What’s Inside November 2010:
New articles on BBC New articles on internet use ICT and development
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The literature database of the International Central Institute for Youth and Educational Television (IZI) http://www.izi-datenbank.de/en/ This excellent free resource covering •
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Children’s use of the Internet
Particularly strong coverage of German language materials, however also includes English language publications worldwide. Each entry has subject keywords terms added. Abstracts are not usually provided. Communication Space: the media and Communications Network. http://thecommunicationspace.com/ a site sponsored by commercial publisher SAGE which aims to
encourage the exchange of new ideas and research covering all areas of media and communications. Topics include media studies, journalism , new media, video gaming. Researchers can create their own profiles and post to the site. Other users can follow the discussion and use the free resources. The latter include: listings of forthcoming events, plus links to podcasts and videos.
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friends and to find others who are nearby
ARTICLES ABOUT THE USAGE OF MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY
Americans and their gadget http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2010/ Gadgets.aspx Latest report from the Pew Internet and American Life project. Find out how many Americans own cell phones and ebook readers! Does the iPad Change Everything? http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/o nline_mobile/connected-devicesdoes-the-ipad-change-everything/ Summary of research from Neilsen on changing habits of use.
Growing Knowledge: the evolution of research http://www.growingknowledge.bl.uk/ The website/ blog associated with the new British Library exhibition/ research project. This aims to showcase new innovations (such as data, audio visual web 2.0) tools which researchers can use in their work. The site includes details about the physical exhibition and its events. It also offers a curators blog with videos discussing the themes, examples of the tools and discussion of ongoing consultations on technology, scholarly communication and research
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Mobile Health 2010 http://www.pewinternet.org/~/media/ /Files/Reports/2010/PIP_Mobile_Hea lth_2010.pdf Latest Pew Internet and American life report. findings include: 17% of cell owners have used their phone to look up health or medical information and 29% of cell owners ages 18-29 have done such searches.
Public Discourse in the Russian Blogosphere: Mapping RuNet Politics and Mobilization http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/publica tions/2010/Public_Discourse_Russian _Blogosphere Berkman Center for Internet and Society.Report from a project styudying the role of Internet in Russian Society. Includes a mapping of the number and type of sites in the Blogosphere.
In its first report on the use of geospatial Location http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/20 10/Location-based-services.aspx geosocial� or location-based services the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life project finds that 4% of online adults use a service such as Foursquare or Gowalla that allows them to share their location with
Technorati's State of the Blogosphere 2010 http://technorati.com/blogging/featu re/state-of-the-blogosphere-2010 Find out more about who blogs, topics and trends. There is also a particular focus on female bloggers.
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JOURNAL ARTICLES ON ICT AND DEVELOPMENT Digital Divide Worldwide: Measuring Information Society 2010 http://www.itu.int/ITUD/ict/publications/idi/2010/Material/ MIS_2010_without%20annex%204e.pdf The 2010 edition of Measuring the Information Society features the latest International Telecommunication Union (ITU) ICT Development Index (IDI), which captures the level of advancement of ICTs in more than 150 countries worldwide and compares progress made between 2002, 2007 and 2008. It also measures the global digital divide and examines how it has developed in recent years, and it discusses the impact of ICTs on socioeconomic development. The free pdf version excludes annex 4.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/news/ press_releases/november/tv_services. shtml BBC Trust review of programme content and service on BBC One, Two and Four
Commission for Rural Communities: Rural mobile phone coverage- Issues and recommendations http://ruralcommunities.gov.uk/wpcontent/uploads/2010/11/ruralmobileco verage.pdf This report highlighting the impacts of poor mobile coverage on rural communities. It examines the impacts of not spots on rural communities, identifies obstacles to improved coverage and recommends further action.
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Social Media: "3 Out of 4 Tweets Ignored" http://sysomos.com/insidetwitter/eng agement/ Social media analytics company Sysomos surveyed of 1.2 billion posts made over the past 2 months and found that 71% of the posts from the Twitter microblogging site elicited neither a retweet nor reply.
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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. |To find out more try our subject guide . http://www2.lse.ac.uk/library/subj ectGuides/media%20and%20comm unication.aspx
Dissertations and Theses https://catalogue.lse.ac.uk/Record/11 49203 Locate and download full text PHD doctoral theses from the USA. Most titles from 1997 are online, earlier examples can be requested by Interlibrary loan.