While Iran’s post-election political upheaval is taking place on the streets, the government pays special attentions to the online activities and exercises an expanded control over cyberspace.  Iranian Students News Agency, ISNA reported on Friday Nov 14, that Ismael Muqadam—the commander of the Islamic Republic security Forces—introduced a new police division for ‘exchange information space’.  [...]

Apathy means?  Indifference.  Accordant means?  Agreeing.  Periphery means?  Fringe.  Three successful answer choices into Free Rice, an online word game developed by the UN World Food Program and Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society, and I have acquired 30 grains of rice in my virtual bowl, which will be donated to feed the world’s [...]

New media tools are now often promoted as innovative ways to engage with youth and encourage kids to share their stories. While video and new technology may be used to illicit more honest responses, there is a potential cost when you consider the issues of anonymity and protecting those children whose interviews and videos cannot just be uploaded to the internet and left there available to the world. A crucial component of using new media tools to work with youth requires an acknowledgment and cautiousness regarding boundaries of anonymity.

the article introduced a international professional NGO, Sichuan Quake Relief with the mission of assisting in school reconstruction projects and psychological intervention projects. new media is an important tools that used in their daily work. The article introduced its successful employment of IT as well as drawbacks.

Last year during the summer, at the launch of Volunteers of America’s Operation Backpack, a young girl stood up to make a comment after Page Davis, the host of the decorating program Trading Spaces, spoke. “I know someone who got a backpack through Operation Backpack,” said Reginy, now a resident assistant at Fordham University.  “I [...]

Using social media websites such as YouTube, flickr, Facebook and twitter are great ways for museums to reach out to their audience.  The principal museums in New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, American Museum of Natural History, Guggenheim, MOMA, The Frick Collection, Brooklyn Museum, and the Whitney Museum of American Art have Facebook pages [...]

Surfing the web the other day, and looking to see what non-profit organizations are doing these days when it comes to being visible in the realm of social media, I came across wildapricot.com.  The Wild Apricot Blog provides a guide for non-profits to enter the world of social media and internet technology.  The post that [...]