The name of the new generation

There are many censored blogs in various countries. For example in Iran, Cuba or Venezuela. I can speak about Generación Y. It´s a blog by Yoani Sánchez where she describes her life and her hobbies. Yoani has won prizes about journalism or art as Ortega y Gasset Prizes 2008 or the 25 Best Blogs Time- CNN 2009. She has had problems because she criticized the Cuban government.

For example, she was arrested together with two friends in the last week. She was in the march against the violence when she got arrested. Anyway, she is determined to follow her career: "I will continue writing in my blog", she said after the incident.

The history of TV in the USA

The History of Television in America

Learning English surfing the Net

Do you feel you lost halfl your life trying to learn English and you still don´t feel fluent enough? These lines are for those of you who maybe don´t have so much time to attend private English lessons and who would like to have some extra help. You've got the whole world in your hands - make the most of the Internet from today on and learn English from home. You are not on your own at all. Let me provide you with some links I find particularly useful.

First, El blog para aprender inglés, a diary by a bilingual EFL teacher who decided to teach English to everyone on the web. You can work on different skills (grammar, phonetics, vocabulary...) since lessons of all kind. You can also take part in the forum. Moreover, you can download many audio podcasts and what is more important, Mónica will answer you any question you have when learning English and will give you brilliant advice.

If you are looking for a prestigious site on the web to learn English that is the BBC learning English web service . Some people say there is no better English than the BBC one so this is a fantastic website that includes a blog service providing space for you. If you are studying English this is your site, whatever your language is: it is an international site. You can watch the real BBC news and many podcasts are available for you as well as a great forum to share your comments and questions. Following this trend, a bit farther geographically but as close as the previous on the web, you can try The New York Times blogs.

Many didactic resources are available in the blog aprender ingles online. It includes podcasts from the BBC, videos, translation service, exams, games for everyone and many more things.

Finally, I'd recommend estudia inglés. The important thing about this blog is that it provides you with a number of useful links while learning English for example the best dictionary on slang, social nets to learn English, best grammar books and so on. Related to this blog, you will find the course on learning English based on podcasts in inglés total.

Movie flash

If you like movies and want to know more about anything concerning them, here are some blogs you might like.

Slashfilm is a personal blog which includes information about many kinds of films. It also follows film festivals and has other interesting contents like podcasts, discussions, news and interviews.

Another interesting blog is MTV movies. Here you can find trailers, videos and lots of photos.

The third one one we recommend is Movies About. This is Rebecca Murray's blog. She is a journalist and film critic. You can check here opinions about movies, directors and also interviews. It also has filmographies from many actors.

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Freedom of the Press and the implications of new technologies

New technologies are changing the panorama of traditional media. The main implications of new technologies regarding the Freedom of the press nowadays are the following:

1 - Terrestrial TV vs. Satellite TV
Terrestrial TV is relatively easy to manage and manipulate but Satellite TV is much more difficult to control as journalistic content can easily be broadcast beyond the control of individual governments.
Satellite broadcaster Al Jazeera, the Arabic language media channel, operates out of Qatar and often presents views and contents problematic to a number of governments in the region.

2 - Web-based publishing (e.g. blogging) vs. Traditional publishing.
Web-based publishing systems can be run using ubiquitous and inexpensive equipment and can operate from anywhere.
To get control over web publications, nations and organizations are using Geolocation software.

3 - Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP) vs. Conventional telephony.
Modern VOIP technology can employ sophisticated encryption systems to evade centrlal monitoring systems.

Governments are responding to the challenges posed by new media technologies by deploying increasingly sophisticated technologies of their own. Take for instance the case of China's attempts to impose control through a state run internet service provider that controls access to the Internet.

Anyway, we might say that new technologies are "in favour of" freedom of ideas.