Barbara Sumner Burstyn’s Facebook comments expose a much deeper problem Aug27

Barbara Sumner Burstyn’s Facebook comments e...

Last week filmmaker Barbara Sumner Burstyn made some extremely scathing comments about NZ soldier Lance Corporal Jacinda Baker, who was tragically killed while on active duty in Afghanistan last Sunday. Today’s edition of The Edge of Reason Podcast explores the much deeper problem with current Internet communication trends that Sumner Burstyn’s comments have exposed. The Edge of Reason aims to bring insightful commentary on important issues without taking up too much of your time in the process – each episode of the Edge of Reason is literally only 5 – 10 minutes long. Listen to today’s edition of the Edge of...

Can you count on your Facebook friends in a crisis? Feb01

Can you count on you...

An interesting article about the practical reliability of Facebook ‘friends’ caught my eye last week on the Stuff.co.nz website. The article was about a new survey of young adults (aged 18 – 35) in Britain which showed that many of them have little confidence that Facebook...

A timely reminder fo...

Yesterday the NZ Herald reported that the NZ police are now looking into transcripts from a TVNZ current affairs show after it screened an article where a male producer posed as a 14 year old girl in an Internet chatroom and then quickly found himself beset by middle-age men who engaged in...