Blogging about the EU
http://euonym.wordpress.com/ This blog is maintained by Antonia Mochan Head of Media in the London office of the European Commission. It offers her personal opinion on the role of social media in promoting the EU in the UK. There are links to other major EU bloggers.
UK Council for International Student Affairs
The UK Council for International Student Affairs website http://www.ukcisa.org.uk provides access to a useful collection of factsheets covering basic questions asked by international students. Topics include regulations, finance and support services.
Liberation Technology
A research programme based at Stanford University which is exploring how information technology can be used to defend human rights, improve governance, empower the poor, promote economic development, and pursue a variety of other social goods. Access at: http://liberationtechnology.stanford.edu/ Currently, its Twitter channel http://twitter.com/Liberationtech has some excellent links to sites being used by protestors in […]
Lede
The Lede is a blog that mixes New York Times content with news stories and postings taken from blogs and citizen journalists. http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/ It has excellent coverage of world events, in particular accounts of protests incorporate comment from local bloggers,. This includes links to videos, maps. For example, see http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/12/tunisians-document-protests-online/ this coverage of the Tunisian […]
The Campaign for Social Science
http://www.campaignforsocialscience.org.uk/ A campaign to fight for the future of social science in the UK was launched yesterday (20th January) at the House of Lords. The Campaign for Social Science will promote UK social science by highlighting the vital role that social science plays in modern society and raising its visibility in the public, media and […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
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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