Andrew Dunn
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The British Library is creating a resource about sport for the Olympics. There is a section on the media and sport at: http://www.bl.uk/sportandsociety/exploresocsci/sportsoc/media/media.html The resource will be added to up till the Olympic games, will remain online till 6 months after and then be archived.
Internet sites and censorship
The Hercdict site, maintained by the Berkman Center for Internet and Society, gathers reports of blocked and inaccessible sites worldwide. http://www.herdict.org/web/
Truthy project
Aims to analyse and create visual representations of how information is diffused on Twitter. Particular focuses of information include the propagation of false information, political smears on Twitter and the creation of false news stories. At present there is a section on Sarah Palin which focuses on accounts falsely presented as belonging to the politician where […]
Communication Space: the Media and Communications Network.
Communication Space: the Media and Communications Network. http://thecommunicationspace.com/ A site sponsored by commercial publisher SAGE which aims to encourage the exchange of new ideas and research covering all areas of media and communications. Topics include media studies, journalism , new media, video gaming. Researchers can create their own profiles and post to the site. Other users […]
U.S Political Advertising
The Wesleyan Media Project 2010 political advertising <http://election-ad.research.wesleyan.edu/ This website is a collaboration between Drs Erika Franklin Fowler (Wesleyan University), Michael M. Franz (Bowdoin College) and Travis N. Ridout (Washington State University). It is tracking political advertising in the USA Midterm elections 2010 with the ultimate aim of tracing all forthcoming federal and presidential elections. The […]
Youth and Education Television
The literature database of the International Central Institute for Youth and Educational Television (IZI) http://www.izi-datenbank.de/en/ This excellent free resource is maintained by the International Central Institute for Youth and Educational Television (IZI) which is based in Germany. It provides free access to a searchable database of over 20,000 references to articles, books and report relating […]
The Russian Blogosphere
Public Discourse in the Russian Blogosphere: Mapping RuNet Politics and Mobilization http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/publications/2010/Public_Discourse_Russian_Blogosphere Berkman Center for Internet and Society. The Report from a project studying the role of Internet in Russian Society. Includes a mapping of the number and type of sites in the Blogosphere. It considers the relationship between the Internet and politics. Details about […]
Blogs and Bullets
http://www.usip.org/programs/initiatives/blogs-bullets This programme of the United States Institue of Peace is exploring how social media such as blogs and twitter can be used both to provoke and prevent conflict. The website provides free access to papers, video lectures and events from 2009 onwards covering these issues. These include materials relating to the Arab blogosphere.
Youth and Media
Youth and Media project http://youthandmedia.org/ A major interdisciplinary project headed by the Research Center for Information Law at the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland and the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, examining the use of all types of media (internet, mobile phones, video games) by young people. Themes include digital […]
International Students’ Page
The library has a page for international students. This page has information and tutorials which will help you get the most out of the library. There is also a section on Living in the UK and there are links to online newspapers where you can read about what is happening back home. Access the International […]
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