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Sacrifice for Freedom
(Short Story)
31-10-2003
by neema mbeyu
It is possible to live in El Salvador as if poverty, repression and war did not exist. The expensive shopping malls, wealthy residential districts and hotels paints a face which makes you forget of the past terrible reality. El Salvador is a small...
Women's Rights and the Media
(Opinions)
6-10-2004
by Nandita Saikia
I've heard it said that fighting for women's rights isn't about obtaining results overnight but about changing the attitudes of people over a period of time and as true as that might be, whether one talks about the implementation of CEDAW, rape,...
"The You In You"(A Personal Development Program)
(Short Story)
17-06-2003
by Joshua
The You In You - Joshua Awesome
As a young professional with a background in Public Relations and Media, life has opened me up to various jobs at different times in my life, until recently when I discovered myself. The fact which is...
:::silang mga mamamahayag:::
(Opinions)
30-08-2005
by Payne Max
Kanina habang inaayos ko yung baul na ratan na pinag-iimbakan ng diyaryo ay may nabasa akong article sa opinion section ng isang broadsheet. Tungkol iyon sa mga journalist na napatay nitong mga nakalipas na taon.
Nakapupukaw lang ng atensiyon....
A Concert to Commemorate Indo-Polish Diplomatic Relations
(Short Story)
12-09-2003
by Nandita Saikia
I went to a concert on September 11 that was held to commemorate 50 years of Indo-Polish diplomatic relations, and 70 years of the establishment of the Polish Consulate in Bombay.
I don't often go to concerts like this one but I'm glad that I...
A Little Girl Who Was Once Big
(Short Story)
7-06-2006
by Ronja
A dim light bulb carelessly hung on the wall, hanging down on lengths of wire, dangling in midair.
The faint light born in the bulb is hardly acknowledged, hardly noticed. Hardly anyone recognises that the faint light hovering in the dark...
A Poet I am not
(Poetry)
16-11-2007
by afddf
A poet I am not
A writer unappreciated
Works unworthy of appreciation
A poet I am not
Though words wrapped in metaphorical loveliness
They only evoke feelings of nothingness
A poet I am not
But a promoter of silence
Not only in sounds...
A Survey of Media
(Opinions)
19-09-2003
by Mary Grace M. Alonzo
The basic idea is that media can be used for both good or for evil is a matter of choice. Media can be used to built and sustain community. An authentic community is based upon pursuing the well-being and fulfillment of community members in...
A Wake Up Call for Anticorruption Initiatives
(Opinions)
24-12-2005
by Dilep Paudel
Corruption in the governmental and non-governmental sector has been a candidly addressed matter in the international arena. Despite the economic and development progress of any nation, it has been considered as the single major challenge to all...
A Writer's Inspiration
(Poetry)
3-07-2008
by Tamunobarabi Gogo Ibulubo
We live in an environment.
It shapes our thoughts,
Behaviors and languages.
As we live together
In the society,
We watch each other
Much as we watch nature.
We endeavor to identify
How nature and each of us
Relate to each other....
Africa is not a Country
(Opinions)
24-12-2004
by Chris Ezeh
Most people never get bothered when news-agenda setters suddenly turn a continent into a country or when Gambia or Kenya suddenly assumes the same weight in meaning as the continental Africa. But many Africans do. The issues of the continued...
America is Not Innocent
(Opinions)
19-04-2002
by Yvonne Shao
Since 1945 the Americans has bombed China, Korea, Guyana, Indonesia, Cuba to Congo, Peru, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Guatemala, Grenada, Libya, El-Salvador, Panama, Iraq, Sudan, Afghanistan and Yugoslavia. How humanitarian can you get?
America's...
As Nigeria Embraces IT in Public Information Management
(Opinions)
12-08-2004
by Salisu Suleiman
In traditional Nigerian societies, drummers and town criers were important means of communication and were used for a variety of reasons to inform and entertain the public. That process probably represented the earliest form of public information...
Beneath the cobblestones… a beach
(Opinions)
25-09-2004
by
Surprisingly enough, the walls of the campus weren’t covered with posters to announce Toronto’s seventh annual Reclaim the Streets party that took place on September 17th near Kensington market.
The event isn’t just an outdoor version of some...
