The third edition of Th!nk about it has been announced. It is a blogging competition run by the European Journalism Centre which will focus on on the developing world and the Millennium Development Goals (MDG):
The competition will bring together journalists, journalism students, academics and experts from 27 EU Member States, neighbourhood countries and [...]
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Walled World
OK, I admit it: I am a fan of those graphics. Here is another one that shows how walls divide the world and where the most ’secure’ borders are located. (via TD):
Accelerated through the fear from the attacks of 9/11 and all what followed, the so called ‘Western Society’ is constructing the greatest wall ever [...]
Apply now: Th!nk about it #2 – Climate Change
The 2nd round of “Th!nk about it” has just been launched. The topic of the EJC blogging competition this time: Climate change. So if you interested in the topic and you would like to blog about it do apply as soon as possible! From my previous experience in the first round of “Th!nk about it” [...]
Diplomacy vs. Silvio Berlusconi
A typical “Berlusconi”: First he annoyed the Queen during the G20 summit in London, today at the NATO summit Ms Merkel was not amused…
Silvio Berlusconi and his diplomatic incidents - a never ending story? In other countries any of these “jokes” would have resulted in an immediate resignation (+ all the problems regarding human rights, media, [...]
NATO goes viral
Just a few days before the summit celebrating 60 years of existence, NATO has launched an online campaign, with the goal of raising the awareness of young people regarding its activities. The campaign consists of three short movies, exploring the contrast violence and danger vs. peace and security. The movies, made by PR company Scholz [...]
Visualising the Credit Crisis
Some lazy blogging – Another video in our irregular series (see here for part I and part II) on how to explain political issues with an online video.This time a visualization of the credit crisis:
The Short and Simple Story of the Credit Crisis.
The goal of giving form to a complex situation like the credit crisis [...]
Medvedev and Putin explain the world
Dmitry Medvedev joined Vladimir Putin in interpreting world affairs “in a Russian way”. Or is it just a ‘lecture’ in international politics for Sarah Palin?
“Just by getting closer to Russia’s borders, NATO is not becoming stronger,” Medvedev said. “…what if Georgia had a NATO membership action plan? I would not wait for a second in [...]
Propaganda and Satellite Imagery in Georgia
There has been a lot of talk about the role of information/propaganda during the war in Georgia. The question what information is actually correct has been one of the major problems in analysing the conflict. Robert Amsterdam posted a translation of Propaganda 2.0, a good article on the topic (here the original in German).
Via Paul [...]
How to explain a political process with a video? (II)
Here we go again. The second part of my little collection of online videos that explain political processes. Indeed, this seems to develop into a little series of posts. (check out the first part here).
This time the topic is even more complex than last time: It is about the conflict in the Middle East. The [...]
