Open hardware/ Crowd sourcing

Open Hardware is a computer hardware that stores information which has been copyrighted and is now available for the public to use freely.

The main requirements for taking part is to:
-Give credit for the project to the owner

The main barrier that is preventing this movement from becoming "the norm" is:
-The Government: Because they may not like the idea of other people gaining a large amount of money, whilst they earn nothing from it. So this may cause the government to prevent Open hardware's from existing.

Definitions of Key Words

Copyright- Refers to the right of copying something. This is usually placed in audios, videos, typed papers and others to secure and prevent other people from copying their work.

Copyfree- Is a policy, idea or standard which determines the freedom you have to change, edit or copy work you possess and others possess.

Creative commons- Is a non-profit organisation which seeks to make communicating and sharing with others much more public, whilst keeping people’s work secure.

Public domain – Refers to a work that is nor protected by copyright

Trademark- It’s a sign, design or logo which helps identify different products or objects. It differenciates some products from others.

Obama and the media

Obama used Social Media to gather enough support to win the elections in 2008 and 2012. He achieved this by being able to understand that the social media is about relationships, therefore, using social networks such as Twitter, Facebook and others to establish a much direct connection with his followers.

Social media is very advantageous over traditional media (tv, radio and print) for spreading a message quickly because opinions are spread through direct interactions, where it is more personal and there is more trust. People are encouraged to vote by their friends, families or people they know.

Memes are ideas or symbols which spread rapidly. They can be very important because they are becoming a dominant cultural event.

Kony 2012 is an example where media has played an important role, since, through the use of only videos, blogs, campaigns and posters, an organisation called Invisible Children was able to get the USA involved in helping those children being kidnapped and some even forced to kill their parents and fight become free from Kony's arms.

Flyer- Media, Propaganda, Research

What operators might I use

Finding Apartheid sites in South Africa: apartheid sites South Africa: bbc.co.uk date: 6


Birth Rates in Ethiopia: birth rates Ethiopia date: 3


Monsoons in India: monsoons in India site: Britannica , date: 6


Football scores in the United Kingdom: intitle: football scores UK site: bbc.co.uk


Weather Patterns in New Zealand: allintitle: weather patterns New Zealand


Cancer Research in U.S Government Sites: host: .gov + U.S + cancer research

Source Reliability

ICT Source Reliability by camilaandinod

Who you get in bed with- human rights, gay rights video

Marc3pax is a man who works for the government and acts to try and deliver a message to the world, which is not entirely true or reliable.

The video relates to the flotilla movement because the purpose of the video was to prove that Hamas, Palestinians and the Flotilla are bad. He is trying to shape an image that flotilla is a discriminating and violent movement.

The video is not objective because even though the man talking in the video is not showing his personal emotions explicitly in the video, we can see that he is actually trying to say that the flotilla group is homophobic, not showing us all sides of the story. The information shown and used cannot be proved to be reliable.

There isn't evidence supporting Marc3pax's findings. We don't know which group he contacted or which college he attended. We can't rely on this man's findings, because he is not giving us actual facts. We don't even know if the mail was real or actually sent. Which sources did he use to get the information from? Were did he find the images and the information regarding the Prime Minister?