Biography of Spiderman
(Opinions)
3-11-2002
by Saad
The bite of an irradiated spider granted high-school student Peter Parker incredible, arachnid-like powers. When a burglar killed his beloved Uncle Ben, a grief-stricken Peter vowed to use his amazing abilities to protect his fellow man. He had...
Cable TV in India
(Opinions)
15-03-2003
by Ashwin Gopinath
Cable television is a rough business in India. Earlier this month, a number of villagers had been arrested for tapping cable lines in a rural village. That sort of thing sits ill with India’s vision of itself as a knowledge-industry superpower,...
Cambridge University Advancing Islamic Awareness
(Interviews)
22-02-2004
by Omar S. Roomi
CAMBRIDGE, 3 February 2004 - Cambridge University, last week, held a program of events to promote awareness of Islam, organized by their Islamic Society. The university, that energizes the small town where it is based, is the hub of international...
Can Culture Survive the Media?
(Opinions)
5-10-2003
by Msanii Wa sanaa
Can world cultures survive media? This is a question I ask myself time and again. The Kenya I was born into is not definitely the Kenya I live in today. Does society change without any outside influence? The answer is no. "I heard it on Radio/read...
Circle of Struggle — The Education Initiative (1st Prize Writing)
(Opinions)
12-07-2004
by Yasmary Mora
I’ve always been told to climb the ladder to success. Here in Canada, I’ve been given the privilege to build myself that ladder. But, with eyes always on the prize, it’s all too easy to forget those who don’t have such privilege. I’ve always been...
Commercialization of Thoughts
(Opinions)
21-10-2003
by Nusrah Wali
Looking back on my spending habits, and my attitude towards commercialization as a child I realize that the media and subliminal messaging had a lot of influence on me and the world around me. As a child my parents limited my interaction with the...
Computer, Video Games, Internet and Child Development.
(Opinions)
1-07-2004
by Ajomuzu Collette Bekaku
There is no gainsaying the fact that the world is today much smaller than it was scores of years ago. Likewise, it cannot be argued that the same world is a more convenient habitat than it was then. This state of events is largely owing to the...
Connecting Youth Across the Globe: An Open Letter on TakingITGlobal’s Multilingual Platform
(Opinions)
5-08-2005
by Abdul Khalique
I knew about TIG when I was planning to attend the ‘E-ducation without Borders 2005’ Conference. One day I visited the EWB official website and pointed my browser towards speaker’s profile page. There I read about Jennifer, the co-founder of TIG....
Context and Cartoon Riots: When Little Things Sting Old Wounds
(Opinions)
22-02-2006
by Haatem Reda
I do not see the so-called "cartoon riots" of the past few weeks as being about Muslims taking issue with Europeans' right to freedom of speech. People in predominantly Muslim countries have been pining for freedoms of all kinds (certainly...
Creating Our Own Media
(Opinions)
22-09-2003
by Joni
We often think of the media as the news of the world outside our lives. It’s based on the events happening that may not affect us personally, but do impact our society. The media is what it is, because it’s focused on the lives of strangers in...
Cultural Problems in Africa
(Opinions)
30-09-2003
by Damilare T.A Onajole
According to history, the Africans were great people. They excelled in arts, religion, technology, medicine, and civilisation. Their culture was principally based on religious and moral justification. A strong point to prove the moral injunctions...
Cybercamps
(Opinions)
21-09-2002
by Jason Alinen
¡§Impacting Children¡¦s Lives Through Technology¡¨
Cybercamps/Giant Campus began with a man and an idea. His name is Pete Findley and his idea was to create an interesting mix of summer camps and technology, hence the name ¡§Cybercamps¡¨....
Dissecting The Philippine Mass Media Today
(Short Story)
4-10-2003
by POCHOLO GONZALES
Philippine mass media today is a hybrid of Libertarian and Authoritarian stock, inheriting incongruous qualities that render it complicated and oftentimes confusing. Philippine media prides itself as the "freest in Asia"; the constitution-backed...
Diversity
(Opinions)
22-01-2003
by Natalie Edwards
Diversity is a word that has many meanings. According to the dictionary, it means ‘difference’; it means to be ‘dissimilar’. But diversity isn’t just about the color of your skin or the sound of your accent or your background or your value system,...
