http://www.logictivity.com/blog Thoughts, ideas, and questions from the world's only Post-Tentative Virtual Surrealist. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:40:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.logictivity.com/blog/can-the-v-chip-censor-violence/ http://www.logictivity.com/blog/can-the-v-chip-censor-violence/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:10:04 +0000 Jonar Nader http://www.logictivity.com/blog/?p=6101

Parents trying to limit violence coming down television stations can consider the V-Chip, which helps to stop violence by blocking the signals. However, is this likely to work? Jonar asks if such technologies can work? Is this a question of controlling society? Is there evidence that violence on TV contributes to violence in society? Jonar Nader speaks with Walkley-Award winning journalist Ghassan Nakhoul. To listen to an excerpt from the radio broadcast, click on the green arrow below. This broadcast is spoken in Arabic.

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Jonar speaks about interactive movies that offer dozens of scenarios. He also speaks about the special effects that filmmakers are using, including 3D. Where is the world of multimedia taking us? Jonar Nader speaks with Walkley-Award winning journalist Ghassan Nakhoul. To listen to an excerpt from the radio broadcast, click on the green arrow below. This broadcast is spoken in Arabic.

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What are the ethical questions that society must face in relation to high technology. If you needed a new kidney, would you have any objection to having a clone grown in a lab? What are the limits? Who should have a say about this? Are these questions for society, churches, governments, scientists, or ethicists? Jonar Nader speaks with Walkley-Award winning journalist Ghassan Nakhoul. To listen to an excerpt from the radio broadcast, click on the green arrow below. This broadcast is spoken in Arabic.

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In this broad-based discussion, Jonar explains how a mobile phone can be used to help people become better liars. Jonar speaks about the hurdles that innovators face when trying to invent new solutions for our planet. Other topics include nanotechnology, and the Code Red virus.
Jonar Nader speaks with Walkley-Award winning journalist Ghassan Nakhoul. To listen to an excerpt from the radio broadcast, click on the green arrow below. This broadcast is spoken in Arabic.

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