February 2010
9 posts
Twitter and the emerging viewertariat
The Emerging Viewertariat: Explaining Twitter Responses to Nick Griffin’s Appearance on BBC Question Time
Today, Nick Anstead of the University of East Anglia (a former PHD student of mine and affiliated researcher of the New Political Communication Unit), and Ben O’Loughlin (my colleague and Co-Director of the NPCU) publish a working paper dealing with the use of Twitter during the...
PhD Studentships available at Royal Holloway
My Department at Royal Holloway is offering PhD studentships for 2010-11 entry. These also cover doctoral research in the New Political Communication Unit. Please redistribute widely.
Buzz Settings Page Goes Live in Gmail, Allows... →
A resounding victory—the latest in a long history of online mobilizations by privacy activists that I document in one of the chapters in my book “Internet Politics.”
Newspapers Call For Ban On BBC iPhone Apps →
This Day In Tech: Feb. 16, 1978: Bulletin Board... →
Google Buzz 'breaks privacy laws' says watchdog →
EPIC complains to the FTC.
LastHistory - 1.0 →
“Visualizing Last.fm Listening Histories and Personal Streams.”
Google buzz and post-privacy
Google’s new “Buzz” application has a strange—and deeply suspect—privacy logic.
Once you enable Buzz, the default setting reveals your Buzz “follower” list on your public Google profile. It does this before it presents you with a setting to switch it off.
This wouldn’t be such a problem if Google didn’t automatically populate your profile with the people...
The Handbook of Internet Politics: Paperback...
Just a quick note to say that the new paperback edition of The Handbook of Internet Politics (Routledge) that I co-edited with Phil Howard is now available for purchase. Bookstore links and cover description below. More about the book, including author details, contents listing, a look-inside preview, and some sample chapters, at the Handbook of Internet Politics website.
Amazon USA
Amazon...