Andrew Dunn
Subscribe to Andrew Dunn's postsHacking the academy
http://www.digitalculture.org/hacking-the-academy/ Access the full text of a new book released by MPublishing, the publishing division of the University of Michigan Library. An interesting example of a book which was produced from crowd sourced content sent in over one week. It covers ways in which ‘the academy’ and university study can be positively transformed using new […]
Big Innovation Centre
http://www.biginnovationcentre.com/ Launched by the Work Foundation and Lancaster University in September 2011. Chair is Will Hutton. It aims to bring together researchers and the commercial world to create a centre for business orientated research. The website provides information about the aims of the Centre. It also offers free access to its research reports on how […]
The revolutions were tweeted: Information Flows During the 2011 Tunisian and Egyptian Revolutions
http://www.danah.org/projects/IJOC-ArabSpring/ A recently article in the International Journal of Communications examines the production and dissemination of news on Twitter during the 2011 Tunisian and Egyptian Revolutions. The authors use these two events to discuss how Twitter plays a key role in amplifying and spreading information across the globe. This website provides information on the methodology […]
MAVISE
A database of TV companies and channels in the European Union and Candidate countries. http://mavise.obs.coe.int/ Information on over 29 national TV markets including the licensing authority, number of channels and main market players. For more statistical information on TV industry see also the main European Audiovisual observatory site http://www.obs.coe.int/
ecampaigning forum
http://www.ecampaigningforum.com/ An annual event where practitioners share advice and expertise on how to use social media in campaigning. The 2011 website http://ecflive.fairsay.com/ includes information and some presentations. Topics covered include practical case studies on campaigning from charities and lobby groups.
Future Gov Asia Pacific
http://www.futuregov.asia/pages/about/ Free online magazine serving public officials in Asia and the Middle East; includes news, events, blogs and articles on e-government and use of it by public sector. Subsections include cloud computing, e-government and use of IT by health organisations.
Gewerkschaftspresse
http://library.fes.de/gewerkschaftspresse/content/below/index.xml A project by the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung which provides access to a large collection of digitized German trade union periodicals from the beginnings of the German trade union movement until 1933. The most important trade union journals have been digitized and made freely accessible online. Site is subdivided into Freie Gewerkschaften (free trade unions) and Christliche Gewerkschaften […]
ROAD 2.0
Resource of Outdoor Advertising Descriptions http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/outdoor_advertising/ Site maintained by Duke University. Free access to over 30,000 images of outdoor advertising and related topics. It is possible to search by company, product, place and date. They include iconic images for coca cola, Kellogg’s and cigarette brands. Also useful for those interested in the history of advertising […]
The Ill-Treatment and Torture Project
http://www.politicalscience.uncc.edu/cconra16/UNCC/ITT_Data_Collection.html Based at University of North Carolina at Charlotte, the ITT has just released the four country-year datasets relating to allegations of torture by state regimes. The data measures allegations of states’ violations of the Convention Against Torture published by Amnesty International during the years 1995-2005. The data and User’s Guide are available here: http://www.politicalscience.uncc.edu/cconra16/UNCC/Data.html. […]
Meta-Activism Project
http://www.meta-activism.org/ The Meta-Activism Project (MAP) is a non-traditional think tank that uses digital networks to better understand their effects on social power. It is staffed by volunteers. Its website provides free access to its book and other case studies that cover ways in which citizens around the world are using digital technologies to push for […]
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