What’s Inside January 2012:
New websites on 2012 elections New articles on media trends New UK Government reports. New reports on social media
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Political communications during the 2012 presidential elections.
the USA 2012 elections from Twitter. Look at trending topics and recent tweets. They also have an interesting blog http://140elect.com/ with coverage of twitter tools and metrics Currently it is covering controversy over the campaign to promote a minor candidate by retweeting.
Google launches specialist US elections and politics pages http://google.com/elections/ed/us/result s Useful for tracking progress in the 2012 presidential race! Includes the 2012 political calendar from pbs YouTube politics videos. It has news stories, results and graphs by candidate and issue. Stream Congress http://streamcongress.com/chrome A tool from watchdog, the Sunlight foundation that combines in one web based application Tweets, YouTube videos and floor updates from members of Congress, making them into a single customized news feed. Instructions given on the website. Note usage requires Google Chrome to be installed 2012twit http://2012twit.com/ A project of Adam and Zach Green. It aims to provide real time coverage of
NEW ARTICLES SOCIAL MEDIA Not Just a Wink and Smile: An Analysis of User-Defined Success in Online Dating Source: Drexel University iSchool paper. http://fulltextreports.com/2012/01/12/no t-just-a-wink-and-smile-an-analysis-ofuser-defined-success-in-onlinedating/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_ medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed %3A+FullTextReports+%28Full+Text+ Reports...%29
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Latest issue of First Monday Journalarticles include. http://firstmonday.org/issue/current. Content includes Internet and interest articulation in China: A theoretical reexamination Yu-Wen Chen Culture on the go http://pro.europeana.eu/documents/85 8566/858665/Culture+on+the+Go CIBER Research, shows how access to information is changing as people search for, read and use information on the move. A growing proportion of web browsing happens on smartphones like the new Mac iPhone 4S and tablets like the iPad, and no longer on PCs and laptops in homes and offices. This shift will have a radical impact on the design and functionality of websites
NEW ARTICLES POLITICAL COMMUNICATION Monmouthpedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:G LAM/MonmouthpediA is the first Wikipedia project to cover a whole town - specifically, the Welsh town of Monmouth. It has official council backing. See more in this article from Head star http://www.headstar.com/egblive/?p=1 105 it aims to create an online encyclopaedia of facts and features, using mapping facilities and QR Codes.
Converging communications channels: Preferences and behaviours of Australian communications users. http://apo.org.au/research/convergingcommunications-channelspreferences-and-behavioursaustralian-communications-use Australian Communications and Media Authority
NEW GOVERNMENT REPORTS. Review of Film policy final report “A Future for British Film – it begins with the audience”, http://www.culture.gov.uk/publications/ 8743.aspx Filkin report- Ethical issues arising from the relationship between the police and media. http://content.met.police.uk/News/Eliza beth-Filkin-reportpublished/1400005701012/125724674 1786
The Dynamics of Protest Recruitment through an Online Network. http://www.nature.com/srep/2011/1112 15/srep00197/full/srep00197.html Sandra González-Bailón, Journal Scientific Reports Volume: 1,Article number:197. The recent wave of mobilizations in the Arab world and across Western countries has generated much discussion on how digital media is connected to the diffusion of protests. We examine that
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connection using data from the surge of mobilizations that took place in Spain in May 2011
NEW SURVEYS ON MEDIA USAGE
search for articles using the library’s subscription databases. This month SocIndex https://catalogue.lse.ac.uk/Record/127 8216 Find articles on all aspects of the sociology of the media.
Neilsenwire- state of the media : consumer usage report 2011. http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/me diauniverse/ includes graphs and charts on US media usage. There is also graphs of an online survey of internet users from over 50 nations. Nielsen’s Tops of 2011: Digital - Top US web brands. http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/onli ne_mobile/nielsens-tops-of-2011digital/ Most watched TV programmes in the USA. http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/me dia_entertainment/nielsens-tops-of2011-television/ Most effective advertising USA. http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/me dia_entertainment/nielsens-tops-of2011-advertising/ Google Zeitgeist 2011 http://www.googlezeitgeist.com/ Look at this to see major search trends. Who were the most famous celebrities/ events. You can also look for statistics on trends in searching in particular regions of the world. There are some archives and an explanation of the methodology on the main Google website http://www.google.com/zeitgeist/
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