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Snurb — Friday 7 July 2017 10:15

Towards a New Globalisation under Chinese and Indian Hegemony

Politics | Government | Journalism | Internet Technologies | ANZCA 2017 |

The final day of ANZCA 2017 begins with another set of keynotes. We start with Daya Thussu, whose focus is on the global media and communication environment. Globalisation is central to this, but the discourse of globalisation itself is now changing, and this forces us to rethink the whole notion of 'the global'. Daya focusses here on developments in China and India, in particular, as representatives of the wider group of BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa), where these processes are especially apparent at this stage.

These are very different countries with different political and media systems …

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Snurb — Thursday 19 November 2015 15:44

Launch of Policy Report on Social Media and Emergency Management Organisations

Government | Social Media | Social Media in Times of Crisis (ARC Linkage) | Crisis Communication | Publications |

Over the past three years, my colleagues and I at Queensland University of Technology have partnered with Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES) and the Eidos Institute to undertake an Australian Research Council Linkage project to analyse and evaluate how social media are used by emergency management authorities, media organisations and citizens during recent natural disasters events.

Report launchDuring this time we have worked closely with officers from several Australian emergency management organisations to better understand from their practical experience how social media are used in emergency communications, and to find out those areas that are working well as well as …

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Snurb — Saturday 24 October 2015 14:59

When Data Are Compromised by Politics

Politics | Government | 'Big Data' | AoIR 2015 |

The next speaker at AoIR 2015 is Joanna Redden, another contributor to the Compromised Data: From Social Media to Big Data collection. She focusses especially on how data are being used by governments, and how this impacts particularly on issues of poverty and inequality. Her work is based on interviews with public servants and consultants in Canada, and builds a picture of how and where data are being used in the government.

Data here include government-owned and -created data, as well as from other sources and services including social media. How can we unblackbox and make transparent these uses and …

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Snurb — Thursday 23 October 2014 16:17

From Worker-Generated Content in China to Hong Kong's Umbrella Revolution

Politics | Government | Produsage Communities | Social Media | AoIR 2014 |

The AoIR 2015 keynote today is by Jack Linchuan Qiu, whose begins by highlighting the contributions Asian communication and Internet researchers and practitioners have made to their fields, from very early research publications to Korea. citizen journalism site OhmyNews, Chinese Internet giant Alibaba, and most recently the incomplete "umbrella revolution" in Hong Kong.

But Asia is also the industrial base of the global digital revolution, and in this it remains part of the global south. Here, classic 19th century-style industrial struggles take place using 21st-century communication technologies. The problems around Apple iPhone manufacturer Foxconn represent just the tip of …

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Snurb — Thursday 17 July 2014 16:36

Spin as a Symptom of the Crisis of Liberal Democracy

Politics | Government | CMPM2014 |

Next up at CMPM2014 is Mark Triffitt, again via Skype, whose focus is on political spin. He suggests that the battle of spin versus substance has become increasingly complicated, and that the basic system of liberal democracy simplify can no longer function in the present environment as it was meant to do. Over the last twenty years the combination of globalisation and changing communication technologies mean that the functionality of political systems has been eroded, leading to other means being used for political contestation.

Why is it increasingly difficult for organisations to actually assert control over the world, then? The …

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Snurb — Thursday 17 July 2014 11:49

Political Marketing: The State of the Discipline

Politics | Government | CMPM2014 | General Teaching Work |

The next plenary speaker at CMPM2014 is Jennifer Lees-Marshment, who reflects on the development of political marketing and management. This field focusses on how political actors and their staff use management tools and concepts to achieve their goals. This is not just about seeking votes, but also about driving certain issues and agendas, developing a political profile and image, and it is about governing as well as campaigning.

The scholarship of political marketing no longer just researches what voters want, but also explores how they might be involved in political processes, how long-term relationships can be built, and how internal …

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Snurb — Tuesday 29 October 2013 05:22

'Big Data' and Government Decision-Making

Politics | Government | 'Big Data' | Social Media | Twitter | Compromised Data 2013 |

The next speaker at "Compromised Data" is Joanna Redden, whose interest is in government uses of 'big data', especially in Canada. There's a great deal of hype surrounding 'big data' in government at the moment, which needs to be explored from a critical perspective; the data rush has been compared to the gold rush, with similarly utopian claims - here especially around the ability for 'big data' to support decision-making and democratic engagement, and the contribution 'big data'-enabled industries can make to the GDP.

But how are 'big data' actually being used in government contexts? New tools and …

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Snurb — Saturday 26 October 2013 07:45

Social Media in the Mexican Drug Wars

Government | Social Media | Crisis Communication | Twitter | AoIR 2013 |

The next speaker in our AoIR 2013 panel on crisis communication is Andres Monroy-Hernandes, who focusses on emergency responses in the current Mexican drug war. Traditionally, emergency information has been disseminated by government officials and the media, but this is not necessarily the case in Mexico, due to the scale of civil disorder in the country: journalists and government organisations in northern Mexico are essentially operating under a self-imposed news blackout due to the pressure they feel from the druglords.

Instead, social media are increasingly adopted for information: citizens in lawless areas are warning each other of "risky situations" (shootings …

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Snurb — Thursday 24 October 2013 10:21

Making Sense of Anonymous's Hacker Trickery

Politics | Government | Internet Technologies | AoIR 2013 |

Back from my visit to Project EPIC in Boulder, and right to the opening keynote of the 2013 Association of Internet Researchers conference. The keynote speaker is Gabriella Coleman, whose focus is on cyberactivism. Computer hacking has taken an increasingly prominent role in society in recent years - hackers have engaged in disrupting communication through DDoS attacks as well as in increasing transparency through leaking information.

But what are hackers? Some programme software, some develop hardware; some promote transparency (e.g. through the free software movement), some operate from the anonymous underground. Put simply, hacking is where craft and craftiness …

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Snurb — Saturday 28 September 2013 14:07

From #qldfloods to #sandy: Engaging with the Public during Crisis Events (SMCSG 2013)

Government | Social Media | Social Media in Times of Crisis (ARC Linkage) | Crisis Communication | Twitter | Conferences |

Social Media Communication Strategies in Government 2013

From #qldfloods to #sandy: Engaging with the Public during Crisis Events

Axel Bruns

  • 17 Sep. 2013 – Paper presented at Social Media Communication Strategies in Government, Brisbane
From #qldfloods to #sandy: Engaging with the Public during Crisis Events from Axel Bruns
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