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Welcome to the School of Communications at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. We offer undergraduate and graduate study with two BA programs (Communication and Journalism), one MA program (Communication), an interdisciplinary PhD program, and a graduate certificate. We strive for excellence in all areas of teaching, research, and practice while embracing the contemporary challenges of complex and multicultural contexts involving communication and journalism.
Communication focuses on communication in intercultural and professional communities, information and communication technologies (ICTs) and policy, and the media arts. Journalism is professionally oriented and develops students’ critical thinking skills and ability to gather, analyze, and organize information, and to communicate it clearly and responsibly through print, broadcast, and online media.
Climate Change Still Seen as the Top Global Threat, but Cyberattacks a Rising Concern
Climate Change Still Seen as Top Global Threat, but Cyberattacks Rising Concern
People around the world agree that climate change poses a severe risk to their countries, according to a 26-nation survey conducted in spring 2018. Te...
www.pewglobal.org
Not all work can be easily measured via monitoring & surveillance tools. This can lead to some work going undervalued or uncompensated.
Explainer: Workplace Monitoring & Surveillance
This explainer identifies four current trends in workplace monitoring and surveillance: prediction and flagging tools; biometrics and health data; rem...
datasociety.net
Here's where governments are taking action against online misinformation
A guide to anti-misinformation actions around the world
Visit the post for more.
www.poynter.org
Facebook ordered by Germany to gather less data
Facebook ordered to gather less user data
The social network says it intends to appeal against the German watchdog's ruling.
bbc.in
BREAKING: Hundreds of bounty hunters had access to a secret cell phone location database for years. The database supplied them with real-time locations using a system originally invented for first responders to find people who had called 911 in emergencies
Big Telecom Sold Highly Sensitive Customer GPS Data Typically Used for 911 Calls
A Motherboard investigation has found that around 250 bounty hunters and related businesses had access to AT&T, T-Mobile, and Sprint customer location...
motherboard.vice.com
U.S. Court Orders Syria To Pay $300 Million For Killing Of Journalist Marie Colvin
U.S. Court Orders Syria To Pay $300 Million For Killing Of Journalist Marie Colvin
The judge ruled that Colvin was killed by Syria and "targeted because of her profession, for the purpose of silencing those reporting on the growing ...
n.pr
Loss of newspapers contributes to political polarization
Loss of newspapers contributes to political polarization
NEW YORK (AP) — The steady loss of local newspapers and journalists across the country contributes to the nation's political polarization, a new stu...
apnews.com
2009: The internet is killing (print) journalism.
2019: The internet is killing (internet) journalism
2009: The internet is killing (print) journalism. 2019: The internet is killing (internet) journalism.
Is there really no sustainable form for digital news other than B2B vertical media?
buff.ly
#Journalism comes from the First Amendment, but where does the First Amendment come from? The #CronkiteSchool is heading to #London this summer to learn about the origins of a free and independent press.
Apply now before the March 1 deadline: https://t.co/fm7RPQacBe
Crucial biometric privacy law survives Illinois court fight via @Verge
Crucial biometric privacy law survives Illinois court fight
Privacy advocates won a crucial court victory on Friday, as the Illinois Supreme Court dismissed a case that would have pared back a state law limitin...
www.theverge.com
The Freedom Forum Institute, @newseum & @SPLC are declaring 2019 the Year of the Student Journalist. This was made in recognition of the important role of student journalists, the impact they make & the challenges they face. Read more: #StudentPressFreedom
Press Releases
Read the latest press releases from Freedom Forum Institute.
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We're working on a detailed reaction to this.
In the meantime, (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻
Facebook pays teens to install VPN that spies on them
Desperate for data on its competitors, Facebook has been secretly paying people to install a “Facebook Research” VPN that lets the company...
techcrunch.com