Posts by Sacha
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Hard News: Media3: Where harm might fall, in reply to Kumara Republic,
from the Listener
Great reminder of what Ansell, Brash and chums achieved at the time in NZ. I agree with this guy quoted in the story, but am no clearer about how to make it actually work without tipping the balance towards the ridiculous:
Clearly the discussion isn’t about whether we should have free speech. It’s about where that line between freedom of speech and the right to freedom from discrimination and hateful opinion should be drawn. Underpinning one side of this debate is the notion that acts of violence against racial groups can be traced back to social attitudes and the kind of speech that promotes negative stereotypes and attitudes.
“Speech does make things happen,” says Derek Wallace, writing and rhetoric lecturer at Victoria University. “Speech has actual effects, like humiliation, harassment, intimidation and social alienation. You can significantly subordinate people by speech. Therefore it is logical that you need to control that, just as you control offending physical acts.”
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Yoda :)
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Hard News: Paying for what doesn't come…, in reply to Jeremy Eade,
The problem was the ROI on advertising
Yes despite online's better measurability, so little ad spend is going there in NZ. Media agencies seem to be wedded to the old even though they can't show it works.
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Hard News: Paying for what doesn't come…, in reply to Yamis,
what are modern cars doing in terms of factory radios?
Moving towards having a decent amp and speakers and relying on you to plug your own mobile device into them as a controller?
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Capture: Spring is Like a Perhaps Hand, in reply to JacksonP,
it is spring, your honour
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Capture: Spring is Like a Perhaps Hand, in reply to Lilith __,
sounds like some sort of cocktail
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Hard News: Media3: Where harm might fall, in reply to Bart Janssen,
Perhaps the solution is looking at other ways to teach social behaviour in addition to merely legislating punishment for bad behaviour (whatever that ends up being).
Which can also happen online.
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Hard News: Media3: Where harm might fall, in reply to Thomas Beagle,
Broadcasting standards (no reference but someone will know)?
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Hard News: Paying for what doesn't come…, in reply to Yamis,
you could set it to record particular shows on particular stations to listen back to at your leisure later on
isn't that basically podcasting?
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Speaker: Selling the Dream: The Art of…, in reply to Peter Alsop,
to hold your first book is a pretty cool feeling
Onya