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The European Union Online – Defining and Refining the Concept

The European Union was established with the Treaty of Maastricht on 1 November 1993 upon the foundations of the European Economic Community. Since then a single market was developed, based on free movement and common trade policies applied in the majority of the member states. Also a solid institutional body has been set up, and [ READ MORE ]

European Union: Defining and Refining the Concept (Research on Wikipedia)

Larry Sanger and Jimmy Wales have founded Wikipedia in 2001. The idea was to create an online free encyclopedia that could be edited by anyone. Wikipedia has grown fast and became very popular among Internet users, especially thanks to Google results including Wikipedia entry in the first results page[1]. Also, Wikipedia use for academic research [ READ MORE ]

Racism analyzed through Google Image results

The Internet is increasingly the medium used to gather, share and spread information. For this reason the Internet is not only interesting to be researched on his own; it can be also considered as a valuable source for researching society in general. As a matter of fact the Internet shows a reflected image of the [ READ MORE ]

Killing the Dream Machine

Knowledge is power and so it tends to be hoarded. Sharing is the nature of creation. It matters because we live in media. Like fishes live in water. They iron all subjects flat than then proceed, in groups, at a forced march across the flattened plain. Involvements with the material is not encouraged nor taken [ READ MORE ]

New Media Protocols and the Artist (Rasing his Voice?)

In my research paper – which I will be writing the next two months, I want to deepen the discussion around new media art and its relation to political and social engagement. While net.art has always taken a very strong stand against the mainstream culture and has promoted a so called “counter-culture” by coordinating hacktivists [ READ MORE ]

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