Diwan: A Place Where I Can Peacefully Breathe
(Interviews)
0-00-0000
by Yara Kassem
A couple of years ago in Cairo, five young people had the idea of making that project aiming to change and reorient their surrounding community, they wanted to open that bookstore, but not only a bookstore but a platform for many other cultural...
Don't Look Twice
(Poetry)
14-02-2005
by D'Arcy Juni
A simple man with an empty smile,
denied a sense of elation...
His mirth reflects you and your merciless laughter,
-appointment for modification.
Finding footing, the tinkering begins,
the slaughter of innocence.
They've created a working,...
Double Face of Globalisation
(Opinions)
8-10-2004
by chidiebere arinzechukwu
Globalization is the great economic event of our era, its now bringing unprecedented opportunities to billions of people throughout the world. Globalization is the term some use to describe the growing worldwide interdependence of people and...
emailprotest.org
(Opinions)
30-09-2002
by Simon Geraghty
The recently launched emailprotest.org is a resource for email protest campaigns with a list of links to campaigns by Amnesty International, Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, and more. Also listed are 'sponsor clicking' campaigns and online...
Farewell!
(Poetry)
8-11-2005
by hazem al jaber
a days passed and we don’t feel it
and a years gone,
and a time has come to say goodbye
it’s a time of friends leaving
let us farewell, whom we carry a love and a appreciation,
in our hearts
farewell them in spite of us
that we smile...
Fighting Illiteracy: One Book at a Time
(Opinions)
17-03-2003
by Patrice Hutton
My love affair with the written word began in second grade as I became addicted to the series The Baby-Sitters Club. Ever since then, I have read anything that bears more than a single letter of the alphabet. Street signs, shampoo...
Five Minutes to Midnight – Analysis, Research, and Development
(Opinions)
31-03-2005
by Wojciech Gryc
Five Minutes to Midnight (FMM), available at http://www.fiveminutestomidnight.org, is an organization devoted to promoting human rights and international issues among the world's youth. Originally started as a way for young people to share their...
Free Press is a MUST
(Opinions)
19-02-2005
by Matongo Maumbi
Without the press, no single government in the world can operate, because the press is the fourth most important estate after the executive, judiciary and legislature in any democratic state. And for the press to be really appreciated as the...
How the Media Affect Us
(Opinions)
31-10-2002
by Helen Fu
The media affects us because the media is the only way people know what's going on in the world. People believe the media, even though sometimes the media doesn't speak the truth. Media isn't always correct and fast. The don't usually give people...
How to conduct an interview: tips for youth journalists
(Opinions)
9-07-2002
by Ha Thi Lan Anh
Hi! I just finished a media skill share workshop online. One of the things I did at the workshop was help the participants out with some tips on how to conduct an interview. I think it can be of interest to some of you guys.
To make this...
How Youth are Protrayed by the Media.
(Opinions)
10-04-2002
by MELANIE GREAVES
In a world that is constantly worried about how far an individual gets, it is hard to focus on someone other then oneself. This is very evidence in popular culture in North American. They have an over focus on materialist things. It is sometimes...
Ice Age: An Entertaining and Educational Cartoon
(Opinions)
11-04-2003
by justin ling
It’s Friday and there is no lecturer in class, so I stay home. After half an hour of looking out to the window of my room, I asked myself… what am I going to do today, besides going to the gym later in the day. Then I decided to venture into...
Illusions versus Reality
(Opinions)
18-07-2005
by Allison Buckley
In a White society, Black personalities are more than often stunted for the benefit of a hegemonic environment. Black children are alienated because they have ‘cootees,’ and Black adults are oppressed in labor because they are either seen as not...
Imagomundi
(Interviews)
28-06-2006
by Julián Pablo Sinesi
Imagomundi es una asociación civil sin fines de lucro, que tiene como principales objetivos la recuperación de las matrices éticas y estéticas en las obras de arte, junto a la promoción de nuevos talentos, como pintores, escultores, músicos,...
Infrastructure of Inequality
(Opinions)
20-03-2002
by Phillip A. Dawid
Question: How are inequalities within and between societies being maintained, and how are they being challenged? Do you think these challenges can reduce structural inequalities? Why and/or Why not?
Societies have always had intrinsic flaws...
