Measuring Peace in the Media 2011
The Institute for Economics & Peace produces a number of indexes which measure levels of peace and conflict worldwide. Its latest publication analyses global TV networks coverage of peace and conflict. The full 42 page text can be downloaded from the website: http://www.visionofhumanity.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Measuring-Peace-in-the-Media-2011-Report.pdf Its Global Peace Index ranks 153 nations according to 23 dimensions of […]
Seven Days of Social Sciences Research
http://www.esrc.ac.uk/publications/multimedia/seven-days/?dm_i=XZA,S380,4OC413,2A2UK,1 New feature on the ESRC website. From 23rd April they will be posting videos text on their website reflecting the breadth of ESRC funded research based on the Monday’s child nursery rhyme. The first instalment fair of face has materials relating to image and identity. http://www.esrc.ac.uk/publications/multimedia/seven-days/monday.aspx
Technology and protest
Tell Dave protests: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/britains-web-monitoring-plan-draws-comparisons-to-1984-and-kafka/2012/04/02/gIQAbNB5qS_blog.html This month, to protest against new internet monitoring plans, twitter users utilised hashtag #TellDaveEverything. The protest took the form of listing mundane events that they thought they should tell the prime minister about to make the point that the new laws would ‘snoop into everything’. Coverage from CBC Canada captured examples. There […]
Technology and development
Global Information Technology report 2012: http://www.weforum.org/issues/global-information-technology# Reports on the extent to which 142 economies use ICT and other new technologies to increase their growth and well-being. See the rankings and essays which discuss the impact on working life. There is also a separate data platform http://www.weforum.org/issues/global-information-technology/gitr-2012-data-platform
US Presidential Elections in Cartoons
Cartoons from the Cartoonist Group including 2012 editorial cartoons from top us newspapers http://www.theeditorialcartoons.com/subject/6219/The-2012+Election-Editorial-Cartoons.php Washington post http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-best-cartoons-on-election-2012/2012/02/08/gIQAaNk61Q_gallery.html selection of the best so far. Finally some satire from the Onion http://www.theonion.com/section/politics/
US Election Advertising
Electad: http://electad.com/ An independent site which claims that it posts all examples from the different campaigns online. The site also indexes polls, tweets and interviews. Many newspapers also analyse the latest ads. See this example from the Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/politics/track-presidential-campaign-ads-2012/ If you are interested in ads, the Living room candidate enables you to view examples from […]
Internet enemies report 2012
Reporters without Borders has publishes the Internet Enemies 2012 Report http://march12.rsf.org/en/#ccenemies This provides rankings and information on nations that censor internet access. Other useful sites on this topic: The Ifex international Freedom of Expression Exchange http://www.ifex.org/ is a good starting point; it aims to rapidly disseminate news and information about freedom of expression violations around the […]
Cartoon movement
http://www.cartoonmovement.com/ Cartoon Movement is a community of international editorial cartoonists and fans of political satire originally set up by set up by Tjeerd Royaards, a Dutch editorial cartoonist. It seeks to promote examples of good political and satirical cartoons. Browse the online gallery. They include political cartoons with recent examples relating to Syria. the environment […]
UNESCO’s inaugural World Radio Day.
Held on 13th February. Find general statements and news on the website: http://www.worldradioday.org/ It sought to raise awareness about the power of radio as a tool for education, culture and development. Frontline SMS radio was involved in events. It also has a useful blog discussing the potential uses of SMS by radio stations to interact […]
RSS feed from UN
Get the RSS feed from the U.N. Dag Hammarskjöld Library http://un-library.tumblr.com/rss It is an excellent current awareness source for highlighting the latest United Nations documents.
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