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Certainly a fascinating website and incredibly well thought out. When taking a closer look at The Tiziano Project's site, the language is deeply empowering, for example the concept of "self-sustaining journalism" is activistic. In keeping Del Gandio's writing as a conceptual umbrella, the Tiziano Projects' website echoes his rulebook via the four part progression, which both informs and pulls activists in through a this-is-how-you-do-it-here-are-all-our-resources kind of thought process (concept-classroom-get involved-projects). At the very end of the video on the first page, the phrase "New Media" flashes. This ties into Del Gandio's discussion of the formation of new words and I keep thinking about the literary theory and criticism class James and I are in; the term "New Criticism." The way words are exchanged at this point in history show a progression from classic forms of literary theory. We hold the lessons from previous generations in a form that is strange to our point in history.

What social and political considerations are to be made with this term related to The Tiziano Project? The statistics the website cites presents an incredible picture of the social and political states throughout our world . . ."42 million people that have been forcibly uprooted from their homes. More than 800.000 human trafficking victims cross international borders each year. In 2009, 15 million children died of hunger. . .At the same time, YouTube now reaches more than 100 million viewers. Each month, 2.5 billion photos are uploaded to Facebook. In 2009, Twitter remained a solitary voice for the people of Iran . . ." (http://tizianoproject.org/concept/). The implications of transformative realities hang on these numbers, when looking at this idea of "New Media."

In regards to the environment the websites creates in a contained manner, one example is in the way folks access the training program. The project provides direct access to training programs, all we have to do is contact them. It is also in the PDF's they provide and open source code (which I do not completely understand). The page gives the feeling like anything is possible because all you need in terms of forum and resources is on this page.


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