Category Archives: media
Online Journalism
Surprisingly online journalism is nothing new- in 1981 the San Francisco examiner went online. At $20 to download the paper (most of which which was spent on just the phone call) it was not a revolutionary it was not revolutionary it was an important step online. Thirteen years later in January 1994 the Palo Alto [...]
Three Screens and Glowing Rectangles
An article in Time Magazine some years ago reported that new media will “make radio as obsolete as the horse” and destroy the American cinema industry. Children will not need to go to school as classes will be brought directly into their homes and Presidential candidates will use it to win elections. The article was [...]
Three Screens and Glowing Rectangles
An article in Time Magazine some years ago reported that new media will “make radio as obsolete as the horse” and destroy the American cinema industry. Children will not need to go to school as classes will be brought directly into their homes and Presidential candidates will use it to win elections. The article was [...]
Dublin City University’s Silver Surfers
WHILE SENATOR DAN BOYLE was attempting to bring down the government last week with the social networking site Twitter, JJ Higgins was doing something slightly more worthwhile. He was sending his first email. JJ (62), a retired postal worker, is among a growing number of older internet users in Ireland. A recent survey by the [...]