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 […]
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.
My Subject pages
Subject Rooms are changing their name to My Subject pages. They go live officially on August 15th with the new website, but yours are available now if you would like to have a look. Go to the new website (at the moment the address is http://www2.le.ac.uk/library ) choose My Subject (the tab the furthest right […]
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: […]
World Economic Forum launch Information Technology website
The World Economic Forum has launched an information technology website which enables users to view charts by country of internet users, network infrastructure, and mobile phone subscriptions. Access it here: http://www.weforum.org/issues/global-information-technology/the-great-transformation/dashboard Read its global Information technology report 2010-2011 on the website: http://www.weforum.org/issues/global-information-technology
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 […]
New frontier database
Columbia Journalism review has launched a new database which aims to index and provide information about digital news outlets in the USA. This includes blogs such as the Huffington Post and websites. Each entry has a summary of coverage, plus facts and figures on number of staff/volunteers, revenue and sources of backing. http://www.cjr.org/the_news_frontier_database/
Internet sites and censorship
The Hercdict site, maintained by the Berkman Center for Internet and Society, gathers reports of blocked and inaccessible sites worldwide. http://www.herdict.org/web/
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