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Resources
(Note: Some of the following information may have changed since it was originally posted.) TV Programs On Line
Hulu is ad-based and financed by NBC, Universal, and News Corp. Hulu's content includes high resolution (and even high-definition) posts from Fox, NBC, MGM, Sony, Warner Brothers and others. It also has full-length movies. One feature lets you clip segments from the site to show to your friends.
Social NetworkingNot to be engaged in during class! 1. Flicker browser. A free, fast browser built on the Mazola/Firefox code with many built in social networking links and features. They include Facebook, Twitter, YouTube (see below), Yahoo Mail, Gmail, Flickr, and assorted blogging tools. 2. Facebook. If you are under 25, you have undoubtedly heard of Facebook, the free site that let's you stay in touch with your friends with notes and photos. There are many third-party add-ons available to enhance the experience. It is possible to block access to certain of your photos on Facebook. This article from the New York Times, discusses them. 3. Twitter A hybrid between blogging and text messaging. Limited to 140 characters of text, this is a way to give your friends a minute-by-minute account of what you are doing -- which, granted, may be much more than your friends want to know! As with most of these social networking devices, it works with iPhones, Blackberries, Palm pilots, and so-called "intelligent" cell phones. Twitter has many options and add-ons that most people don't know about. This article from the New York Times, discusses them. 4. MySpace is billed as, "a popular social networking web site offering an interactive, user-submitted network of friends, personal profiles, blogs, groups, photos, music and videos for teenagers and adults internationally." It's headquarters are in Beverly Hills, California and is owned by News Corporation. 5. Craigslist. This site has about everything. Information on getting a job, an apartment, finding furniture, or finding a friend. It's especially known for it's Best Of list. 6. Flickr. Photo sharing site with millions of "eyes." The first 200 photos you upload are free; for unlimited storage it's $25 a year. You tag your photos with captions and categories for easy location. The many of specialized user groups give some excellent comments and advice. 7. Instant Messaging. Trillian is a free, all-in-one, streamlined instant messaging program with many features that handles AIM, ICQ. Yahoo, and MSN. 8. Digg, the Internet social news site featuring off-beat news billed as a collection of "must read" news and information largely supplied by readers. The idea is to share information you "dig" with your friends. Telephone Service Via the Internet Originally, the quality was marginal with these programs, but in recent years the software has been improved to the point that the quality equals or exceeds that of the standard telephone service. Post and View Videos1. YouTube (www.youtube.com) -- Maximum video length 10 min. This by far is the most popular video-hosting site around -- but in some ways not the best. The videos often leave a lot to be desired -- in terms of quality and somrtimes in terms of taste. Watch out for the commentary -- it often gets pretty bad -- even a bit psychotic. Even so, the site it easy to use and includes many amenities (and you can turn off the comments). In mid 2008 YouTube announced they were going to expand into featuring selected short, independent films in "The Screening Room." 2. Revver (www.revver.com) -- Not only a step up from YouTube, but this site will pay you dividends for plays. Forty percent of the ad revenue generated on the page featuring your video is put in your PayPal account. Unlike YouTube, you can set the size of the window where your video is featured. This is especially important for HDTV productions (and it clearly separates you from the phone camera crowd). No time limit is set, but your video file must be under 100MB. Revver does QuckTime and Flash. The downside is that since Revver isn't nearly as popular as YouTube, you may have to direct people to the site. 3. Metacafe (www.metacafe.com) This site also pays dividends, but on the basis of the number of plays. For example, 1,000 views pays you $5. With 20,000 views you get $100. The site also has a wide variety of production tips and tutorials. Because the videos have to be approved before being posted, the general quality is better than YouTube's. Unfortunately, videos are limited to the Flash video format, and that's limited to 8-minutes. 4. Spike/iFilm (www.ifilm.com) This site is for the professionals, and not surprisingly, features the highest quality videos on the web. Hollywood producers often visit the site -- especially to scout for new talent. Productions can be up to 45-minutes long and can be submitted by DV, Beta tape, or most quality formats. This site only uses the Flash format. Be prepared to prove you have music rights or that you produced your own background music. Internet Video Sources
A good place to start is Truveo.com, which a writer for The Wall Street Journal says is, "...the best Web-wide video-search engine I've seen."
General Information on Everything
More recently, Google's Knol was launched. Although the offerings at this point are limited, unlike Wikipedia, Knol plans to rely on experts in the various fields, making it more in keeping with standard encyclopedias. This site will probably have more credibility than Wikipedia with teachers and advanced students, but it's too early to see if Knol will establish itself as a comprehensive source of Internet information. The Latest News
Starting Your Own Internet TV Station
This can be as simple as one camera and microphone (probably a bit boring!), or two or more cameras, a switcher, and an audio mixer, supplemented by a few friends recruited to help out. Although things can get a bit complicated technically with analog, digital, STDV and HDTV, flash, Dolby, etc, web sites such as Leo LaPorte's, offer podcasts discussions from his radio show on a wide range of topics, including web telecasting. LaPorte has a quite a bit of information on this topic, but since it's always changing, you will have to search for it and pull it together. LaPorte's own live Internet TV show can be seen at Twit.TV.
Cyber Bullying
This is not the only time this has happened. Although afterwards those responsible may claim, "it was all a joke," unless they are rather calloused and unfeeling individuals, they will face a lifetime of guilt. We often don't know the internal struggles that may already be going on inside a person. Cyber bullying can push these people over the edge. Bullying appears to have been a factor in recent gun-related school massacres. If you know of incidents of bullying -- either on the Internet or elsewhere -- tell someone in authority about it.
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Miscellaneous
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Internet sites featuring programming from networks and local TV stations.
The most popular one is 
There are many sources for video on the Internet, of course. Some have strong restrictions on use, others don't.
of Megan, a young woman who was driven to take her own life after people persisted in publishing demeaning things about her on one of these sites. 
