Archives
Me elsewhere
Academic resources
- 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: Political Participation
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
Leave a comment
New article published: Political Protest Italian Style
The article I co-authored with my colleague Alberto Pepe, from UCLA, has been published in the December Issue of First Monday: “Political protest Italian–style: The blogosphere and mainstream media in the promotion and coverage of Beppe Grillo’s V–day” First Monday, … Continue reading
beppe grillo enters italian politics
Comedian/blogger Beppe Grillo has announced today on his blog that he wil be entering Italian politics by running to become a candidate of the Left wing party Partito Democratico. His decision has startled many, given his views and actions, which … Continue reading
Posted in All, Internet in Italy, Political Participation
Tagged beppe grillo, blogging, franceschini, free wifi, partito democratico, pd
Leave a comment
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
1 Comment
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
The Internet and democracy: lessons learnt and future directions of research
I have just come back from a three day workshop on: “The Internet and Democracy, Lessons Learnt and Future Directions of Research”, which we at Berkman’s Internet & Democracy project have been organizing in collaboration with the Oxford Internet Institute … Continue reading
Internet and Democracy workshop: Oxford, March 4-6 2009
I am currently at Oxford for a three day workshop on: “The Internet and Democracy, Lessons Learnt and Future Directions of Research”, which we at Berkman‘s Internet & Democracy project have been organizing in collaboration with the Oxford Internet Institute … Continue reading