Archive for the “politics” category

Webtwitch Wednesday

by Diana on February 24, 2010

Today’s post brought to you by international privacy and the digital divide: Fast Company reports: Google Execs are found guilty by an Italian court for privacy violations. LA Times reports: China will require individuals seeking to establish personal websites to (…)

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Webtwitch Wednesday

by Diana on January 13, 2010

Blogging hiatus is now over and what better way to get back in the saddle again than to start with a Webtwitch Wednesday post! Big news today: Google says: Sorry China, we will not be kowtowing to you any more. (…)

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The election around the web.

by Diana on November 4, 2008

Keep up with Twitter’s election feed here. Facebook’s ticker is here. MySpace election page is here. YouTube’s election page is here. See Google’s elections maps here. CNN’s political ticker is here. MSN’s election page is here. NYT’s election page is (…)

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Presidential Campaigning in Video Games

by Diana on October 26, 2008

I apologize at the lateness of this post as I was abroad and without Internet access when I first learned of it. Barack Obama has made history again, this time as the first presidential candidate ever to advertise in video (…)

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Livejournal’s Russian Woes…

by Diana on August 12, 2008

The New York Time’s has an article describing how people currently involved in the Russia/Georgian conflict are posting to the very popular blogging site Livejournal about their experiences. Now that Livejournal is owned by SUP, a company based in Russia, (…)

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Slides and notes from my political commentary online presentation

by Diana on August 6, 2008

Here are my slides in PDF format for my presentation I did on political commentary online for Thought and Praxis II Spring 2008. It was an oral presentation, but I’ll be happy to post my more in-depth notes if anyone is interested.

Reuters utilizes mobloggers

by Diana on August 5, 2008

Are you attending the conventions this year? Reuters is looking for a few good bloggers to participate in their mobile blogging project at the Dem/Repub conventions in an attempt to “capture an unseen side of the conventions, from those most (…)

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My updated proposal for my final in T&P II

by Diana on March 5, 2008

After sleeping on it and waking up to some good points made by a reader, I have reevaluated my proposal (which is due as a part of my midterm today) to narrow down the focus and make it more doable (…)

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My current webtwitches…

by Diana on February 5, 2008

A webtwitch is defined as: Our new-found need to immediately look something up online the moment it comes up in the context of our daily lives. (Source: Wired Geekipedia) Because there is so much going on and I’m super busy (…)

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