase in Online Readership

Press release, October 4, 2006: “Significant growth in newspaper Web usage is continuing to redefine the traditional newspaper audience, according to results released today by the Newspaper Association of America in its fall 2006 Newspaper Audience Database (NAdbase) report. The report shows that during the first half of 2006, unique visitors to newspaper Web sites …

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

2006 World Population Data Sheet

“The Population Reference Bureau’s 2006 World Population Data Sheetp rovides new information on the forces shaping migration rates around the world. As long as high birth rates and poverty continue to place pressure on populations, migrants will see advantages to moving to countries with more resources and greater opportunities…The United States is set to reach …

Subjects: Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

Public Libraries and the Internet 2006: Study Results and Findings

“The 2006 national study presents findings from both a national survey and case sites. The national survey provides provides longitudinal data regarding public library Internet connectivity and public access computing services and resources, but also explores the impacts and benefits that communities derive from public library connectivity. The case sites focused primarily on successfully networked …

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management, Libraries

University Complutense of Madrid Joins Google Book Project

Press release: “Working together, Google and the University Complutense of Madrid will digitise the university’s hundreds of thousands of public domain works, so that anyone, at anytime will be able to view, browse, read, and even download the full texts from the library’s historic and special collections. The library of the Complutense University of Madrid …

Subjects: Copyright, Knowledge Management, Libraries, Search Engines

Pew Internet Project Releases Second Report on Future of the Internet

“A survey of internet leaders, activists, and analysts shows that a majority agree with predictions that by 2020 [Link to The Future of the Internet II (115 pages, PDF)]: A low-cost global network will be thriving and creating new opportunities in a “flattening” world. Humans will remain in charge of technology, even as more activity …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Internet, Knowledge Management, Privacy

Global Pilot Project to Deter Clashes Between Search Engines and Publishers

Follow-up to September 18, 2006 posting Belgian Court Rules Against Google in Copyright Dispute, this press release from the World Association of Publishers, September 22, 2006: “In the week that Belgian publishers won their case against Google for illegally publishing content without prior consent, a coalition of print media associations are preparing to launch a …

Subjects: Copyright, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Search Engines

Washington Post Sites Go Mobile

As reported by Mike Shields: “Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive has launched made-for-mobile versions of the Web sites for three of its largest properties, including WashingtonPost.com, Newsweek.com and Slate.com as part of a new mobile services initiative at the company. The sites are available free of charge for any users that have a Web-enabled handset by logging onto …

Subjects: Knowledge Management, Search Engines, Wireless Web

Economic Freedom of the World: 2006 Annual Report

Press release: “Economic freedom has a greater impact than foreign aid in helping people in poor nations escape poverty, according to the Economic Freedom of the World: 2006 Annual Report…Economic Freedom of the World measures the degree to which the policies and institutions of countries are supportive of economic freedom. The cornerstones of economic freedom …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Knowledge Management