"We used computational social network mapping in combination with human and automated content analysis to analyze the Iranian blogosphere. In contrast to the conventional wisdom that Iranian bloggers are mainly young democrats critical of the regime, we found a wide range of opinions representing re
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ligious conservative points of view as well as secular and reform-minded ones, and topics ranging from politics and human rights to poetry, religion, and pop culture. Our research indicates that the Persian blogosphere is indeed a large discussion space of approximately 60,000 routinely updated blogs featuring a rich and varied mix of bloggers. Social network analysis reveals the Iranian blogosphere to be dominated by four major network formations, or poles, with identifiable sub-clusters of bloggers within those poles. We label the poles as 1) Secular/Reformist, 2) Conservative/Religious, 3) Persian Poetry and Literature, and 4) Mixed Networks." (Abstract)
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"This book brings together some of the most outstanding and novel papers on media and development presented at the AMIC Annual Conferences in Bangkok, Thailand in July 2004. It features over a dozen contributions from around the region, providing a wealth of fresh case studies as well as breaking ne
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w ground in highlighting emerging frontiers of media development discourse in Asia, comparing regional development along multiple dimensions and frameworks and pointing the direction towards further media initiatives at a national level. The papers selected are grouped into three key themes: media and development; new narratives and political discourse; and media impacts and capacity building. Part I addresses macro-level impacts and policies pertaining to media and development in Asia. Part II deals with more direct media issues such as new narratives and emerging forms of political discourse and groupings in Asia. Part III shifts the focus to traditional media impacts on youth and tribal audiences, as well as new media impacts on the education and business sectors. The contributors to this book have highlighted not just an interesting range of media and development issues in Asia, but have also introduced a good variety of media research methods. These include quantitative assessments of media impacts in society, comparative and longitudinal frameworks for evaluating regional ICT competitiveness, structural analyses of political and activist communication systems, in-depth case studies of individual organisations, and broad-based surveys of stakeholders in ICT4D." (Publisher description)
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"This guide has been compiled from a number of sources, including industry experts on blogging, with a particular focus on civic leadership weblogging. Many of the examples are based on the experiences of a government-backed pilot into blogging in the public sector. The International Centre of Excel
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lence for Local eDemocracy (ICELE) provides resources for local authorities concerning good practice in eDemocracy, and is a continuation of the Local eDemocracy National Project funded by the UK Government. This guide provides advice for civic leaders and councils regarding good practice in relation to the subject matter." (About this guidebook)
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"In this book, leading international scholars examine the way new media is reshaping lives and politics. Covering topics from women's rights to terrorism, and countries from Israel to Saudi Arabia, these authors explore the global and regional ramifications of the proliferation of communication tech
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nologies and the information they disseminate." (Publisher description)
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"Weblogs, Podcast und Co. sind nicht wirklich neu. Sie lösen aber Versprechen ein, die das Internet der ersten Generation gegeben hat – jeder kann kostengünstig seine Meinung per Text, Foto, Audio und Video weltweit verbreiten. Wenn er es geschickt macht, sogar mit der Chance, dass er von andere
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n durchaus wahrgenommen wird. Information und Kommunikation werden durch Weblogs und Podcasts nicht umgeschrieben, aber ergänzt werden müssen. Dadurch entstehen auch neue Geschäftsmodelle. Dieser Ratgeber beschreibt die Chancen und Risiken dieser Ansätze. Jeder, der möchte, kann nach der Lektüre des Anhangs seinen Blog bauen und mit eigenen Gedanken selbst unter die „Verleger“ der Welt gehen." (Vorwort, Seite 5)
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"Now that it's possible to publish in real time to a worldwide audience, a new breed of grassroots journalists are taking the news into their own hands. Armed with laptops, cell phones, and digital cameras, these readers-turned-reporters are transforming the news from a lecture into a conversation.
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In We the Media, nationally acclaimed newspaper columnist and blogger Dan Gillmor tells the story of this emerging phenomenon and sheds light on this deep shift in how we make--and consume--the news. Gillmor shows how anyone can produce the news, using personal blogs, Internet chat groups, email, and a host of other tools. He sends a wake-up call tonewsmakers-politicians, business executives, celebrities-and the marketers and PR flacks who promote them. He explains how to successfully play by the rules of this new era and shift from "control" to "engagement." And he makes a strong case to his fell journalists that, in the face of a plethora of Internet-fueled news vehicles, they must change or become irrelevant." (Publisher description)
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"Im 21. Jahrhundert werden Konflikte zwischen Staaten, aber auch die neuen asymmetrischen Kriege intensiver als früher von Medien beeinflusst. Neben dem Fernsehen profiliert sich vor allem das Internet als Raum für andere Formen der Kriegführung. Generell rückt die Steuerung und Kontrolle von Ko
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mmunikationsprozessen ins Zentrum des sicherheitspolitischen Krisenmanagements. Mit der Professionalisierung der militärischen Media Relations wird der Journalismus demokratischer Gesellschaften enorm herausgefordert. Die Medien geraten in die Gefahr, selbst Teil des militärischen Apparates zu werden. Diese und weitere Veränderungen der Krisenkommunikation im 21. Jahrhundert werden in dem Band "Krieg als Medienereignis II" bilanziert. Das Buch ordnet die Beziehungen von Medien, Militär und Sicherheitspolitik historisch ein, bietet einen systematischen und international orientierten Forschungsüberblick sowie eine interdisziplinäre Analyse zentraler Problemfelder der Krisenkommunikation. Fallbeispielhaft vorgestellt werden darüber hinaus relevante Krisenkommunikations-Typen der Moderne - u.a. während des Krieges im Irak (2003), bei den Auseinandersetzungen in Afghanistan (2001) oder in den bürgerkriegsähnlichen Konflikten in Indonesien." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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