Category: politics
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White Paper: Political Issue Analysis System (PIAS)
Here is a paper that I co-authored for the Institute for Broadband Enabled Society (IBES) here at the University of Melbourne. 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. It also sought to understand how citizens contacted…
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Why free is good for everyone…
” 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 work in environments…
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Internet meets Society (politics on the web links)
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
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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Google Earth climate change 3D map
Explore the potential impacts of climate change on our planet Earth and find out about possible solutions for adaptation and mitigation, ahead of the UN’s climate conference in Copenhagen in December (COP15). Choose a tour from the list below and click the play button to see it unfold, or you can also view these tours…