As you have likely read, YouTube has pulled selected videos featuring Anwar al-Awlaki under pressure from the American and British governments. Pauline Neville-Jones, the British Minister of Security, argued that the material is a major component of recruitment and radicalization, providing an impetus for acts of terror and should be pulled. In response, Adam Rawnsley [...]
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Constructing Counternarratives or Ceding Cyberspace?: Debating Jihadi YouTube Videos
Posted in Cyberwarfare, The Web 2.0 Phenomenon, tagged Adam Rawnsley, Anwar al-Awlaki, Counterinsurgency, Counternarrative, Counterterrorism, Danger Room, FREEradicals, Howard G. Clark, Jihadi, Pauline Neville-Jones, Thoughts of a Technocrat, YouTube on November 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
YouTube, Twitter as Israeli force multipliers
Posted in The Web 2.0 Phenomenon, tagged Danger Room, Gaza, Hamas, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Nathan Hodge, Twitter, YouTube on December 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Nathan Hodge at Danger Room has a great story on the Israelis use of YouTube and Twitter alongside their bombing campaign: Among other things, the Israeli military has started its own YouTube channel to distribute footage of precision airstrikes. And as I type, the Israeli consulate in New York is hosting a press conference on [...]
Pacific Air Forces blog joins growing ranks of military blogs
Posted in The Web 2.0 Phenomenon, tagged BlueTube, Natasha Lee, PACAF Pixels, Stars and Stripes on December 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Add PACAF Pixels to the burgeoning numbers of military blogs. In Stars and Stripes, Natasha Lee profiles the new blog: Pacific Air Forces has launched a blog site that allows airmen to share their stories with the world. PACAF Pixels aims to create an informal setting where bloggers can post tidbits about everything from training [...]
U. S. Military’s YouTube alternative offers “control” and “security”
Posted in The Web 2.0 Phenomenon, tagged Leo Shane III, LiveLeak, Military.com's Shock & Awe, TroopTube, YouTube on December 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Many chafe at the phrase “web 2.0,” but there is no doubt there has been a cultural shift above and beyond corporate buzzwords and web apps. The military has felt this change a number of ways. Since their inception, sites like YouTube, LiveLeak, and Military.com’s Shock and Awe have provided the audio and video to [...]
2008 Milblogging Conference at Blog World Expo
Posted in The Web 2.0 Phenomenon, tagged 2008 Milblogging Conference, Blackfive, Blog World Expo on July 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
On September 20th, Las Vegas will host the 2008 Milblogging Conference at the Blog World Expo. A number of notable bloggers will be in attendance including the folks from Blackfive. So far, three panels have been announced: Are MilBlogs Still Relevant? In the wake of a successful military surge in Iraq, waning media attention and [...]
Blogger arrests on the rise
Posted in The Web 2.0 Phenomenon, tagged China, Egypt, Iran, World Information Access Report on July 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
BBC News reports that a record number of bloggers were arrested in 2007 according to the University of Washington’s World Information Access (WIA) report: Since 2003, 64 people have been arrested for publishing their views on a blog, says the University of Washington annual report. In 2007 three times as many people were arrested for [...]
Notable Iraq War blogger recalled for second deployment
Posted in The Web 2.0 Phenomenon, tagged Colby Buzzell, My War on July 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A long-time critic of the U. S. military’s “stop-loss” policy, Colby Buzzell, author of war blog “My War,” has himself been recalled for his second deployment in Iraq: On way out of my building two weeks ago, I checked my mailbox and found a letter from the Department of the Army with “Important Document” printed [...]
Top U. S. military bloggers interviewed in New Zealand Herald
Posted in The Web 2.0 Phenomenon, tagged Blackfive, Christopher Garland, Colby Buzzell, Iraq War (2003 - present), Matthew Burden, My War, War in Afghanistan (2001 – present) on April 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In his recent article “Blogs of War,” Christopher Garland interviews notable U. S. military bloggers Colby Buzzell and Matthew Burden. Although their perspectives are very different, both are staunch advocates for uncensored blogging from the battlefield. Buzzell, a specialist in a Stryker Brigade Combat Team, attracted international attention with his raw experiences of Iraq in [...]
