AudiencScapes

In November, InterMedia’s Ali Fisher was interviewed by Wilton Park’s
Chief Executive, Richard Burge, as part of the London Conference on
Cyberspace.  Ali was asked to discuss what his research has shown to be
exciting uses of the internet, interesting bits about the growing use of
the internet and what the next big “thing” on the horizon is

You don’t usually get this many smart suits at a development conference, but
Indigo Trust‘s The Power of Information: New Technologies for Philanthropy and
Development at trendy Kings Place was seeking to bring together money,
technology and the developing world. …

This week a student-led environmental campaign will receive a World Youth Summit Award in New York City. The Colour Me Green campaign uses the internet as an organizing tool to recruit youth to create more environmentally sustainable schools and communities. By Paromita Pain While not every student in Malaysia has his or her own computer, Stanley Liew, the 19-year-old founder of an environmental campaign for youth says he has “yet to meet another youth who is not on Facebook.” That’s why he conducts the Colour Me Green Campaign using online platforms like Facebook, Twitter and blogs. The Web-based campaign encourages youth in Malaysia to be active participants in creating environmental sustainability within communities.

by Gayatri Murthy, AudienceScapes (8 June 2010) Pakistani media authorities captured world attention in mid-May when they imposed bans on Facebook and YouTube. Less noticed abroad, however, was a decision on 28 April 2010 by the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) to heavily restrict broadcasting by FM stations of the British Broadcasting Corporation's (BBC) Urdu-language news bulletins. Prior to this latest PEMRA move, BBC Urdu bulletins were broadcast 11 times a day on 34 stations. PEMRA completely suspended transmission on 24 stations and restricted the number of bulletins to three times a day on 10 channels located in Punjab province.