Innocent Glaze: Inside the Teenage Mind and the Damage of Media
(Poetry)
17-10-2003
by Don'tBeAShreya
This picture represents the youth of today. Society as we know it is not the safe haven where we can run to for safety and security anymore. It seems as though media has a greater effect on society then what most youth believe. The media isn't...
Internet, Jóvenes y Participación
(Opinions)
5-04-2007
by Damian Profeta
Nota : Este artículo fue presentado originariamente como parte integrante del trabajo " Juventud y TICs: una relación con mucho futuro " realizado y publicado por el Portal de Juventud para América Latina y el Caribe en abril de 2007...
Is art innefectual in promoting acceptance of diversity?
(Opinions)
12-08-2006
by Pleso
Much art seeks to stir the mind of its audience into considering new angles, to adopt alternative positions to those in which they previously stood, to observe further possibilities. Much of this art achieves its objectives. However, just who is...
Kamala Sarup's book Samjhuta Ko Modma
(Opinions)
26-09-2002
by Ramesh Sharma
- Ramesh Sharma
Literatteur cum journalist Kamala Sarup's short story collection Samjhuta Ko Modma has enlivened the love and hate relationship. She explained...
Kelem (1st Prize Writing)
(Opinions)
12-07-2004
by Yasmary Mora
(TEXT ORIGINALLY IN FRENCH)
The curtain opens, revealing a well-turned leg, black as ebony. The band strikes up and the music blares, making padded armchairs vibrate and sumptuous chandeliers rattle throughout the hall. In the judges’ box,...
Kingdom of Heaven: Muslim Representations
(Opinions)
25-06-2005
by Ayman El Hakea
A couple of weeks ago, I went with my friends Ahmed, Loaïe, and Mohamed, to the Green Plaza cinema complex in Alexandria to watch the new movie: “Kingdom of Heaven.” I was very excited to watch that movie, particularly because it deals with a very...
La Basilique de Côte d'ivoire :Notre Dame de la Paix
(Short Story)
14-05-2006
by Camara Charles
Côte d'Ivoire sur Internet:
Située en Afrique de l’Ouest, sur le Golfe de Guinée, la Côte d’Ivoire, est entourée par le Libéria, la Guinée, le Mali, le Burkina-Faso et le Ghana. 15,446,231 personnes (en 1998) occupent les 322 462 Km2...
Life in the Movies
(Opinions)
13-10-2002
by Catarina Abreu
You're alone in your room...and after a long, routine day, those beautiful blue eyes are a breath of fresh air. You worship him and long to to be with him. To most he is an ordinary man, but to you, he is the ultimate SEX GOD.
Yes, ladies and...
Lyric of pains
(Poetry)
11-08-2005
by gabriel babatunde oluwakorede
Oh mother,
What a wound you've sustained!
You are meek and kind,
The foes still struck at you.
Awoke by the news,
My cry hits across the neighbourhood.
Ghana mourned with me,
And I refused comfort from Benin.
Whoever mocks my sobs
Let...
Making Music, Finding an Audience, and the Need to Download: ‘Tally Hall’ Speaks Out
(Interviews)
30-09-2005
by Cheryl Gudz
Who or what is Tally Hall? Formed in 2002, Tally Hall is a rock band from Ann Arbor, Michigan with an amusing approach to making music. Although their quirky name might confuse you at first, there is no mistaking this band’s raison d’etre. These...
Man on a Mission
(Interviews)
26-08-2004
by Karen Shim
Matt Blair has an enviable job on Sunday nights: spinning mod and indie records at the swanky Cobalt bar in Toronto with friends in the crowd, unlimited access to beer and a decent paycheque to boot. Nice work if you can get it. But DJing isn’t...
Mass Market Rebellion
(Poetry)
24-11-2004
by sandra monday
Today at work a young man
Told me if everyone in the world became the same
It was progress.
That it was fine to have identical thinking
A culture devoid of imagination, independent thought, insight
Society peopled by completely obedient...
MDGs are our self–expression
(Interviews)
2-04-2005
by Giang Nguyen
We are Phuong Thao and Phuong Ngoc. As close friends, we often do many things together, but the most successful one has to be our participation in the contest “For a better Earth.” This contest was to raise the awareness of youngsters about the...
