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Wednesday, 20 December 2006 |
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Slowly but surely academics and idea merchants are adding voices to the blogosphere choir and the more the merrier as far as Blogscholar is concerned. But everyone who decides to not just read but write online has to deal with subjective and specific challenges. In the UK over one in ten head teachers of primary and secondary schools are dabbling in blogs but concerns remain over suffering the ridicule of pupils or staff. In Iran bloggers are testing the tolerance of a regime that has recently banned YouTube from the online airwaves while Turkey struggles to deal with the emerging media. In response academics at the University of Toronto are working on technologies to counter online censorship anywhere in the world. Meanwhile in Russia where journalism is as dangerous a profession as eating at London sushi restaurants bloggers are going where few have dared to tread.
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