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- American Sociological Association
- Digital Natives website
- Hansard Society, London
- Harvard’s social capital blog
- I-POL Portal on Internet and Politics
- IPSA Portal
- Office for National Statistics (UK)
- Oxford Internet Surveys (OxIS)
- Pew Internet & American Life Project
- Social Capital Getaway
- Sondaggi Politico Elettorali
- UK Data Archive
- World Internet Project (WIP)
Academic links
- Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University
- Lincoln College, Oxford
- London School of Economics (LSE)
- Nexa Center for Internet and Society, Politecnico di Torino
- Oxford Internet Institute (OII)
- Sociology Department, Oxford
- University of Oxford
- University of Southern California (USC)
- USC Annenberg School for Communication
Blogroll (english)
Category Archives: The Internet and Society
Facebook, Tartaglia, e le minacce del Governo
Nicola Bruno mi ha intervistato ieri per il Manifesto per parlare di Facebook, la censura dei contenuti pubblicati su Internet, e gli eventi di attualita’ politica degli utlimi giorni – l’intervista e’ pubblicata sul Manifesto del 15/12/2009: «Facebook che istiga … Continue reading
Posted in All, Censorship and filtering, Internet in Italy, Political Participation, Social Media, Social Networking, The Internet and Society
Tagged corinnadigennaro, facebook, manifesto, massimotartaglia, nicolabruno, obama, politica, silvio berlusconi, silvioberlusconi, tartaglia, US elections
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has Internet use changed the number of friends you have?
A forthcoming study by Hua Wang (USC Annenberg School for Communication) and Barry Wellman (University of Toronto) “Social Connectivity in America” has looked at how social networks of friendship have been changing from 2002 and 2007 and how this is … Continue reading
Beyond Objectivity: Global Voices and the Future of Journalism
[live blogging] My friend and colleague Lokman Tsui (@lokmant) is talking today at the Berkman Center about his current research: Beyond Objectivity: Global Voices and the Future of Journalism. Global Voices is “a community of more than 200 bloggers around … Continue reading
Posted in All, Social Media, The Internet and Society
Tagged blogging, cosmopolitanism, global voices, journalism
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The Internet and the 2008 US election: participation and/or fragmentation?
The Pew Internet and American Life Project has just released a report on the role of the Internet in the 2008 US election, which analyses trends in how people consume political news & information and the ways they use the … Continue reading
Posted in All, Digital Natives, Political Participation, Social Networking, The Internet and Society, US elections
Tagged Digital Natives, election2008, internet, mccain, obama, pew, politics
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Joe Green on Facebook Causes
Live blogging from the workshop “From Social Network to Social Movement” at Harvard Law School. Joe Green, Founder of Facebook Causes is presenting. You can also follow on Twitter: #HLSsocnetworks Facts on Facebook Causes: 50 million people using it, 250.000 … Continue reading
Ben Rattray on Change.org
Live blogging from the workshop “From Social Network to Social Movement” at Harvard Law School. Ben Rattray, Founder and CEO of Change.org is presenting. You can also follow on Twitter: #HLSsocnetworks Rise of the social web has been huge. Activism … Continue reading
Marshall Ganz on narratives and social movements
Live blogging from the workshop “From Social Network to Social Movement” at Harvard Law School. Marshall Ganz from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, presenting The role of narratives as leadership practice in social movements. You can also … Continue reading
David Lazer on the properties of network power
Live blogging from the workshop “From Social Network to Social Movement” at Harvard Law School. David Lazer from the Harvard Kennedy School is presenting on the properties of network power. You can also follow on Twitter: #HLSsocnetworks Definition of network: … Continue reading
E tu, non provi Herdict?
La Pecora Bianca presenta Herdict, uno straordinario nuovo sito che aiuta gli utenti a riprendere controllo della Rete. Hai problemi con siti in parte o del tutto inaccessibili? Prova ad usare Herdict su: http://herdict.org. Herdict.org e’ un progetto del Berkman … Continue reading