What’s Inside September 2011:
New websites New articles on 2011 social media and riots New reports on digital literacy
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Elus 2.0 http://www.elus20.fr/ A French online journal edited by Ideose, an organisation which seeks to promote use of the internet for all. It specialises in highlighting news relating to the use of the internet for political communication. This includes aggregating recent blog postings, stories from the media worldwide. Also available are monthly studies http://www.elus20.fr/popularite-webpresidentiables-2012-partis-twitterfacebook/ of the popularity and use of internet and social media by French presidential candidates and parties in advance of the 2012 elections. Some information offered in French only.
N EW AR TI CLE S DI GI TAL LITERACY Truth, lies and the Internet http://www.demos.co.uk/publications/tr uth-lies-and-the-internet Examines the ability of young people in Britain to critically evaluate information they consume online Demos report
Mind the gap: refugees and communications technology literacy http://accan.org.au/files/Reports/M ind%20the%20Gap%20ACCANUTS.pdf report from Australian Communications Consumer Action Network
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Hacking the academy http://www.digitalculture.org/hacki ng-the-academy/ Access the full text of this new book released by MPublishing, the publishing division of the University of Michigan Library. An interesting example of a book which was produced from crowd sourced content sent in over one week. It covers ways in which ‘the academy’ and university study can be positively transformed using new technology. Entries are short observations, sharing the of experiences from contributors. NEW SURVEYS ON MEDIA
NEW ARTICLES SOCIAL MEDIA AND REVOLUTION The Revolutions Were Tweeted: Information Flows During the 2011 Tunisian and Egyptian Revolutions http://www.danah.org/projects/IJO C-ArabSpring/ A recently published article in the International Journal of Communications examines the production and dissemination of news on Twitter during the 2011 Tunisian and Egyptian Revolutions. The authors use these two events to discuss how Twitter plays a key role in amplifying and spreading information across the globe. Authors are: Gilad Lotan, Social Flow,Erhardt Graeff, Web Ecology Project,Mike Ananny, Microsoft Research,Devin Gaffney, Web Ecology Project,Ian Pearce, Web Ecology Project,Danah Boyd, Microsoft Research. The
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28% of American adults use mobile and social location-based services http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2 011/Location.aspx?src=prc-headline Latest Pew Internet and American Life report. Social media used by the American public to find information on the hurricane. the Red Cross launched a survey http://www.redcross.org/wwwfiles/Documents/pdf/SocialMediainDi sasters.pdf which showed that the American public are increasingly reliant on the use of social media for information on disasters and emergencies. There is also a video presentation. http://on.fb.me/FBDCLive Fast Company has a useful article on this and other use of social media by US emergency agencies
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http://www.fastcompany.com/1775828/ why-text-messages-arent-enoughwhen-disaster-strikes
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 Factiva https://catalogue.lse.ac.uk/Record/129 3711 Newspaper database extensive English language and foreign coverage. Emphasis upon business and trade news. No news alerts. Note the LSE is trailling this service and only has 5 concurrent log ins. If you see a log in box on the right handside of the screen you are not properly logged in. Try again later!
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