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MacArthur's study on teen use of internet tools – conducted by Mimi Ito, danah boyd and other friends – shows evidence that teens are building social skills and capital via these tools, and goes a long way to combat fears of "stranger danger" that characterise much conversation about online socialization
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Chinese propoganda adapts to citizen media – plans to release news more quickly to prevent citizen media from taking the place of official, vetted reports. Will be interesting to see if this is a change that leads to more control, or to less.
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As the Gold Coast becomes the Coke Coast, evidence of cocaine processing in West Africa, as well as lots of transshipment to Europe via states with weak law enforcement