How Facebook news presents different realities
A new tool created by the Wall Street Journal Blue Feed Red Feed allows users to examine how different news sources cover political topics. See the Nieman reports. To consider how this source can raise questions about whether the Facebook mechanism of likes and friends manipulates what news ‘or facts’ that readers really see. View […]
Chilean political songs
For political songs try this recently released Spanish archive. Cantos Cautivos: Online Archive of Songs of Political Captivity in Pinochet’s Chile 1973–1990
The Anti-Corruption Summit
The Anti-Corruption Summit has taken place in London. The UK government website contains the proposals for international reform. It includes a collection of essays discussing corruption. plus the new UK government plans to oppose corruption and to govern access to data. For comment see: the Transparency International website. the Anti-corruption manifesto issued by NGOs and Transparency […]
National Archives of Singapore digital library
Major new additions to this great digital library include recent and historic political resources which would be of great value to scholars of the region. They include National Day rally speeches from prime ministers from 1966-2006. The Government Records Database is for the period 2011 – 2016. Also available is NewspaperSG an online resource of […]
African Integrity Indicators Launched
The 2016 indicators have recently been released by Global Integrity. They cover rule of law, accountability, elections, public management, civil service integrity, access to information and openness. It is possible to se country files and view the methodology. Other useful indicators on this topic include: The Ibrahim Index of African Governance which is up to […]
How one woman’s app is changing political communication
Pia Mancini from Argentina is developing IT tools that can empower communities to get involved in politics worldwide in this recent Guardian newspaper article. See Democracy OS her app and TED lecture which explain how it helps users understand complex legislation in Argentina.
The Web Index
… “tracks the Web’s contribution to social, economic and political progress across 86 countries.” Find it at: http://thewebindex.org/
Gender statistics database
European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) (an autonomous body of the European Union) has just launched a new gender statistics database for researchers which enables easy comparisons between European and other nations. It includes indicators on men and women in many fields ranging from health to education, work and earnings, social attitudes and gender-based violence. […]
USA 2016 elections: New York Times Resource
Good use of technology from the New York Times: its Election 2016 bot can send users live news updates. You can also submit questions to the newsroom by using the command /asknytelection.” Nieman Labs has a review of how this feature works. The New York Times is also experimenting with Virtual reality film from the […]
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