Public Diplomacy 2.0

Huffington Post List of People to Follow on Facebook

Mon, 07 May 2012 16:36:47 +0200

The Huffington Post established a list of ‘50 people in politics you should follow on...

Politics & Social Networking Sites

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 08:00:05 +0100

The Pew Internet and American Life Project recently published a report about user behaviour on...

World Day Against Cyber-Censorship

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 21:05:05 +0100

Reporters without borders declared 12 March world day against cyber-censorship in 2008. Today, the...

90-9-1-Rule

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 16:20:15 +0100

Have you heard of Jakob Nielsen’s 90-9-1 rule? It states that “in most online...

CfP: "The Use of Social Media in Public Diplomacy: Getting Connected & Getting the Message Out"

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 08:54:52 +0100

The Global Media Journal dedicates its special fall 2012 issue to the use of social media in public...

'Awesome Social Media Propaganda Posters'

Mon, 05 Mar 2012 18:19:00 +0100

John Brown suggested Maria Papaefstathiou’s really ‘awesome social media propaganda...

Facebook Drives more Traffic than Google

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 08:00:05 +0100

A PriceWaterhouseCoopers study amongst German users showed that Facebook (and not Google) was the...

"The future of internet” research poll imagines life with technology in 2020."

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 06:00:05 +0100

““The future of internet” research poll imagines life with technology in...

Survey: German Diplomatic Missions & the Use of Facebook

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 18:06:05 +0100

The University of Trier in Germany currently conducts a survey in cooperation with the German...

ilovecharts: Women in Publication: The 2011 Count This...

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 09:07:20 +0100

ilovecharts:

Women in Publication: The 2011 Count

This week, VIDA: Women In Literary Arts, a website which “seeks to explore critical and cultural perceptions of writing by women through meaningful conversation and the exchange of ideas among existing and emerging literary communities,” released their annual comparison of publican and review of male and female writers in major literary outlets. The results are disappointing, though unsurprising. The only publication included to publish in almost equal measure was Granta, while others, including The Atlantic,The Paris Review, Harpers and The New Yorker were closer to a 75/25 split in favor of the men.

See all their results after the jump.

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Preceived Credibility of Social Media Information with regards...

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 11:09:00 +0100

Preceived Credibility of Social Media Information with regards to Politics & Elections very low:

Craig Newmark did this great infographic on the perceived credibility of news sources. Interesting: Only 6% of the respondents feel that blogs & social media are very credible with regards to politics and elections (compared to 21% trusting the cable news in this respect).

Facebook Censorship

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 09:54:00 +0100

The Raw Story reported the story of a low-wage former Facebook contractor providing details of his...

It's social media week!

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:44:35 +0100

Just in case you missed it, Social Media Week reflecting on the global impact these technologies...

Pinterest, the 'new cool kid' in town

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 17:30:39 +0100

Liz Borod Wright provides 10 very useful social media tips for bloggers not only with regards to the...

Digital Policies - DLD 2012 in Munich

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:54:16 +0100

The Digital-Life-Design conference takes currently place in Munich. The panel on Digital Policies...

Social Media for Everyone? Terrorist Networks on Twitter

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:05:18 +0100

Militant associations seem to have discovered social media for their own purposes. Somalia’s...

Which countries tweet the most?

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 10:47:00 +0100

Beautifully illustrated graph found on Twitter (@mashsocialmedia). Most interestingly, Indonesia is...

Is there really nothing new under the sun?

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:12:10 +0100

The Economist article Social Media in the 16th Century: How Luther went Viral argues that...

Reliability of information on social networks

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 11:03:47 +0100

The USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism published its annual key findings of its...

The political power of social media

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:32:00 +0100

While Clay Shirky attributes a crucial role to social media tools for political activism, Malcolm...