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In this article, I consider how WikiLeaks has gone through a series of metamorphoses: from a small, relatively unknown website devoted to giving whistleblowers space to release their material to one of the best-known activist organizations in the world. In addition, it has gone from being an organization that began by operating as an alternative to the mainstream media, to one that worked with the mainstream, and then to a group that devoted a fair degree of energy to attacking the media. I argue that during this tumultuous period of change, WikiLeaks needs to be understood in relation to its impact upon a number of fundamental relationships central to the study of media and journalism. I use WikiLeaks to consider the importance of studying sites and organizations as cultural artefacts, and to examine the idea that 'everything which has been collected on it, becomes attached to it-like shells on a rock by the seashore forming a whole incrustation'. Academic research itself is, of course, part of this incrustation.

In this essay, the author considers not only what is shown in the WikiLeaks Collateral Murder video but reflects upon what the act of uploading this video symbolized and continues to symbolize and how the multifaceted symbolic value of the video has led to its steady inscription and reinscription into the public consciousness during a wide variety of popular and political debates. Apart from the disturbing content of the film, showing a potentially criminal act, the author argues that the uploading of the film was itself an act of dissent and, thus, a challenge to U.S. power. This combination of content and context makes the WikiLeaks Collateral Murder video an interesting case study that touches upon several key areas within academic study.

The purpose of this article is to analyze the use of YouTube by the US military for the spreading of messages and information regarding their presence in Iraq, and, at the same time, to examine the presence on the same YouTube system of a large number of video clips showing members of the US military engaged in violent, anti-social activities. That these juxtaposing images of coalition forces in Iraq exist on the same video-sharing forum forces us to reconsider traditional notions of how `propaganda' is produced, distributed and received. In addition, the presence of dissonant material on video-sharing sites such as YouTube should lead us to consider the multi-faceted nature of such sites. This article is intended as a first step toward reconsidering the nature of propaganda in an era of online media, open-access video-sharing and simplified production and distribution.

In this article, the author analyzes the texts of newspaper articles from the United States & Britain written in the week following the November 2002 elections in Turkey. The purpose of this research is to examine the degree to which the religious origins of the victorious party, the AKP, were emphasized by newspapers, & the implications of such emphasis on the overall coverage. A number of international events & trends have triggered recent research into the press coverage of Islam, Muslims, &/or Muslim nations: most notably the 1991 Gulf War, the September 11 attacks in the United States, & the rise in the Muslim population of many European nations. Very few studies, however, have analyzed international press coverage of what one could call the more day-to-day, nonsensational activities in Muslim nations (such as national elections). Such studies could add a great deal to the understanding of how these nations are presented in the press in contexts other than those of war, terrorism, or upheaval. 39 References. [Reprinted by permission of Sage Publications Inc., copyright 2005 by the President and the Fellows of Harvard College.]

In this article, the author analyzes the texts of newspaper articles from the United States and Britain written in the week following the November 2002 elections in Turkey. The purpose of this research is to examine the degree to which the religious origins of the victorious party, the AKP, were emphasized by newspapers, and the implications of such emphasis on the overall coverage. A number of international events and trends have triggered recent research into the press coverage of Islam, Muslims, and/or Muslim nations: most notably the 1991 Gulf War, the September 11 attacks in the United States, and the rise in the Muslim population of many European nations. Very few studies, however, have analyzed international press coverage of what one could call the more day-to-day, nonsensational activities in Muslim nations (such as national elections). Such studies could add a great deal to the understanding of how these nations are presented in the press in contexts other than those of war, terrorism, or upheaval.

Birgitta Jónsdóttir is currently a member of the Icelandic Parliament, where she represents the Pirate Party. Jónsdóttir was an early WikiLeaks volunteer and was one of the key members of the team in Iceland that put together the famous Collateral Murder video. In this wide-ranging discussion with Christian Christensen, Jónsdóttir talks about her work with WikiLeaks, politics, and her ideas about technology, transparency, and privacy. She also discusses how she has been placed under surveillance because of her work with WikiLeaks and other organizations.

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