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Men with the women headscarves on facebook

by Mehdi Jalali on December 17th, 2009 | Deep Thoughts & Musings

Iranian men in headscarf
The Iranian anti-government movement took an innovative step that revealed the capabilities and potentials of new media in social mobilization.  This new phase of movement began with Iranian men posting pictures of themselves on social networks such as Facebook wearing women’s headscarves as a political statement after the arrest of a student [...]

Spreading a Message One Facebook Friend at a Time

by Maya Paley on December 14th, 2009 | Content, Deep Thoughts & Musings, Technology

Just a few years ago, Facebook was still the place to keep tabs on next weekend’s party line-up or to find out what your friend’s cousin ate for dinner last night.  For some it still serves such “social networking” purposes.  But for others, it is a tool, a means through which to deliver a message [...]

To Blog or Not to Blog: Is Blogging Inducing Anxiety in Academia?

by Maya Paley on November 16th, 2009 | Content, Deep Thoughts & Musings, News, Technology

            With the Internet containing more and more of our personal information, we have inevitably become more concerned about those details spilling out to the public, and by “public” we really mean potential employers.  This is the obvious worry when it comes to forums like facebook and google searches.  But then [...]

For Small Non-Profits, Is Making the Time to be Online Really Worth It?

by Maya Paley on October 12th, 2009 | Content, Deep Thoughts & Musings, Technology

Can online social networking and website interactivity really help a small non-profit in Guatemala fundraise and get its name out? Or is it not really worth it?

Here comes the sound

by renee on September 30th, 2009 | Deep Thoughts & Musings, News

these are the photos taken by one of my fellows on the campus of my university in Shanghai. This campus has been transpositioned and going to be taken over by the municipal government; therefore, it is moving to a coastal town in a larger scale, which is great for the development of the school. however, all these oldy but goody pieces recall my sense of nostalgia. I hereby record it as the inception of my journey with this space, an excellent segue from past to the brand new future. Alas!