September 15th, 2009
Posted by Barbara
Under: Authors, Barbara, Social Media Conference
Tags: Blogs, Citizen Journalism, Congress, constituents, democracy, Election Campaigns, Facebook, Grassroot Supporters, Huffington Post, Innovation, Intellectual Property, internet, MPs, politics, social media, Technology, Traditional Media, Twitter, US presidential campaign, Web 2.0, wikis
The outcome of political careers and even campaigns is increasingly dependent on the successful mastery of new communication tools including social media. Many MPs and members of Congress are embracing the use of social networking tools to keep in touch with their constituents, whilst Facebook, YouTube and even Twitter have potentially changed the nature of [...]
September 15th, 2009
Posted by Barbara
Under: Authors, Barbara, Social Media Conference
Tags: Blogs, Citizen Journalism, Innovation, Intellectual Property, internet, Science, Science Communication, Scientific Journals, scientists, social media, Technology, Traditional Media, Twitter, Universities, Web 2.0, wikis
Journals and peer-reviewed publications are still the most widely used channels through which research is disseminated within the scientific community and to a broader audience. However, social media is increasingly challenging the supremacy of editors, reviewers and science communicators. Blogging about science has become a new way of engaging “the public” directly with researchers whilst [...]
September 15th, 2009
Posted by Barbara
Under: Authors, Barbara, Social Media Conference
Tags: Blogs, Citizen Journalism, democracy, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, internet, Newspapers, politics, social media, Technology, Traditional Media, Twitter, Web 2.0, wikis
Theorists such as Yochai Benkler have suggested that the accessibility and inherently social nature of Web 2.0 tools such as blogs, social networking and wikis mean that we might expect them to enhance our democratic freedoms through the opening of new channels for debate and collaboration. Academic research suggests that such new opportunities have not [...]
September 15th, 2009
Posted by Barbara
Under: Authors, Barbara, Social Media Conference
Tags: Blogs, Citizen Journalism, CNN, Entrepreneurship, Huffington Post, Innovation, Newspapers, social media, Technology, Traditional Media, Twitter, Web 2.0
Among the traditional media, blogs and other contributions to citizen journalism have for a long time been regarded as posing a significant threat to ‘quality’ news reporting, whilst the global recession has shown that the threatened failure of high quality local and regional media outlets was not a groundless fear. Whilst some of the most [...]
July 2nd, 2009
Posted by Barbara
Under: Barbara, Middle East, Research, Silicon Valley
Tags: Innovation, internet, politics, social media, Technology, Twitter, Web 2.0
Twitter could not buy this publicity! Current events in Iran show how widely the use of social media tools, such as Twitter, Facebook, Blogs & Co, have revolutionised politics and indeed political dissent. Unquestionably, corporations, newspapers and even governments are increasingly embracing blogs and Twitter feeds as key-elements in their communication strategies. Yet, research shows [...]
June 16th, 2009
Posted by Nancy Vega
Under: Authors, Nancy, North America, Oxford Comes to Silicon Valley, Silicon Valley
Tags: Buck's, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, MBA, Silicon Valley, Technology, Twitter, Web 2.0
There’s no better way to kick off an entrepreneurship trek than by having breakfast with Joe DiNucci at Bucks of Woodside. I first met Joe when Silicon Valley Came to Oxford (SVCO) back in November ‘08. He’s the type of guy you wish you could have on speed-dial because his wisdom, experience and hilarious anecdotal [...]
