Category Archives: political communication

White Paper: Political Issue Analysis System (PIAS)

By Craig | Published: December 15, 2011

Here is a paper that I co-authored for the Institute for Broadband Enabled Society (IBES) here at the University of Melbourne.  The website for the project is here. http://www.political-speak.net/ The Political Issues Analysis System (PIAS) project sought to investigate how citizens in Melbourne, Australia used the Internet to seek political information about key political issues. [...]

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Why free is good for everyone…

By Craig | Published: November 28, 2010

…20 years ago, set the agenda for far-reaching transformations in the political sphere, in economies everywhere, in social interaction, even in concepts of our own identity. And Berners-Lee succeeded in doing so for one reason: he released the technology for free.This simple decision, taken by a computer scientist used to working in environments that promoted [...]

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Internet meets Society (politics on the web links)

By Craig | Published: August 9, 2010

I gave a lecture today in a first year breath subject at the University of Melbourne on the web and its use within politics. I have listed the sites shown here (from Web 1.0 to Web 2.0 approaches) (link to ppt. presentation) Melbourne Indymedia http://indymedia.org.au/melbourne S11.org(ant-globalisation protest movement website…on the Pandora Archive) http://pandora.nla.gov.au/parchive/2000/S2000-Sep-14//www.s11.org/ Realjeff.com (1999 [...]

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UK.gov appeals for developers to mashup 1,000 datasets

By Craig | Published: October 1, 2009

UK.gov is calling on developers to consult the Cabinet Office on its prototype website that will open some government datasets to the public. It wants the developer community to get involved in shaping what apps, data sources and features the website should contain. “With over 1,000 existing data sets, from seven departments (brought together in [...]

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Social Media vs the Dictator – Clay Shirky

By Craig | Published: September 22, 2009

Lessons learned. The social context of technological-use is as important as the technology itself (try telling that to the practical minded Dictator!)

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Quick Response: Oxford Social Media Convention 2009 #oxsmc09

By Craig | Published: September 21, 2009

(Transcript below if you can’t follow my polemical prose; and sorry but the synchronisation in this clip has a mind of its own). I attended the Oxford Social Media Convention 2009 on Friday (18 September) at the Said Business School. The theme of the Convention was ‘assessing the evolution, impact and potential of social media’; [...]

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Headsup

By Craig | Published: September 15, 2009

(Another online political engagement innovation from the Hansard Society). HeadsUp is a moderated, online space for under 18s to debate the political issues important to them. Young people share viewpoints with their peers and decision-makers up and down the country (link).

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