New Information Technologies

Nowadays people cannot imagine life without technologies, however not many years ago there wasn't any sourse of information, or sourse of connection. Today people never think about what will be without technologies, but why humans need it, may be because they have got into the habit of doing things very fast and rapidly. One scientist from Japan told, that in 50 years people wouldn't do anything, because of inventions, everything will be done by robots. Who knows, we can only guess.
Everything in our world comes from information. Even great philosophers told, that who knows infomation, they have the world. And the greatest achievment of human's is computer, ofcourse there are a lot of other types such television, radio and all of technics, but this are the types of information systems.

The big companise, universities all over the world compete in devising new technologies. In the year 2002 the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology started the "Priority Assistance for the Formation of Worldwide Renowned Centers of Research - The 21st Century Center of Excellence Program". This program were based on the competitive principle that selection for support by the program relies on third party evaluation, and by giving priority support to the formation of world-class centers of research it aims to promote the creation of internationally competitive universities that answer to the world's highest standards. And ofcourse huge changes from technologies were in journalism, people could get information throuth INTERNET, television, and etc. Nowadays it is much more easier to get knowlerge from Internet, however it has negative influence on children, such as they became lazy and get information only through computer. But everyday inventions changes and may be in future there will not be schools like we have nowadays.

References:

1. (http://www-nishio.ist.osaka-u.ac.jp/COE/english/index.html)

Kazakhstan and NATO: cooperation strengthening
This week Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan, Kassymzhomart Tokayev visited Brussels. There he met with NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoope Sheffer and participated in sitting of NATO council. The sides discussed the strengthening of cooperation of Kazakhstan and NATO and perspectives opf joint efforts on counteraction to terrorism, extremism and drugs trade. One of most important directions of cooperation is help of NATO in large-scale reconstruction of Armed Forces of Kazakhstan and development of peacekeeping potential of our state. NATO ambassadors highly valued economic and political reforms that are conducted in our country and named Kazakhstan as “security exporter” in the region. In Brussels Tokayev met with Javier Solana, European Union foreign policy chief, General Secratery of EU council and Benita Ferrero-Valdnder, EU commissioner on foreign relations and European policy of neighborhood. Kassymzhomart Tokayev suggested to conduct regular consultations to increase cooperation level of Kazakhstan due to European policy of neighborhood.

My comments to Ainel~~
Her article about KIMEP's accident.
I wrote the same work as Ainel did, and we had different opinion's, however I'd like her analisys. And I know that she will be great journalist.

When Journalism Becomes "Terrorism

By Richard Ryan

Senior Pentagon adviser Richard Perle abruptly announced his resignation on March 27 as chair of the Defense Policy Board, an influential Pentagon advisory panel. Not coincidentally, Perle had shortly before his resignation described the respected journalist Seymour Hersh as a "terrorist," and threatened to sue Hersh for libel in Britain. Pulitzer-winner Hersh’s report in the New Yorker (dated 3/17/03) on Perle’s messy finances became the first of a series of embarrassing stories that threatened Perle’s considerable access to power. It now looks as though Perle, frequently described as the chief architect of the war in Iraq, launched his counter-attack on Hersh as part of a "hide-in-plain-sight" strategy--dodging scrutiny, not the spotlight--in a calculated spin campaign. Notwithstanding his resignation as the board's chair, Perle’s strategy may have worked. Despite first-rate investigative reporting by both Hersh and the New York Times, Perle is as well-connected to Washington’s power elite as ever. If Perle makes it through his current difficulties, it will largely due to the general compliance of the mainstream media with his attempts to squelch investigation of his business dealings.Hersh's story detailed a meeting that Perle admits he had with notorious Saudi arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi, and another Saudi businessman, in January 2003. Khashoggi and other sources suggest in the story that Perle's goal was raising money for Trireme, his venture capital firm that backs military-related enterprises. Hersh’s sources insisted that Perle and his colleagues in Trireme left the clear impression that, in return for Saudi financial backing, Perle would use his official Pentagon connections to influence DOD policy in the Saudis' favor. As the chair of the Defense Policy Board, Perle was indeed well-placed to broker influence in the military establishment. The board, which consists primarily of well-connected former government officials like Newt Gingrich and Dan Quayle (Perle was himself an assistant secretary of defense in the Reagan administration), exists in that twilight realm that allows ex-bureaucrats to continue to exert influence on their former colleagues. Though not officially part of the civil service, members of the Defense Policy Board are expected to abide by the same code of ethical conduct that governs all federal employees, which prohibits using official positions for personal gain.

