New America Media: Science & Technology

NAM Radio: US Soldiers & Fragging Assaults in Vietnam

New America Media, Audio, Shirin Sadeghi, Posted: Jul 01, 2011

The number of fragging incidents during the Vietnam War still remains uncertain, but a new in-depth study of the practice and its origins might have some clues.

From WikiLeaks to SB 1070—The Rise of the New Global Hacktivists

New America Media, News Analysis, Justine Sharrock, Posted: Jun 28, 2011

In just a few months, as one expert puts it, the hacktivist group Anonymous "has gone from the background of hacker culture to the forefront of global politics.”

NAM Radio: Wal-Mart, Hacker/Gamers, Dragon Tattoo Lady, Congo's Viva Riva

New America Media, Audio, Shirin Sadeghi, Posted: Jun 24, 2011

New Show: Supreme Court dismisses Wal-Mart sex discrimination case, hackers & gamers, the woman behind the dragon tattoo, Congo's new film noir.

The Hack Heard Around the World

New America Media, News Analysis, Damon Packwood, Posted: Jun 21, 2011

The recent hacker attack on the Sony PlayStation Network has spurred a hacker free-for-all.

My Addiction to Social Networking

New America Media, First Person, Story by: Donny Lumpkins // Audio by: Malcolm Marshall, Posted: Jun 16, 2011

I tried shutting down my Facebook, but it wasn't long before Facebook won again.

A Social Media Riot Made for TV

The Tyee, First Person, Mark Leiren-Young, Posted: Jun 16, 2011

This wasn't '94. Last night's riot in Vancouver was weirder, more violent, driven by a lust for digital attention.

Study Shows Black Children Consuming More Media; Mobile Tech Contributes

Black Voice News, News Report, Corey Washington, Posted: Jun 15, 2011

As if black parents didn’t have enough to worry about, a new study finds that in some areas, black children are consuming more media than any other racial group.

Beyond the Melting Pot: Immigrant American Cinema

New America Media, News Report, Behrouz Saba, Posted: Jun 04, 2011

In America's melting pot, sometimes the more “American” an institution is considered, the more it owes itself to decidedly un-melted immigrant sensibilities.

No Evidence of an Iranian Bomb, Yet the Attacks on Iran Continue

New America Media, News Analysis, William O. Beeman, Posted: Jun 03, 2011

Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter Seymour Hersh has once again created controversy with a New Yorker article debunking the evidence that Iran is building a nuclear weapon.

Why Vietnam’s Government Shouldn’t Fear Facebook and Social Media

Talk.Onevietnam.org, News Report, Posted: May 30, 2011

According to Dr. Jennifer Brinkerhoff of George Washington University, who has spoken at several security conferences regarding digital diaspora networks, extremist networks tend to become more liberal as their membership grows. The idea is that a network might start with an extreme point of view, but as they grow, that point of view becomes more centric. Extreme points of view are replaced with more centric, mainstream views. It’s a regression towards the mean, a well understood concept in statistics, being applied to social networks.