Transcript Edwards_Keynote

Techno-Regulation: The Neverending Government Regulatory
Battle to Keep Up with
Technology
Dr. Dale L. Edwards
University of Northern Colorado
Greeley, Colorado, USA
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Type—12 -15
Centuries
Telegraph—Speedy Information Transfer
Photographic Equipment
Civil War Photographs—Public Perception
Propaganda Posters/Postcards
Movies Go To War
World War II Photography—Avoided,
Embraced
Tet Offensive Photos—The Opinion War Shifts
Miniaturization Changes Military Policy
• Operation Desert Storm—1991—13 cases, weighed 1,000 lb. (450 kg)
• Operation Iraqi Freedom—2003—Medium sized suitcase
• Now—briefcase size: laptop, software, small uplink dish, small
amount of electronics.
Obama locks out the press — again
By Edward-Isaac Dovere and Josh Gerstein
07/23/14 09:02 PM EDT
Updated 07/24/14 01:59 PM EDT
President Obama Is Getting
Camera Shy
—By Kevin Drum
| Fri Nov. 22, 2013 1:06 AM EST
Exposed: Obama Image Machine Won't Let Press Take Flattering Photos
Tom Scocca
DOJ invoked Espionage Act in calling Fox News reporter criminal 'co-conspirator'
By Judson Berger
Published May 22, 2013
FoxNews.com
Obama DOJ formally accuses journalist in leak case of
committing crimes
Glenn Greenwald
Yet another serious escalation of the Obama administration's
attacks on press freedoms emerges
DOJ Calls Fox News Reporter James Rosen ‘Co-Conspirator’ In
Leak Case; Journalists Outraged
05/20/2013 08:48 am ET | Updated May 20, 2013
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•Jack Mirkinson Senior Media Editor, The Huffington Post
Snowden—NSA surveillance revelations
USA Freedom Act—Curb Surveillance?
Press Freedom—Not a Pretty Picture
Population Pct.
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Partly Free
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Countries Pct.
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Press Freedom Score—Not Improving
Internet Freedom—Disturbing Trends