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.
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 […]
Reporters Without Frontiers – Arab Revolt
http://en.rsf.org/the-arab-revolt.html Reporters without Frontiers has created a special section on their website to cover the recent Arab uprisings. It includes a focus on press censorship, eye witness accounts from local journalists and discussion and news stories about the use of new media. All also available are chronologies of events in Bahrain, Syria, Yemen and Libya.
Citizen Cyberspace
The rise of citizen cyberscience and its impact on professional research http://indico.cern.ch/contributionDisplay.py?sessionId=11&contribId=27&confId=103325 A talk on the rapid growth in the last decade of direct public participation in science via the Web and the impact of this participation on science research.
Map Kibera
Another interesting example of citizens and aid agencies using social media for community empowerment/development. Kibera in Nairobi, Kenya, is a city suburb. Since 2009 they have been creating a free open map of facilities and providing news services for local citizens and community activists. http://mapkibera.org/ The blog http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/ provides descriptions of the implementation of the […]
The Guardian Activate conference on digital media
New York, 2011. Some useful videos from this key event: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/activate-conference
Pew Internet and American Life
http://www.pewinternet.org/ A project which provides free access to reports and surveys on the impact of the Internet, Web 2.0 and associated technology on American life.
E-G8 Forum
The first G8 conference on the impact of the Internet upon G8 nations was held in Paris on May 24-25th. This website has information on participants, agendas, some papers and videos of key speeches: http://www.eg8forum.com/en/ Many of the key themes covered are summarized in this 70-page report: Internet matters: The Net’s sweeping impact on growth, jobs and prosperity: […]
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.
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