media and technology Lost in Transition III: A collective challengeThomas Lickona | 09 February 2012 |tags: books, emerging adults, moral relativismWho is to blame for the moral ignorance of young adults, and what is to be done?  Will humanity perish without the internet?Phillip Elias | 20 January 2012 |tags: internet, WikipediaThe 24-hour shut-down of Wikipedia was a bold gesture which proved what, exactly?
 Digital natives and their brave new worldThomas C. Reeves | 10 January 2012 |tags: Digital communicationsIs the smartphone generation getting smarter, or just more superficial? The debate continues.  New strategies for combatting internet pornJeremy Prichard | 19 December 2011 |tags: internet, pornographyCutting off supply lines to committed users has limited effectiveness. Let's try stopping people from getting hooked in the first place.  An elephant in the press roomTracey S. O'Donnell | 16 December 2011 |tags: abortion-mental health link, media neglectWhy did leading media fail to point out the real news in a report on abortion and mental health?  Is it true? Is it kind? Is it necessary?Joanna Bogle | 01 December 2011 |tags: cyberbullying, internet, media ethicsIn the age of the Internet there is only one way to get rid of tabloid tactics.  Gleeful subversionDavid Quinn | 23 November 2011 |tags: sexual behaviour, teenagers, televisionThe view of teen sex in the popular American TV show is painfully unrealistic.  Which part of “totally transparent” don’t you understand?Donna Laframboise | 15 November 2011 |tags: climate change, IPCCThe Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is cited as the world authority on climate change. But, amazingly, many of the authors of its definitive report are mere graduate students.  Are Americans anti-science?Michael Cook | 04 November 2011 |tags: science, USNo, they just don't like arrogant, undemocratic scientists.  And yet, it movesGeorge Pell | 01 November 2011 |tags: climate change, consensusA Catholic prelate finds himself in the party of Galileo and against the consensus of true believers on climate change.  Big Porn IncMelinda Tankard Reist | 12 October 2011 |tags: Australia, pornography, womenIt is time to get real about the social poison masquerading as “adult entertainment”.  End child pornography: enforce adult porn lawsPatrick A Trueman | 12 October 2011 |tags: child pornography, law enforcement, USAn exclusive focus on prosecuting child pornography cases ignores a well known fact about adult porn.  Nobel Prizes mean more for media than for sciencePeter C. Doherty | 04 October 2011 |tags: media frenzy, Nobel Prize, scienceOnce again, it's Nobel Prize season. An Australian laureate remembers the day the phone rang.  Heroes and hackersDavid Alton | 28 September 2011 |tags: heroes, media, truthThe phone-hacking scandal obscures the heroism journalists can display in pursuit of the truth.  Paradoxes of a wired worldFrancisco J. Pérez-Latre | 23 September 2011 |tags: communication, human dignity, technologyWill the internet make our lives easier? No so fast…  Spanish mothers, families and children’s happinessCarolyn Moynihan | 20 September 2011 |tags: child wellbeing, family values, materialismA UNICEF report throws more light than it intends on problems in British family life.  Rise of the Planet of the ApesRonan Wright | 12 September 2011 |tags: biotechnology, film reviews, science fictionSurprisingly, the prequel to the landmark film is intelligent science fiction about the dangers of biotechnology.  The woman behind the iconCarolyn Moynihan | 03 September 2011 |tags: family, Steve Jobs, technologySteve Jobs is a genius, all right, but even geniuses need to be born.  A naturally conservative nationThomas C. Reeves | 26 August 2011 |tags: conservatism, liberalism, secularismIn a recent Gallup poll, only 21 per cent of Americans called themselves liberals.  Madrid, capital of youthCarolyn Moynihan | 19 August 2011 |tags: Spain, World Youth DayDon’t tell the BBC, but there’s over a million young Catholics in Madrid right now having a good time with the Pope.  Baby shock! Celebrity couple snub population policeColleen Carroll Campbell | 15 August 2011 |tags: birth dearth, celebrities, population agingAre David and Victoria Beckham bad role models for bringing a fourth child into the world?  The name game: is Google+ building a cathedral or a bazaar?David Glance | 02 August 2011 |tags: Facebook, Google, social networksGoogle is trying to muscle in on Facebook's turf with its new social network, Google+. But already there are complaints. Page 1 of 1 : |
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