What’s Inside March 2012:
New websites New articles on media trends New UK Government reports. New reports on social media
NEW WEBSITES Ebooks. This month the Financial Times hosted a Digital Media conference which discussed the rise of ebooks http://www.ftconferences.com/digitalm edia see these reports from bloggers. http://tabtimes.com/news/media/2012/ 03/08/kobo-tablets-are-only-casualebook-reading Certainly a recent Harris Interactive poll of 2,056 adults surveyed online between February 6 and 13, 2012 showed ereader usage increasing. http://infodocket.com/2012/03/08/newstatistics-no-surprise-ereader-usecontinues-to-grow/ International Digital Publishing Forum has some statistics on the growth of ebook publishing. http://idpf.org/about-us/industrystatistics Historical data from 2000-2009 is on the website. A good place for following recent reports on ebooks usage and publishing worldwide is the Digital reader blog. http://www.the-digital-reader.com/ If you are looking for free ebooks online. Here are some great starting points
(however, do remember that academic libraries such as the LSE also have their own ebook subscriptions which may contain many more recent ebooks so do check the library catalogue for these) U Penn online books page - links to all the classic out of print titles as well as major online collections. http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/ Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) New initiative from OAPEN (Open Access Publishing in European Networks) http://www.oapen.org/home links to recent free titles from European university presses. See the full list on the website. LSE staff and students might like to browse a list of ou ebook resources. http://www2.lse.ac.uk/library/collection s/ebooks.aspx Homeless Hotspots. http://homelesshotspots.org/ Controversial use of new technology from advertising agency Bartle Bogle Hegarty (BBH) in USA. http://www.dailytech.com/Homeless+In dividuals+Used+as+Wireless+Hotspot s+at+SXSWi+Controversy+Ensues/arti cle24216.htm Instead of the homeless selling the Big issue they equipped 13 homeless people with 4G mifi devices in Austin, Texas and got them to sell Wi-Fi access. Their locations were marked on Google maps.
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See the announcement from the company http://bbh-labs.com/homelesshotspots-a-charitable-experiment-atsxswi
NEW ARTICLES SOCIAL MEDIA AND US ELECTIONS Super Tuesday US presidential elections.
The Twitter blog http://blog.twitter.com/2012/03/road-tosuper-tuesday-in-tweets.html charts the road to this milestone in tweets. Social matica
NEW ARTICLES SOCIAL MEDIA Exploring Russian cyberspace: digitally-mediated collective action and the networked public sphere http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/sites/cybe r.law.harvard.edu/files/Exploring_Russi an_Cyberspace_2012.pdf The Berkman Center for Internet & Society Research Harvard University Engaging Health Care Consumers Through Information Technologies Deloitte briefing http://www.deloitte.com/view/en_US/us /Insights/centers/center-for-healthsolutions/6bc7013057685310VgnVCM 3000001c56f00aRCRD.htm NM Incite’s Social Media Brand Equity Ranking for India http://nielsen.com/in/en/newsinsights/press-room/2012/nm-incitesocial-media-brand-equity-ranking-q12012.html
http://www.socialmatica.com/election2 012/supertuesday.php predicted election results based on social media for Super Tuesday. See also its blog http://www.socialmatica.com/blog/cate gory/social-election-2012/ for explanation of social media influence and the elections. The Social Bakers election site also has some social media analysis http://www.socialbakers.com/elections leading up to Super Tuesday. Mashable had social media links and postings from users on the day. It also has some postings on Super Tuesday buzz http://mashable.com/2012/03/06/super -tuesday-social-media/ http://mashable.com/2012/03/06/super -tuesday-buzz/ Youth and Digital Media: From Credibility to Information QualityBerkman Center for Internet & Society http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm ?abstract_id=2005272 this paper seeks to map and explore what we know about the ways in which young users of age 18 and under search for information online
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BROADBAND National Telecommunications and Information Administration update US National Broadband map http://www.broadbandmap.gov/ provides data on broadband access and speed in parts of the USA. . SEARCH ENGINE USE Search Engine Use 2012 http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2012/Se arch-Engine-Use-2012/Summary-offindings.aspx Pew Internet & American Life Project report.Includes questions on whether users mind if personal data is collected when they use search engines.
http://infodocket.com/2012/03/02/coms core-releases-the-2012-canada-digitalfuture-in-focus-report/ free registration details about smartphone ownership, online engagement, use of social media State of the Media: U.S. Digital Consumer Report, Q3-Q4 2011 http://www.nielsen.com/us/en/insights/r eports-downloads/2012/us-digitalconsumer-report.html free registration required. Argues that Generation C: Americans 18-34 Are the Most Connected New U.S. Smartphone Growth by Age and Income - Neilsen report http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/onli ne_mobile/survey-new-u-ssmartphone-growth-by-age-andincome/ comScore presents the 2012 U.S. Digital Future in Focus, http://www.comscore.com/Press_Even ts/Presentations_Whitepapers/2012/20 12_US_Digital_Future_in_Focus its annual report on the prevailing trends in social media, search, online video, digital advertising, mobile and ecommerce Worldwide e-government rankings.
NEW SURVEYS ON MEDIA USAGE
Pew internet and American Life report. Nearly half of American adults are smartphone owners latest statistics. http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2012/S martphone-Update-2012.aspx 2012 Canada Digital Future in Focusreport by comscore.
http://unpan3.un.org/egovkb/datacente r/countryview.aspx Just released by the United Nations Division for Public Administration and Development Management worldwide rankings of e-government delivery worldwide. View tables on rankings in certain regions.It also considers such factors as barriers, bridging the digital divide, and relationship between broadband access and uptake of online services from citizens.
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NEW UK GOVERNMENT REPORTS
Public Accounts Committee - SeventyThird Report The BBC's efficiency programme http://www.publications.parliament.uk/p a/cm201012/cmselect/cmpubacc/1658/ 165802.htm NEW JOURNALISM REPORTS
Search for a new business model how newspapers are trying to build online revenue. http://www.journalism.org/analysis_rep ort/search_new_business_model Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism
All the articles listed in this newsletter are free but did you know you can also search for articles using the library’s subscription databases. This month find US theses online Using Proquest dissertations and theses https://catalogue.lse.ac.uk/Record/114 9203
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