Great Surges of development and alternative forms of globalization

The present understanding of globalization is inextricably tied to the free market ideology for both proponents and opponents. This paper will argue that globalization has many potential forms of which the neo-liberal recipe, applied up to now, is only one. Globalization need not be neo-liberal. A pro-development version of globalization has not yet been designed or defended as such. It will be argued that, without it, not only would it be very difficult to relaunch development in the South but also to overcome the present instabilities, imbalances and recessionary trends in the economies of the North.

Dialogical Skirmishes

Tan was guest editor for 'And Now China?', a special print edition of the Ctrl+P journal, which critically responded to the celebratory rhetoric’s of ‘China Now’ and other celebratory markers of China's global ascent in 2008. As well as the introductory article 'Dialogical Skirmishes', Tan also interviewed Hans Ulrich Obrist

The Industry and the Unions: An Overview

[Excerpt] This overview chapter provides a framework for the chapters that follow by broadly describing the arts, entertainment, and electronic media (AEEM) industry and the problems confronting it. The overview is presented in four sections focused on: first, the economic structure of the industry; second, unions and bargaining structure; third, the impact of technological changes; and fourth, historical responses on the part of unions and the labor relations system to technological change

New media and education

In the last thirty years we witnessed to a number of relevant innovations and changes. Some of them belong to the information technology domain and parts of them were the reason why the IT domain became the ICT domain. In order to better understand problems and issues related to education and learning it is useful to outline some of the most relevant achievements and milestones in the technological domain. If we focus on the European approach to the spread of information technology termed in the ‘90ies “Information Society” we can find initiatives such as i2015 the EU policy framework for the information society and media for the 1 next decade and, at global level, the WSIS+10 a ten years activity aimed to draw the guidelines for an harmonious and fruitful development of the information society. It promotes the positive contribution that information and communication technologies can make to the economy, society and personal quality of life. Everyone experienced in “ICT based innovation” knows that “It is not only a matter of technology”. Of course technology advances are one of the potential actors as in the case of the diffusion of personal computing or easy access to digital networking. Anyway different parameters are actively influencing e-Services success or failure: cultural aspects, organisational issues, bureaucracy and workflow, infrastructure and technology in general, user’s habits, literacy, capacity, market models, interaction design or merely mind-set! Before looking in detail how all these aspects are impacting on education and learning let’s take into account some additional relevant aspects

Productive and cognitive innovation strategy:African framework design

Since the mid 1900’s, economist have come to recognize the role of innovative activity in firms productivity growth, particularly in the competitive market economies. However, the most conducive market environment for innovative activity has also become a subject of interest. Thus, a major constraint on industrial dynamism in African countries is said to be the dearth of indigenous entrepreneurs. This paper therefore argued for the provision of comprehensive innovation policy, in which the government supports the innovators by providing appropriate financial measures; removing regulatory, institutional (competitive) obstacles to innovation; and strengthening the knowledge base through investment in education, research and industrial sites in Africa.innovation policy; Africa; Nigeria; investment; productivity; science parks; business clusters; economic zones; inventions; free trade zones; cognitive revolution, industrial revolution; infrastructures; technology; research and development; venture capital

Spartan Daily, February 8, 1988

Volume 90, Issue 6https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/spartandaily/7665/thumbnail.jp

Beatles fans mark 40 years of Abbey Road. How the UK daily newspapers online commented the event

Un breve attraversamento pedonale, sei scatti fotografici, la copertina per quella che fu l’ultima uscita discografica dei Beatles, il gruppo musicale britannico che negli anni Sessanta “sconvolse il mondo” e divenne l’icona della “Swinging London” prima e della “Pop Music” poi, trasformando quella strada ordinaria di Londra in un sito meta di un vero e proprio pellegrinaggio musicale. La celebrazione del 40.o anniversario della foto dei Beatles sulle strisce pedonali di Abbey Road, proprio di fronte agli studi della EMI dove erano soliti registrare i loro pezzi, è stata organizzata e promossa da Richard Porter, animatore dei Beatles tour londinesi, giornalista, ed ha avuto ampia eco mondiale grazie al lavoro mediatico: annunci promozionali, agenzie stampa, giornalisti, quotidiani, televisioni. La ricerca qui proposta analizza l’innovativa dinamica dei quotidiani online applicata alle cronache del quarantesimo anniversario dell’attraversamento delle strisce pedonali di Abbey Road, a Londra, l’8 agosto 1969 da parte dei Beatles.A short zebra crossing, 6 photo shots, a cover for a record that was the last cut by the Beatles, the british pop band that in the Siexties “shoot the world”, and that became to icon of the Swinging London before and of the Pop Music after, turning that ordinary London street into a musical pilgrimage site. The celebration of the 40.th Anniversary of the shot of the Beatles crossing the zebra stripes of Abbey Road (in front of the EMI Studio where they used to register their music), was organized and promoted from Richard Porter, a Beatles tour guide and journalist, and had a world wide result thanks to the work of the media: ad, press agencies, journalists, daily newspapers, televisions. The following research analyzes the innovative dynamic of the online daily newspapers applied to the chronicles of the fortieth anniversary of the zebra crossing of Abbey Road, London, by the Beatles the 8.th of August 1969

Twitch Streamers and the Platformization of Cultural Production: Understanding Complementary Labor in the Creative Economy

Twitch and other social media platforms allow a handful of content creators to act as social media influencers who perform complementary labor that advances their careers while also creating monetary and social value for Twitch by managing relationships with their fans, the platforms, as well as commercial sponsors and advertisers. Streamers who are the best at catering to Twitch’s primary audience of young white males are more likely to be permitted frictionless entry into the advertising marketplace by the platform and by sponsors. Conversely, streamers with marginalized identities are frequently denied these same opportunities because they are often targeted with malicious harassment known as hate raids that makes brands and sponsors uncomfortable. Through two comparative case studies using inductive critical discourse analysis as well as platformization and cultural industries theoretical frameworks, this dissertation catalogs evidence of how Twitch’s professional relationship with a streamer is largely dependent on the streamer’s perceived brand friendliness, which can be understood as the type of user-engagement they tend to attract