Tony Blair's 'Media' Speech: The Commentators

Tony Blair's speech challenged the media over its standards in his valedictory lecture. Many of his charges about the absence of balance, attacks on motive and a pack mentality stand up, even if some are exaggerated and also applied well before his arrival in 10 Downing Street. Mr Blair's solutions did ot match his critique. What is required is a more self‐questioning media, being held to account on the internet and on specialist blogging sites. Vigorous criticism, requiring justification, is a more credible rout than tighter regulation. Tony Blair's speech on the changing pressures on the media is both interesting and convincing in its diagnosis (although generally reported in ways that did not reveal this). It is less convincing in suggestions for change: the fact that on‐line media will fall under Of‐com, and so under its minimal ‘content regulation’ will have little impact. Effective change could begin with other types of (self or other regulation). Some steps towards change might include minimal requirements for journalists and editors to accept elementary forms of accountability, such as disclosing conflicts of interest and payments made for ‘stories’. The scale of media coverage may be crucial in determining the allocation of aid, yet the attention the media pays to particular causes is arbitrary. Many serious disasters are not reported and as a consequence do not receive adequate aid, so that the victims of the crisis will lose out. Chronic long term problems, like famine, are ignored in favour of ‘sudden emergencies’. Reporting seeks sensation and simple stories which influences the way that aid agencies respond to the media. The complex background to a faraway disaster is often overlooked and not properly reported. Tony Blair's speech describing some of the news media as ‘feral beasts’ contained one paragraph which contained an insight into his views on new media. It was known that the outgoing Prime Minister was uncomfortable with some aspects of new technology but his remarks reveal a wider disappointment with how new media has failed to deliver changes which he had hoped for in political communications.This paper records Mr Blair's problems with new media and argues that by focusing on how the new technologies might provide a better way for politicians to by‐pass the traditional media he has missed the point of their wider benefits.     

以“艳照门”事件看网络隐私权

现代网络技术的发展，已对个人隐私权构成极大的挑战。“艳照门”事件凸显个人网络隐私权的保护漏洞。对此，应制定专门的网络隐私保护法，同时要加强行业自律，还要普及法律知识，提高网络用户的法律保护意识。     

La ñata contra el vidrio: urban violence and democratic governability in Argentina

The article argues that the increase in crime and urban violence in Argentina, especially in Buenos Aires, can be explained as an outcome of the interaction of four factors: the new social relations established by neoliberalism; the incapacity of the state to resolve the social conflicts which have arisen from these new social relations; the failure to democratise the security forces; and the exclusion of a sector of society from the rights of effective democratic citizenship. The increase in crime and urban violence is, thus, analysed as a problem of governability.     

基于Internet的电子政务模拟教学软件的构建

电子政务以其丰富的信息资源、高效的管理模式越来越受到人们的普遍关注,并已成为我国政府管理信息化的关键.与此相对应,电子政务的教学与培训也成了一个热门的社会话题并引起了政府与教育机构的重视.在分析构建电子政务系统意义的基础上,阐述了基于Internet的电子政务模拟教学软件的设计目标、基本功能构成以及采用的技术路线.     

电子商务教学中存在的问题及对策

电子商务是一场革命,其浪潮正越来越深刻地影响着社会经济发展的进程,并且从根本上改变着商务模式和生活方式。电子商务人才的短缺已经成为制约我国电子商务发展的一个"瓶颈"。我国高校电子商务专业的教学方法和模式存在很多不足之处,造成电子商务人才培养与用人单位的需求之间脱节。电子商务人才培养问题已成为电子商务教育所要考虑的头等大事。     

网络赌博治理研究

随着互联网的迅速发展,人们对网络的依赖越来越强。但网络在给人们带来便利的同时,也成为一些人从事违法犯罪的新兴场所。网络赌博就是利用网络技术进行参赌的行为,它比传统赌博的危害性更大,必须高度重视并对其进行综合治理。     

网络词汇构造的修辞学阐释

修辞不仅是增强语言交际效果的重要手段，也是一种重要的造词方式。网络词汇构造的修辞动因有谐音、反语、隐喻、仿拟、叠加等，传达了特定的意图，创造了特殊的表达效果。     

青少年网络犯罪的特点、成因及预防对策

青少年网络犯罪具有模仿网游暴力,犯罪方式智能化,网络犯罪主要集中在侵犯财产和网络攻击等领域的特点。青少年网络犯罪的成因有青少年自身因素的影响,网吧的肆意经营,家庭和学校教育的缺失等几个方面。为了营造一个良好的社会和网络环境,使青少年在网络时代健康地成长,有必要采取网络道德教育、运用技术手段构筑网络安全的"防火墙"、加强网吧安全管理、依法规范经营等几项措施。     

The regular article tracking developments at the national level in key European countries in the area of IT and communications – Co-ordinated by Herbert Smith LLP and contributed to by firms across Europe

This column provides a concise alerting service of important national developments in key European countries. Part of its purpose is to compliment the Journal's feature articles and Briefing Notes by keeping readers abreast of what is currently happening “on the ground” at a national level in implementing EU level legislation and international conventions and treaties. Where an item of European National News is of particular significance, CLSR may also cover it in more detail in the current or a subsequent edition.     

网络侵权案件的侵权行为地管辖依据评析

侵权行为地这一传统属地管辖依据能否适用于以及该如何适用于网络侵权案件，是具有理论和实践双重意义的重要问题。该依据虽然受到网络的冲击，但仍能适用于此类案件。然而，我们必须基于网络侵权行为的特殊性对其加以发展。“被告侵权设备所在地”作为被告侵权行为实施地管辖依据，具有确定性和合理性，应作为网络侵权案件的主要管辖依据。“原告发现侵权信息的计算机终端设备所在地”一般不能作为管辖依据。只有当被告侵权行为实施地难以确定时，它才可作为侵权结果发生地管辖依据而得以适用，成为网络侵权案件的辅助管辖依据。