Category Archives: The Internet and Society

Facebook, Tartaglia, e le minacce del Governo

Posted on December 15, 2009 by Corinna

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 →

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has Internet use changed the number of friends you have?

Posted on June 15, 2009 by Corinna

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 →

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Beyond Objectivity: Global Voices and the Future of Journalism

Posted on June 2, 2009 by Corinna

[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 →

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Italy as seen by the Italian blogosphere

Posted on June 1, 2009 by Corinna

Vittorio Zambardino writes today in La Repubblica about a recent research study carried out on the Italian blogosphere: what are Italian bloggers writing about? The article presents very interesting graphs, which show the top tags used in 2009 and the … Continue reading →

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The Internet and the 2008 US election: participation and/or fragmentation?

Posted on April 16, 2009 by Corinna

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 →

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Joe Green on Facebook Causes

Posted on April 1, 2009 by Corinna

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 →

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Ben Rattray on Change.org

Posted on April 1, 2009 by Corinna

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 →

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Marshall Ganz on narratives and social movements

Posted on April 1, 2009 by Corinna

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 →

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David Lazer on the properties of network power

Posted on April 1, 2009 by Corinna

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 →

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