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Andra Keay

Video - Rampaging car fans riot in Oakleigh - The Sydney Morning Herald - 0 views

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    Police crowdsource to find perpetrators of the Oakleigh riot, asking the public to send in mobile phone footage, and also sourcing from internet, cctv, and news crews. Changing nature of public surveillance and law enforcement.
Amit Kelkar

http://spotlight.macfound.org/blog/entry/how_mozilla_and_open_source_culture_can_inform... - 0 views

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    This article discusses a report which looks at the possibilities of applying an open source model & culture which has been associated with building and proliferating the Mozilla browser to the Obama administration's initiatives to be "more transparent, participatory and collaborative".  
César Albarrán Torres

Web 2.0: the new election superweapon | Politics | The Observer - 2 views

  • From Twitter and Facebook to viral ads and crowdsourcing, technology appears to offer parties powerful new ways to engage voters
  • All three mainstream parties are adopting similar techniques, but with very different aims.
  • Social media matters precisely because it is social, creating networks and building intimacy between strangers quickly – even if some of them are politicians.
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  • Once the novelty of politicians in virtual life passes, social media users may return to ignoring them.
  • Perhaps the challenge for politicians online remains the same as in the days of soapbox and megaphone: just being heard.
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    Interesting article on The Guardian on how the main British parties use social media. The article, though, treats social media as a fad that may eventually dissolve. The question, though, remains: do political parties know how to use social media?
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