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Super scrutiny of media
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 20:39:33 -0400
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 10:23:00 +1000 From: Nathan Cochrane <ncochrane () theage fairfax com au> Subject: Super scrutiny of media To: "Dave Farber (E-mail)" <dave () farber net> ip Hi Dave A proposed supercomputer simulation could quantify for the first time key truths surrounding cross-media ownership laws in Australia. Rob Stocker, a lecturer and PhD student from Charles Sturt University in NSW, will simulate the effect media organisations have on public opinion in a series of computational runs. The complex relationships between people and the media they consume has been reduced to a series of assumptions and fed into an algorithm that he hopes will shed light on the reasons why the public chooses certain opinions. Early sample runs through the simulation confirm the worst fears of those opposed to increased concentration of media into a few powerful hands, Stocker says. He simulated a single media outlet ("node") with a high level of influence over 100 simulated citizens ("sims"). The sims could interact among themselves but found themselves increasingly falling into line behind the central media outlet. "As time spent connected to the media increased, there was rapid conversion to the media state," Stocker says. MORE: http://bilskirnir.blogspot.com/2003_07_01_bilskirnir_archive.html#1058833212 75520298 - Nathan Cochrane Deputy IT Editor :Next: The Age and Sydney Morning Herald http://www.next.theage.com.au *********************************************************************************The information contained in this e-mail message and any accompanying files is or may be confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, dissemination, reliance, forwarding, printing or copying of this e-mail or any attached files is unauthorised. This e-mail is subject to copyright. No part of it should be reproduced, adapted or communicated without the written consent of the copyright owner. If you have received this e-mail in error, please advise the sender immediately by return e-mail, or telephone and delete all copies. Fairfax does not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of any information contained in this e-mail or attached files. Internet communications are not secure, therefore Fairfax does not accept legal responsibility for the contents of this message or attached files.*********************************************************************************
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