Category Archives: internet
Us Now: Governance 2.0
“Us Now” is an interesting documentary about “the power of mass collaboration, government and the internet.” (via) Although most examples are well known (at least among “political web 2.0 geeks” …), the film provides a good overview about different collaborative internet projects and how politics might change in the future: In a world in which [...]
Also posted in Humanities & Social Sciences Tagged collaboration, documentary, governance, government 2.0, internet, social networking, video 1 Comment
EP elections made cool(er)
With just two more months to go until the European Parliament elections, it seems that the number of initiatives aimed to attract people to vote is growing at a steady pace. Unsurprisingly, following the success of the Obama campaign in the US Presidential elections, the EU decided to make use of the Internet, thus trying [...]
Also posted in European Debate, European Union Tagged elections, EP, EU communication, EU09, EUdebate, European Parliament, MTV, online campaign, th!nk09 10 Comments
Social networking or who's afraid of solitude?
Sunday afternoon- some food for thought, again (from our very irregular series), this time on Internet and social networking. Funnily enough, both articles have the same author, William Deresiewicz. In “The End of Solitude”, he explores the effects that Internet connectivity and the use of social media have on young people’s ability to be alone, [...]
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Dragandabic.com – The surreal website of Karadžić is a fake!
By now we all know about a certain Dr Dragan Dabic (aka Radovan Karadžić). It is also a fact that Karadžić worked as a doctor of alternative medicine in the centre of Belgrade. And he even had his own website! First thought: How weird … Second thought: Wait a minute… why is there an English [...]
Posted in internet Tagged dragan dabic, fake, ICTY, PR, Radovan Karadžić, Serbia, war criminal, website 15 Comments
Großmacht Apple – Segen oder digitale Diktatur?