Aswat
https://www.aswat.com/en/about A website which aims to offer a place for activists and reformers from the Middle East and Africa to post news and exchange viewpoints. It has a resource library of free ‘how to’ guides and training courses for activists. More interesting for researchers are the blogs which contain citizen journalism comment. Bloggers include individuals […]
Using Twitter in university research
Using Twitter in university research, teaching and impact activities – A guide for academics and researchers: http://www2.lse.ac.uk/government/research/resgroups/LSEPublicPolicy/pdf/Twitter_Guide_Sept_2011.pdf Published this week by the LSE Public Policy Group Topics covered include: getting started, writing styles and possible usage by academic departments.
WORLDbytes
http://www.worldbytes.org/ An online Citizen TV channel set up and run by the education charity WORLDwrite which seeks to encourage citizen journalism allowing local grassroots groups/ activists to post videos online, many examples of which can be viewed on the website. View a full list , for instance see this film on peoples comments on responses […]
EU Screen
http://www.euscreen.eu/beta/index.html This beta test site aims to offer a single point of access to over 30,000 items of programme content and complementary contextual information. It is funded by the European Commission within the eContentplus programme project. The consortium is made up of 28 partners and 9 associate partners from 20 European countries. UK partners include the […]
Mexico Turns to Social Media for Information and Survival
Mexicans are using social media sites such as twitter and face book to exchange information about violence, areas to avoid. Key examples are Wikinarco – https://www.wikinarco.com/ – (see the online crowd sourced maps of crime) & Borderland Beat – http://www.borderlandbeat.com/ – reporting on the Mexico drug cartel war
World Wide Web Index
http://www.webfoundation.org/projects/the-web-index/ New project of the World Wide Web foundation supported by Google which aims to provide a measure of the size of the web and its impact on peoples worldwide. The first annual index will be launched in 2012. The website currently has information about the aims of the project.
Hacking 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 […]
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.
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