Journalism in Kazakhstan

Ethics…The most important and valuable thing in our life is ethics, which depends from different factors, such as social surroundings, priorities and so on. Ethics follow us everywhere, so the question is should we follow it? Journalists all over the world faced ethical problems everyday and every time. And my research topic is whether journalists in Kazakhstan follow ethical issues and have the press pressure or dependence from government.
Before people became journalist they chose whether follow ethical issues or not and nowadays the problem is that only minority chose right decision. In Kazakhstan press first what young journalist think is how to get money. First trouble is taking bribes and money for writing an article, which do not satisfy the requirements of ethics. Interviewing workers of “Огни Алатау ”newspapers they do not even try to make no secret of the fact of taking money from business companies and sometimes from government staff. For the question why journalists allows themselves to break the law, there were a lot of answers, like “Our salary do not suit us” or “Every body make such things” and a lot of saying which are showing displeasure of their works. So, another issue arises, what was the reason of choosing this profession? As one famous philosopher said that never blame others, first of all look at yourself.
Second problem is that press in Kazakhstan depend from government, even if there are such kinds of newspapers, which are opposition, which is not good too. The problem of those newspapers is that objectivity, that the main point of ethics is absent. So, the main press all time and fully support Kazakhstan government. As one reporter told, “We do not want to loose our job, thus it is our responsibility to write as administration want ”. And there was survey which shows that the most dangerous topic that journalists afraid to concern is politics. What journalists should do, during all life to keep mum or to struggle for freedom? And all workers understand that one could not do anything alone.
One more thing that press has dependence not only from government, but also from big companies, which could only call and journalists will publish everything what they want, of course, again for money. But fortunately, by degrees press began to release from pressure of business. It is really need a time to become free from different spheres.
The journalists all over the world have a set of rules or ethics, which they should follow. In Kazakhstan press there are different opinions, which depend from in what newspaper or channel person works. For instant, reporter from newspaper “Эксклюзив” Naidenova Lidiya told that there is no limit for their articles; they could write what ever wants. When in “Казахстанская Правда” strict rules, and not every article will be published without editor’s approval. The same situation is at television stations. But at the radio stations were mention that reporters are very lazy, all information, news, fact they get from the Internet, so at every radio you can hear the same information. And there are no differences between radio, the same program and news. “People in any case will listen radio stations, they even do not cares about what wireless to put on”.
In summary, majority of Kazakhstan journalist are satisfied with their works, despite of problems, which they faces. A lot of them try to follow ethical issues and be independent. The Kazakhstan press in the solving and improving way, because Kazakhstan is young developing country and it need more time to get to world standards.

The online journalism challenge: speed vs. accuracy vs. both
The joys of live television! This week, the BBC and CNN aired two tremendous gaffes. The Beeb interviewed the wrong man, about a lawsuit against Apple Computer while CNN panned to President Bush too early while he was rehearsing the speech he was about to give live (both videos on start-up citizen video site YouTube which is quickly blowing the competition away). Although it was live TV, this could be a warning to newspaper journalists and editors who are increasingly pressured to put information online as soon as it breaks.
If it's so easy to get things wrong when they're done quickly, is it worth risking posting information before it is confirmed? There is the argument that readers will correct you. But what if one reader scans the false information, doesn't check up on the aftermath, and posts the rehashed false info on his blog for all to read? Those who read it will thus be misinformed.

If their journalists increasingly function in this way without the proper factchecking and editing, won't newspapers lose readers? They understand that everyone makes mistakes. But isn't it important to get the facts straight for the audience. Isn't that the job of a newspaper?

Just take the BBC's screw up. On Saturday May 13, The Guardian, as well as several other publications posted on their websites that the man who had been mistakenly interviewed, Guy Goma, was a cab driver. On May 15, Reuters posted the same story on its website.

But the following day, Reuters came out with the real story. Goma is a data cleansing expert and was at the BBC for a job interview. "The mixup is being blamed on a young, inexperienced producer," said the Reuters video next to which was no correction on the previous day's story. The Guardian's article also does not have a correction.

Now look back to the original version of this article. It was entitled, "A little humor: television bloopers" and was supposed to just add a little levity to our day and question the speed with which people post on the Internet. Apart from a small modification in the introductory paragraph, the first three paragraphs that you just read were in the first version I posted.

But then I remembered when I had first read the article, I had read Goma was an IT man (I obviously found the story late). When I went back to find the story, I only read that he was a taxi driver. Confused, but confident Goma was a cabbie because I had read it on a few sources, I posted. Then, after 5 more minutes of research, I found the Reuters article I had originally read telling Goma's real specialties and immediately rewrote this posting.

So once again, is it more important to post and correct yourself after, or get it right the first time? Can speed and accuracy be combined on the Internet or are we on the brink of a new "journalism" sprinkled with asterisked corrections?