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  1. Liberal bloggers boycott the DNC November 16, 2009

    A week ago, John Aravosis and Joe Sudbay, editors of liberal AMERICAblog.com, launched a temporary boycott to stop contributions to the Democratic National Committee (DNC) until President Barack Obama’s administration signs legislation enacting Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) and repealing the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy and the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). “With this boycott—called [...]

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  2. For One Community Organizing Initiative, Spam Works November 16, 2009

    The sort of “spam” that Angela Ongoco fills her friends’ inboxes with begins like this: Hi Guys! As you know, I am working on a community development initiative in one of the most diverse neighborhoods in the world.  The operative term here is diverse, which is the reason for why I email you.  I was [...]

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  3. Mexican protesters go digital: the #internetnecesario experience November 16, 2009

    Social networks have become the new public spaces for debate and accountability It all started in a tweet. After Mexican President Felipe Calderón announced his tax package proposal for 2010 last month, which among other things suggested taxing telecommunications with a 4 percent tax for considering them “a luxury,” Alejandro Pisanty, a professor of UNAM [...]

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  4. A Small Innovation in Korean Music Industry November 16, 2009

    Epik High, the Korean hip-hop group, established its own label called Map the Soul and opened its official website (http://www.mapthesoul.com) on March 18, 2009. The group distributed this news to various Korean media, writing, “The cost of an album rises, regardless of the artists’ intention, when the album is produced and sold traditionally. The price [...]

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  5. To Blog or Not to Blog: Is Blogging Inducing Anxiety in Academia? November 16, 2009

                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 [...]

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  6. “What’s Your Connection? Digital Media Brings Appalachian Coal Mining to Your Backyard” November 16, 2009

    “470 mountains destroyed for coal. Are you connected?” asks iLoveMountains.org. Enter your zip code and you will see a Google Earth map tracing the connection between Appalachian mountaintop removal coal mines and your local electrical grid.

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  7. Games, Seriously. November 16, 2009

    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 [...]

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  8. Youth and Anonymity on the Web November 16, 2009

    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.

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  9. NGOs recruit bloggers to help change the world November 15, 2009

    The online revolution is transforming NGO advocacy at major international summits. Learn about a new project which is harnessing the power of blogging to help build a fairer more just world.

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  10. Post-Quake Musical Relief in Sichuan China November 15, 2009

    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.

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