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How can new media enhance democracy?

Posted on October 19, 2014 by Mariona Sanz

Review of Shirky, C. 2010: The political power of social media technology, the public sphere, and political change, Foreign Affairs 90: 28-I. Clay Shirky analyzes the potential of social media in supporting civil society and mass protests around the world to offer his … Continue reading →

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New media a powerful tool for self-representation

Posted on October 15, 2014 by Zandra Persson

Review: Reclaiming the media: communication rights and democratic media roles edited by Cammaerts and Carpentier (2007) In the light of the increasing role of new media in international relations, it is appropriate to reflect upon if and how new media may … Continue reading →

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Breaking Through the Information Blockade: Participatory Journalism and Indymedia

Posted on October 12, 2014 by Sophia Scherer

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In her book Alternative and Activist New Media (2011), Lievrouw discusses the rise of participatory journalism, which includes citizen, grassroots, or open-source journalism projects, independent news and opinion blogs, and activist Indymedia sites. These projects provide coverage of under-reported news … Continue reading →

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Engagement in International Development Blogging

Posted on October 10, 2014 by Rasvita Sidagyte

Review of T. Denskus & A.S. Papan – International Development Blogging Evolution and its Challenges Blogosphere has become an important part of international development discussion on the internet. However its full potential and impact is hardly known. Denskus and Papan … Continue reading →

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The political power of new media

Posted on October 9, 2014 by Zandra Persson

Review – Blogs and Bullets: New Media in Contentious Politics (2010)  The initial enthusiasm over new media’s potential, such as blogs, Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube, as a means for activists to promote freedom and democracy or even overthrow authoritarian regimes … Continue reading →

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The influence of freedom technologists in protest movements

Posted on October 8, 2014 by Mariona Sanz

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Review of Postill, J. 2014: Freedom technologists and the new protest movements: A theory of protest formulas, Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, SAGE Online First. Photo credit: Carlos Delclós and Raimundo Viejo Barcelona, Spain / … Continue reading →

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How Inclusive is the Blogosphere and Who Dominates It?

Posted on October 7, 2014 by Rasvita Sidagyte

Review of Ryann Manning – FollowME.Int.Dev.Com.: International Development in Blogosphere (2012) Ryann Manning from Harvard Business School in his paper “FollowME.Int.Dev.Com.: International Development in Blogosphere” attempted to research the inclusiveness of blogosphere in international development, i.e. who engage in blogging and who … Continue reading →

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Evgeny Morozov – The Folly of Technological Solutionism (2013)

Posted on October 5, 2014 by Sophia Scherer

Evgeny Morozov, a Belarusian thinker educated in the U.S., is a vocal critic of the politics of the Internet. He argues that the power of the Internet is often overstated, taking a critical, if not cynical, stance vis-a-vis the hype … Continue reading →

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