Category: political communication
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Pollies embrace Google for the ‘e-election’
From the Melbourne Age John Howard says the internet is “not some sort of gimmick” and has invited voters to have a conversation with him on YouTube. Peter Garrett believes the web will play a “really really critical role” in the upcoming election, which Joe Hockey has dubbed the “e-election campaign”. The Prime Minister, opposition…
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Only one party’s in the game for attention in cyberspace
From the Melbourne Age Kevin Rudd has a genuine presence on the web. The Coalition seems to be lagging, writes Catherine Deveny. LET’S be honest here, it’s a bit hard to sex up Kevin Rudd. Sure, he’s probably a good bloke. Actually, he must be a good bloke seeing that Howard and his mates have…
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Fidel Castro Search Engine
Cuba built an internet search engine that allows users to trawl through speeches by Cuban leader Fidel Castro and other government sites, but does not browse web pages outside the island. The search engine (www.infosoc.cu/buscador) unveiled at a conference last week underscored restrictions on internet access in communist-run Cuba, which the government blames on US…
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Engage Media Beta Launch
This is a web 2.0 political initative from here in Melbourne, Australia. —– Forwarded message —– http://engagemedia.org EngageMedia recently launched its beta site and we are open for your contributions. Get sharing! It’s a place to upload your work or download video to watch, share, re-distribute and screen in your community. EngageMedia.org is a website…
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Network Publics at the Annenburg Centre at USC
This is a good school that does good stuff.. netPublics explores the roles of audiences, activists, citizens, and producers in maturing networked media ecologies. These changes include but are not limited to the changing relationship between production and consumption, viral and peer-to-peer distribution, and networked lateral political mobilization. Although the Internet is clearly a central…