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Syria’s internet blackout
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/12/18/syrias-internet-blackout/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 18, 2012 Google launches speak to tweet service because of Syria’s internet blackout, a good example of the use of social media to provide crisis communications.
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Human Rights Web Archive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/03/04/human-rights-web-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 4, 2013 http://hrwa.cul.columbia.
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Google public alerts
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/03/08/google-public-alerts/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 8, 2013 http://www.google.org/crisisresponse/publicalerts/ Google is now advertising public service crisis and disaster alerts.
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Map Kibera
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/07/01/map-kibera/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 1, 2011 Another interesting example of citizens and aid agencies using social media for community empowerment/development. Kibera in Nairobi, Kenya, is a city suburb.
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Meta-Activism Project
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/08/05/meta-activism-project/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 5, 2011 http://www.meta-activism.org/ The Meta-Activism Project (MAP) is a non-traditional think tank that uses digital networks to better understand their effects on social power.
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ecampaigning forum
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/08/23/ecampaigning-forum/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 23, 2011 http://www.ecampaigningforum.com/ An annual event where practitioners share advice and expertise on how to use social media in campaigning. The 2011 website http://ecflive.fairsay.
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Thesis whisperer
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/09/30/thesis-whisperer/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 30, 2011 http://thethesiswhisperer.wordpress.com/ Great multi author blog designed to support research students writing their theses.
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WORLDbytes
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/10/07/worldbytes/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 7, 2011 http://www.worldbytes.
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Google Transparency Report
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/11/04/google-transparency-report/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 4, 2011 http://www.google.com/transparencyreport/governmentrequests/ The official Google website which provides 6-monthly reports on requests from governments to remove content.
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Politics twitter feeds
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/11/28/politics-twitter-feeds/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 28, 2011 Politicker USA http://www.politickerusa.com/ Good directory of twitter feeds from politicians, parties and USA presidential candidates. Follow them all in one place.