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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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New article published: Political Protest Italian Style

Posted on December 12, 2009 by Corinna

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 →

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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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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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the new facebook home page

Posted on March 13, 2009 by Corinna

In the past couple of days Facebook has been rolling out to its users a new homepage. This is the second time that Facebook changes dramatically its look. While there was great upheaval against the first change in the home … Continue reading →

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Internet censorship arrives in Italy

Posted on February 16, 2009 by Corinna

In an effort to regulate the Internet, as part of a package of laws to safeguard national security, the Italian Government has recently proposed an amendment which in practice – if approved – would oblige all Italian ISPs (Internet Service … Continue reading →

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CONTRO LA CENSURA DELLA RETE E DI FACEBOOK

Posted on February 13, 2009 by Corinna

CONTRO LA CENSURA DELLA RETE E DI FACEBOOK

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understanding the Internet: Italian politicians go online

Posted on December 12, 2008 by Corinna

More and more Italian politicians have been jumping on the Internet bandwagon. The Education Minister Mariarosa Gelmini has started a YouTube channel, where she announces with a video that she hopes this channel will allow her to listen to people’s … Continue reading →

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the Internet and politics: analyzing the 2008 US election

Posted on December 11, 2008 by Corinna

A group of McCain and Obama campaigners, academics, activists, bloggers and journalists have gathered for two days at Harvard at a conference organized by the Berkman Center for Internet and Society examining the role that the Internet has played in … Continue reading →

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