Media and the World
(Opinions)
6-12-2005
by Dereje Amera
Our lives are full of unpredictable events and unexpected situations. Sometimes there is such an extensive amount of information available it is difficult to arrive at a concrete conclusion. People have different theories and assumptions, all of...
Media Bias
(Opinions)
4-10-2003
by Helen Fu
Do you believe the news you hear from TV or read from newspaper? If you do, that’s a pretty bad idea. That’s because the media can lie, just like us. If this happens, it is called bias. Bias changed the face of the media, as they now start to make...
Media, Hypocrisy and Conflict: Still an Issue?
(Opinions)
20-01-2003
by shoks
Perturbing, just perturbing, is how I'll sum up the state of affairs in the world today. There are so many self-righteous hypocrites and powers that be that will do whatever it takes to muzzle the media.
I'm so heartened by the United...
Media: From the East to the West
(Opinions)
25-09-2003
by Zuhra Bahman
As long as I can remember, the BBC World Service (broadcasted from London at 1615 GMT), Voice of America (broadcasted from Washington DC), and Voice of Iran (broadcasted from Tehran) was what we listened to in order to get information about our...
Metaphysics
(Poetry)
13-07-2006
by Janda
A missed call
Faced the traffic blocked
Both of us couldnt connect
A wavelength manifestation
with pseudo connectivity
my words blamed
an eternal miserabilty
words are in fact abstractions
of a Divine Simplicity!!!
iatjanda-
13th july,...
MISH-MASH
(Poetry)
30-09-2004
by jeremy chaila
"choose the worst, the smallest the most obscene
and add the worst lighting, then shoot the scene",
and those are the words from the editor's chair
as he releses his stereotypes into our clean air
"make it louder, uglier, bloodier, more...
More than just You Tube
(Poetry)
27-02-2008
by Lynne Lessard
Evening news, watch their world lose all control
See destiny’s attempts to re-inform
By seeing beyond your forgetful soul
The maybes and peut-êtres that it stole
Brittle nails, old lungs, a tropical storm
Evening news, watch their world...
My Brainchild
(Poetry)
11-08-2005
by gabriel babatunde oluwakorede
As I peruse the sky there are stars, which form a galaxy.
But I observe a star as it glitters.
As I do research around rocks
there are stones, which gleam.
But I discover a diamond as it sparkles.
Though the stars which form galaxy
have...
Nights
(Poetry)
30-10-2005
by hazem al jaber
I was a cheerful and had a lot of lust,
at that coast..
and now, at anther shore.
Alone, infatuate with my naked soul.
Youthfulness gone without return back,
become as an old bird,
living alone on his tree
waiting a time which don’t come...
No me malentiendas...
(Poetry)
9-05-2006
by Leonardo Ignacio Ledesma
Puedo escribir los versos que quiera.
Sé que podría.
Puedo pensar en realizar historias
y escribirlas
para hacerlas
inicios de otras vidas.
Puedo creer que soy invulnerable.
Que hay heridas
que afectan a otros
que no llegan,
que no...
Oh Beloved
(Poetry)
30-10-2005
by hazem al jaber
after I gave you my heart..
and let you lived in my soul..
how I can give you a flowers????!!!
and all flowers takes a sweet-smelling from you..
how I can be closed more to you..???!!
and you live in my heart and between my ribs..
and...
Organisational Communication
(Opinions)
23-03-2006
by Jaevion Nelson
“Communication is not something you need to learn: it’s simply something you need to do and always do.” This is so as it is needed to indicate some action, to impart information, attitudes, beliefs, ideas, and feelings thereby establishing a...
Orígenes del Charango
(Short Story)
22-03-2006
by Julián Pablo Sinesi
Decidí escribir esta nota porque, además de que estudio este instrumento, cuando lo escucho en el subte o en los colectivos, siento una vibración especial…,la vibración de la identidad. De lo nuestro postergado por cientos de años, pero con la...
Piedad por el enemigo
(Opinions)
1-04-2006
by Fabrizio Scrollini
Día tras día, en miles de laboratorios del mundo, cientos de miles de animales son sacrificados en nombre de la investigación y la ciencia. Hasta hace poco me parecía intrascendente cualquier clase de discusión sobre este tema. Como buen...
Por un pelo: los coglioni ¿ganaron?
