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What’s new in digital scholarship: May 2013
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What’s new in digital scholarship: June 2013
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Civil movements: Facebook and Twitter in the Arab Spring
Source: JournalistsResource.orgNews coverage of the “Arab Spring” has often focused on the potential role of social media in facilitating the Middle East’s ongoing political upheaval. Tools such as such as Facebook and Twitter, it has been suggested, helped citizens communicate and organize when governments were persistently unresponsive to their requests, and may have played a central role in the still-unfolding events.
May we have your attention please? Human rights NGOs and global communication
Source: JournalistsResource.orgAttacks against media and human rights websites
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Source: JournalistsResource.orgPolitical change in the digital age: The fragility and promise of online organizing
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Since the events of the 2011 Arab Spring were set in motion, a debate has continued over how powerful a role the Internet itself can play in bringing about tangible social change. Evidence may continue to emerge that challenges any current theory. But in any case, new intellectual frameworks are required to analyze this question and guide further study.
Measuring pay-per-install: The commoditization of malware distribution
Source: JournalistsResource.orgGlobal shift in the social relationships of networked individuals: Meeting and dating online comes of age
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While online social contact can be traced back to the 1980s, online dating began to gain more prominence — and participants — around 1997, according to a 2011 study by the Oxford Internet Institute. The incorporation of Web 2.0 interactive technologies and database support helped online dating to steadily expand: Before 1997, only 6% of singles searched for potential companions online; after 1997, 30% of singles did.