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Question: Explain the advantages and disadvantages to a content producer of making their materials freely available online. In Singapore, censorship is a heavily debated topic. Censorship review committee are formed every year to review films and adjust the rating of the movies or shows. (Teo, 2011) Hence it is common and understandable that content producers would prefer to move on to online platform whereby freedom of speech may seem to be in abundance and sharing is caring. Continue reading →

 Photo Credits: Rebecca Ratcliffe via the guardian Can you imagine the amount of time and effort required to complete today’s post without Open Access (OA) to any information available online? I guess I just have to go to the library to get hard-copy books/newspapers that are relevant. How about you? A study found out that 90% of online content would likely be held behind a paywall in the coming years. Continue reading →

“Yodel – Ay – EEE – Oooo” Howdy there again, readers! Before I move on to discuss the topic of the day, let’s do some nostalgic recount of your first encounter with the computer :) How did you first work around with your first desktop/laptop? How was your first encounter with the internet search engines? What kind of information did you look up to? Google or Yahoo search engines? Back then, I was really awed by how easy it was for me to gain information at... Continue reading →