(Opinions)
18-04-2006
by Mariela De Marchi Moyano
Tras auténticas montañas rusas de cifras y declaraciones, Italia parece haber cambiado de gobierno. ¿Pero cuáles son los verdaderos éxitos, políticos y antropológicos?
Finalmente los resultados: La Unión de centroizquierda tiene la mayoría sea...
Professional Responsibility in the News Media: The Nigerian Case
(Opinions)
13-03-2005
by Seyi Oduyela
The role of the media is no doubt critical in promoting good governance and curbing corruption. The media does not only raise public awareness about corruption, cause consequences and possible remedies, but also investigates and reports incidences...
Public Relations
(Opinions)
27-08-2005
by M.S.A. Shobuz
Public Relations
What is Public Relations? “Public relations is the management function that identifies, establishes and maintains mutually beneficial relationships between an organization and the various publics on whom its success or failure...
Reflections World Social Forum
(Opinions)
20-02-2002
by Augusto C
My arrival at the World Social Forum didn´t impact me so much. I was expecting to see several people running from one place to another, sometimes not even knowing the exact place they are going, representing their organization, political party or...
Remembrance Day
(Short Story)
2-11-2006
by Janiice
Keilea lay back on her yellow and blue bedspread. She had a upcoming essay to write but she was not sure where to start. What exactly does Remembrance Day mean? Was the question that remained on her mind. The 14 year old had heard numerous stories...
Reporting Garbage
(Opinions)
15-12-2002
by Michael Newton-McLaughlin
Pretentious, unscrupulous, elitist, snide, cantankerous – just a few adjectives in which to describe the corporate media of today. Recently, my position on the student government allowed me the unique opportunity of deal with the local Sacramento...
Represión en la Plaza de Toros
(Opinions)
15-02-2006
by Carlos García-Robles
México D.F., 5 de febrero 2006, 60 aniversario de la Plaza de Toros México
Los organizadores, convocantes y participantes de la marcha contra las corridas de toros y las celebraciones del 60 aniversario de la Plaza de Toros México, decidimos...
Role of Media and Video Games
(Opinions)
30-05-2005
by Muhammad Awais Aftab
As sociologists are doing more and more research, a correlation between violence and media is being firmly established. Television and movies have emerged as a very powerful form of entertainment but are they just providing us relief or are they...
Rural Broadcasting and Good Governance
(Opinions)
8-03-2004
by AHM Bazlur Rahman
Good Governance is the most conversant among the development issues that are being discussed in Bangladesh now. Not only the in government departments, but all the non-government lobbies are also preparing to face out the challenges of development...
She...
(Poetry)
13-07-2006
by Shahrul Izwan Bin Naser
She dives into the ocean…
Her skin quivers with it…
And all of a sudden….
She understands
The mystery underneath….
She is ready to listen…
To the wind whistle..
She sees herself
As a tiny black dot.
And she feels like..
Floating in the...
SinEssence
(Poetry)
30-01-2004
by Cara
they’re selling protection for the one that’s in
this skin crawling under the weather withering
with the ozone leather or is it better a meta-for
pleather this thinning layer we are wearing through
earth air water fire willed like a debt to...
State harassment: Kenyan Journalists continues to suffer…
(Opinions)
2-03-2007
by KOKONYA O PATRICK
The Kenyan Government has on several occasions subjected journalists to undue harassment, exhibiting an unhealthy discomfort with the media. Ironically, most journalists are still young. Indeed, they are the source of revenue for the media houses...
Sting Operations
(Opinions)
8-07-2005
by Manpreet Kaur Narula
Sting Operations
First of all I would like to give a brief idea about what Sting Operations are.
In law enforcement a sting operation is an operation designed to catch a person committing a...
Story of Life
(Poetry)
31-03-2005
by Vagmi Dholakia
Life is a journey,
Any outcomes may come
I will face it without fear,
Outcomes are a part out life,
They help us realize the importance of our journey.
Life can face many problems,
It can be solved with a supportive mind,
To get support...
The Black Poet...
(Poetry)
16-01-2009
by Akinbo, Adebunmi Adeola
They claim they are White
and we are Black,
What people say...
...Oh, what people say;
They tell us to sit is take the seat,
while soldiers are told to sit up
rather than sit down;
HIV/AIDS is on a visit to Africa,...
