Two former journalists from Germany who now work for the Foundation Friedrich Ebert Stiftung will be giving a presentation on Media and Governance tomorrow Tuesday 19th August at 3 pm in Lecture Theatre 2 on campus.
All are invited to attend.
Note: There are 2 talks on the same day. The one on Media and Democracy by [...]
One of my friends just told me that my video, featuring our prime minister, was uploaded on youtube and displayed on the web site of radioplus…
I immediately checked it, and it was true!!!
Someone from Radioplus took the exact copy of my original video, shot with my mobile and with my voice, and dared to upload [...]
BBQ Party
Yesterday, we had a Farewell BBQ Party @ Trou aux Biches, organised by Ingrid (Reunionaise) & Floria (Française), who were both working at DCDM Consulting as trainees for the last months. Since they will be flying away, they held this party, supported by the Underground Committee, comme dab koi
About 30 DCDMCians managed [...]
Media and Democracy:Theoretical Considerations and Empirical Challenges
by Timotheos Frey
Date: Wednesday 29th August at noon
Venue: Room G1 (may change)
Synopsis
Media play an important role in democratic systems and in democratization processestoo. In addition to their control function of the justice, government and parliamentary action, they control a good part of public information, therefore they may be key [...]
“YOUR CV lists skills in both C#/ASP.NET and Java. How does that work?” asked the headhunter.
“I specialise in software development and therefore use whichever technology is most appropriate for the software being written or fits better into the overall technology strategy of the company. It so happens that in my recent jobs, the companies had [...]
Today, I will be blogging about “La gentillesse des chauffards” near Pedestrian Crossings and the dangerous spot in front of Champs de Mars…
Did it ever happened to you that no driver stops their vehicle to allow you to cross the road on a pedestrian crossing???
Some of them ignore you even if you have already started [...]
“SO you have EIGHT years of experience with C# and ASP.NET?” asked the interviewer.
“Yes, I have,” I replied.
“But, I thought that C# was only six years old.”
“Well, it was released in 2002, but I started using it right from the beginning in 2001 with the ibuyspy.net sample application as a rough guide. Back then, [...]
We are talking about Mauritius in terms of economic growth, modern nation, and future Africa/Asia hub, but we don’t pay much attention to crucial aspects like social balance, equitable wealth spread, and a Mauritius that has a place for everyone. We don’t realize that these crucial aspects have a major contribution towards helping the country [...]
Well this is the first time am writing an article and here it goes…
I started my blog with a whim which eventually brought me here. Am glad to have created it since it’s gonna be fun for myself to transmit my ideas of how i see life through my eyes and how I am living in it with a [...]
During a conversation with a journalist, something was pointed out and I could not find its irrelevance: “We live in a country that is built on mediocrity & passivity”.
The negative side
We are mediocre in most of the things we do. We are not very original as we seldom create. We either bring ideas from other [...]