Category: political communication
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PoliticalMashups
Mashups are created when information is taken out of one or more database/s and then integrated into a web site. This is done through what’s called a public interface or ‘API’ (or by RSS feeds, or by JavaScript). Some well-known examples are the Chicago Crime Map, Weatherbonk, and mappr. I haven’t come across too many…
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What is MySociety.org?
More wonderful innovations in the field of Online Political Communication from Britain. This company recently built an online petition system for ‘No 10’ (this is where the Prime Minister lives if you have never been to Britain or never watched TV). mySociety has two missions. The first is to be a charitable project which builds…
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What is America Speaks?
One of the most sophisticated projects that I have come across in the field of online political communication in the government sector. They have an excellent guide called: “Public Deliberation: A Managers Guide to Citizen Engagement” (link .pdf) Plus a number of other highly innovative initiatives that you can view on their web site (thanks…
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ActNow
Australian political communication at its finest (and using features of Web2.0).(link)
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Berners-Lee’s Fears for the Future of the Web
Berners-Lee is saying what many of us have also feared for along time. That people have the capacity for both good and bad, so that old-fashioned and tedious Libertarian culture of the web just ain’t good enough to cope with the political sophistication of the world stage. The British scientist who developed the World Wide…