The Dangerous Bond With TV
(Opinions)
15-10-2003
by Amira Sobeih
Most children love watching the TV after school but do you really know what effect it's having on your sons and daughters? Earlier this month parents in Britain were accused of using televisions as electronic babysitters, which the government's...
The Day Came Yesterday
(Poetry)
13-07-2006
by Shahrul Izwan Bin Naser
Everyone who is born holds dual citizenship
in the kingdom of the well
and in the kingdom of the sick.
Although we all prefer only to use the good passport,sooner or later each of us is obliged,
at least for a spell, to identify...
The Internet
(Poetry)
17-12-2004
by Mona Lisa Aspiras
The World Wide Web
AKA "The World Wide Wait"
Why "Wait?"
Signs of the Times
A Feeding Frenzy of Information
And More and More
Feeding us past the level of
Gluttony
Not only - Faster and Faster
Contest after Contest...
The Modern Classic
(Opinions)
12-08-2004
by Angelicum Oda
Quando solo so la sogno al orizzonte e mancan le parole, io so che no ce luce e no na stanza quando manca il sole...sings a thirteen year-old boy on his way out of the largest Coliseum in Manila. He's of pure Filipino raise and origin, singing an...
The newmedia reality in Bangladesh
(Opinions)
21-02-2004
by Shahjahan Siraj
Language forms the biggest barrier to computer literacy in Bangladesh, and when less than 15% of the population has access to electricity, and a far smaller fraction owns computers, it is clear that only the wealthy will have access to this...
The Rock Star and the Serpent
(Short Story)
17-09-2003
by Hussein Limaco Macarambon
Chito and Athene are the opposite poles of a magnet. Chito is a hyperactive and slightly mad punk star; Athene is just a hungry albino serpent. They live in the same room, but Chito gets to sleep in bed while Athene sprawls her length over the...
The Role of the Media in Peace Processes
(Opinions)
23-02-2003
by Sanjana Hattotuwa
The search for drama within a peace process can also be detrimental to the process. Headlines, as one has often seen over the past few weeks, which focus on threats, accusations and sensational confrontations, generate anger on both sides, with...
The struggle for life
(Poetry)
25-08-2007
by Osamuyi Okpame
The struggle for life
And the race against time
From the tiny living cells
To the mightiest of creatures
Life has always been but a struggle
Struggle! Struggles!! and more struggles!!!
Life is always a hot race
And a deal against time...
The Tell Tale Dream
(Short Story)
30-12-2003
by Stephanie Ramones
Two weeks passed and it happened again, Amy awoke in a cold sweat screaming and once again only remembered part of the dream. She sees herself walking down an old dusty hallway and opening the door at the end. After that all she remembered that...
The Truth is Out There?
(Opinions)
22-10-2005
by Hazel Tyldesley
The internet is a fertile breeding ground for spoof sites and elaborate hoaxes and it’s not only naïve surfers who are fooled. Hazel Tyldesley takes a look at the pranks that hoodwink mainstream media.
Ever fancied modifying the shape of your...
The War Of Words
(Opinions)
5-04-2003
by Nandita Saikia
The language of propaganda is referred to as the "fog of war", like everything else that's hazy, and deciphering it is no easy job - finds Nandita Saikia
No one has ever denied that the war in Iraq is being fought both through the media and on...
Unity saving the people
(Opinions)
11-02-2004
by Shahjahan Siraj
An Imam’s wife was seriously sick and needed a blood transfusion but she had AB+ blood, a very rare type. The hopeless Imam begged the help of the local MP to help find the blood. After a long search they found only one donor, a Hindu woman. When...
Violence—Untamed Force Abused!
(Opinions)
8-08-2005
by Dereje Amera
Human beings, as defined by psychologists, are social animals, which needs revision for re-defining their nature, which is dependent upon the existence of others for interaction and communication for existence and survival. It is very fascinating...
What I see
(Poetry)
14-05-2008
by Ryno Julio Platt
I open up the newspaper and what do I see?
Murder, Rape, Women Killed and Deceased.
I’m struggling to comprehend why this is going on,
why would a man do so much wrong?
Evil seems to be everywhere, around every corner,
Mothers- when your...
