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Judy Panagakos

Social Informatics Site hosted by Anne-Marie Oostveen - 1 views

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    University of Oxford Social Informatics Researcher
John Shoemaker

Twitter, Facebook As Political Tools in the Arab World - 0 views

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    nothing like ICT related article hot off the press!
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    I found a similar article from the UN sharing how cell phones and texting was used during a recent election in Kenya to limit riots and other unsafe activities. Though not used for either candidate the initiative did save lives and destruction of public areas by quickening the response times of police.
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    The internet being cut off in Egypt is just unprecedented. What are people reading and what sources are they following? Here's an interesting article about how it was turned off: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/01/egypts-internet-blackout-unprecedented.html also, it's interesting how one small company is still providing service and how people with international calling plans can use foreign dial-up providers. http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/01/despite-severed-connections-egyptians-get-back-online/70479/
Laurie A.

Robert Kling Center for Social Informatics at Indiana University - 0 views

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    A repository for activities, people, and opportunities related to the field of Social Informatics. It includes foundational documents of the field and a complete bibliography of Kling's work
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