Online Media Makes Its Point About Independence - November 2, 2022
Discord in Central Asian countries has risen measurably. Some observers point to the arrival of Taliban extremists in neighboring Afghanistan last year. Others note tensions mounting after the Russian Federation military invaded Ukraine. All see sour economics playing a role in civil unhappiness. Authorities in these countries, mostly, have fallen back on the usual means for keeping things quiet: repression.

Another Snag For Digital News Media, No Confusion - March 26, 2022
New media in the digital age has been defined by not being old. The most distinguished do not appear on a printed page or hurl their words through the airwaves, though podcasts and TikTok videos are recently adopted features. They are also, in a general sense, pure players, specialist digital publishers tied together and itself by the internet. Investors and venture funds have shown them considerable love.

Reality Sets In, Digital Is Everything And Old People Are In The Way - November 29, 2021
British tabloids are renowned. Public outrage, business cycles and technology onslaught have merely bruised, never quieted them, mostly. They are enduring, immortal, perpetual. Their publishers, editors and writers have developed an amazingly effective spinner of money through spinning yarns. Indeed, UK tabloids are their own story.

Online Media Breathes A Collective Sigh Of Relief, Some At Least - January 11 2021
Organisms seek to survive and sustain themselves. Science has studied self-preservation behavior from the cellular level to social groups. It is, as they say, inherent. Art and literature has often illuminated this metaphorical journey. Who can forget the HAL 9000 singing "Daisy, Daisy" in Arthur C. Clark's 2001: A Space Odyssey?

Putting The Breaks On Ideas Is An Old Concept - November 16, 2020
As we move deeper into the 21st century, anything spread widely around the world is uncomfortable, even scary. Ideas, of course, are not the problem. Neither is the means of distributing them. There is a problem in processing. That ever-present digital buzz can be disorienting, to be gracious.

The Incredible Challenge Of Independent News Media - September 30, 2020
Control is an interesting concept. It is often quite elusive. There are those who will do anything to get it, use it and keep it. But sometimes, when control seems firmly in hand a new event can pry it away. As physicists - smart people - know: objects at rest tend to fall apart.

Disinformation, The Raging Virus - September 14, 2020
It is a point on a matrix, disinformation. There is no straight line from misinformation, common mistakes, through to malevolent propaganda. Nor is there a curve. There are points called fake news and hate speech. In this matrix, points interact and mutate. And like a virus, it becomes stronger and lethal.