What will be wlll be
(Poetry)
25-08-2007
by Amodu O. Razaq
Let all the friends turn foe
Away and let them all go
Yesterday, as the time went away
Turn to them all and say
What will be will be
Tell the parrot to do it like a dove
And tell the dove to envy not its beauty
But tell them to run away...
What's Music?
(Opinions)
29-01-2003
by Jose Menacho Galiano
Music is the spirit of a culture and a mixture of ideas. When you hear popular music your senses are open to a variety of feelings. Sometimes it produces in your mind memories of a special period of your life.
Some rhythms make you happy or...
What's TV?
(Opinions)
30-01-2003
by Jose Menacho Galiano
People spend more and more of their lives in front of a TV set. The revolution of the mass media began since TV entered in our homes. News, TV programs, movies, live events, TV spots, etc., changed dramatically our view of the world and the focus...
Why The Media Bias?
(Opinions)
22-06-2002
by JEGEDE AKINYEMI
Well, I've been worried the way media houses try to twist stories and fact. It's getting really irritating and to people who try to get the best of the information, they are left to meander in darkness.
Every time stories come up, it...
Women and the Fight Against HIV/AIDS
(Opinions)
25-12-2005
by bigboyloveyoubaby
The woman holds a position in the social and domestic spheres of society that makes her a major determinant in the prevention and/or fight against the HIV/AIDS scourge. The percentage of women who contact HIV/AIDS through the act of an unfaithful...
Women's rights: those which are noticed and those which aren't
(Opinions)
6-10-2004
by Nandita Saikia
I've always been fascinated by the media and women's rights and what the media chooses to report and not to report.
"Today another woman died ...
She died without CNN covering her war.
She died without talk of intelligent bombs
and strategic...
Worldyouth Media Summer Sessions
(Opinions)
28-06-2002
by Douglas Calvin
DC Teens to Produce Media with a Mission:
Worldyouth Media
Contact:
Robin Chen Delos, (703) 476-1668
Douglas Calvin, (202) 489-7892
WASHINGTON DC. Who is the news? Young people are saying they have voices, and will produce media...
Writing to Write
(Opinions)
24-04-2003
by Dennis Dames
The desire to write a view has prompted these words.
Writing is necessary for so many good reasons- and bad ones too. We write because we want to express something; it could be intended for public or private readings.
The need to write is...
Youth: Through the Eyes of the Media
(Opinions)
4-02-2004
by Helen Fu
“40,000 teens facing failure”, “Upset teens deny killing their mother”, “Youth killed in Bayshore stabbing, Teen to serve 17 months for gang attacks”
Is this all you’ve been reading in the newspaper, seeing on the television, or hearing on the...
إشكاليات التقدم فى المجتمع المصرى
(Opinions)
25-12-2005
by Abdelrahman mahmoud
مقدمة
لا شك إننا جميعاً ننظر إلى موضوع التقدم على أنه ذلك التحدى الهائل الذى يواجه مجتمعنا فى العصر الراهن، بل وسائر المجتمعات النامية على وجه العموم.
وكثيرا ما سمعنا أو قرأنا عن أهمية تحقيق التقدم لعبور ذلك الحاجز الذى يفصل بيننا وبين مستقبل...
كارثة العبارة المصرية
(Opinions)
24-02-2006
by Prof.Dr. M. El-Gammal
فجعنا جميعا بحادث غرق العبارة البنمية التسجيل والمصرية بالترخيص والتي تحمل شهادة الأمن والسلامة البحرية من إحدى جهات التصنيف المعترف بها وعضو المنظمة الدولية لاتحاد هيئات التصنيف، ومع كل هذا وحتي لا تضيع معالم وأسباب الغرق وبذلك يفر المتسببين عن...
مشوار مصر في كأس العالم
(Short Story)
26-06-2005
by Ayman El Hakea
تبدأ قصتنا الخيالية عام 3010، عندما أوكلت الفيفا إلى مصر تنظيم بطولة كأس العالم لكرة القدم، وذلك لأنها كانت الدولة الوحيدة في العالم التي لم تحظى بشرف التنظيم!
كان لقاء الافتتاح بين حامل اللقب منتخب البرازيل ومصر صاحبة الأرض والجمهور، تتقدم...
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