SAR Academic Freedom Media Review April 14-20, 2012

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Tenured Professor Is Placed on Leave After Showing a Film About Pornography
Robin Wilson, The Chronicle of Higher Education, 4/20
Syrian uprising takes toll on scientific community
Zeki Al Droubi, Nature, 4/19
AAUP Election Results Reflect Backlash Against Recent Leadership Decisions
Peter Schmidt, The Chronicle of Higher Education, 4/19
“None of Our Rights Have Been Observed,” Says Abdolfattah Soltani’s Wife
International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, 4/19
Belarus Banned from Bologna Process for Three Years /
Telegraf.by, 4/19
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What Keeps Us Online Late at Night: Porn, Games, and Chat

A study of online behavior conducted by security firm Arbor Networks reveals that the prime time on the Internet may be later than you’d think. It also reveals the habits of late-night surfers, which boils down to surfing the web and watching videos a large amount of which are adult content, chatting and gaming.
via What Keeps Us Online Late at Night: Porn, Games, and Chat.

Sadly, these are seldom the things that keep me up late at night.  Chat sometimes, but usually it is work, research, Facebook, or blogging.  How big of a geek am I?
The time of peak access is a radical shift. In the past most people accessed the internet from work, so traffic peaked around 8 am, but now they are surfing as much or more from home. Browsing from the privacy of one’s home probably accounts, at least in part, for the shift in what they are doing online.  It reminds me of a simply hilarious song from the Broadway musical Avenue Q.
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