Pulsepolitics // How social media is changing politics

// 04.22.2008 at 3:34 pm // 1 Comment »

NJ, More then just great tomatos, smoke stacks and Newark.

The Garden State, home of the the NY Giants, the Jersey Devil, Bon Jovi (and Springsteen) has 1-uped it’s 49 competitor states again. This should come as no surprise to anyone who has marvled at the 16 lane Garden State parkway or graduated from the illustrious Richard Stockton College of New Jersey. What has the […]

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// 04.15.2008 at 1:37 am // Have your say »

Terrorist Jihad 2.0: Part 1

This is a subject that requires a more in-depth analysis and I will probably cover it across the span of several posts.  It has been reported widely on how effective terrorist groups are using the internet to operate, but mostly, for recruitment or social media terrorist marketing.  Kevin from buzznetworker prompted us to look into these groups […]

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// 04.13.2008 at 11:37 am // Have your say »

We’re all watching us!

I know… I’m repetitive, I ramble but it’s true…social media open up the way for greater surveillance. My previous posts have gone on about how the web allows authorities to (potentially) perfectly monitor our social activities, at least as we or our friends report them on facebook/twitter. But today the NY Times brings us a […]

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// 04.10.2008 at 12:35 pm // 2 Comments »

Web 2.0: Hookers get it!

    At last weekend’s Bar Camp Orlando, Andres, Gabriella and I gave a presentation in which we claimed that the social web has broad significance for social movements and political demonstrations. One of our claims was/is that large organizations and governments have been unable to capitalize on the social web while small groups and […]

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// 04.09.2008 at 4:54 pm // Have your say »

Olympic Torch - as it happens on web 2.0

As the torch-run reaches its end, it’s interesting to see that as CNN reports the events from helicopters far away, protesters are using twitter to update events minute by minute, giving orders as where to go and organize, within minutes they are alerted of changes.Photostream for the olympic torch. These pictures show both protesters and […]

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// 04.08.2008 at 5:02 pm // Have your say »

Mobilization 2.0: The Olympic Torch Protests

Protesters in San Francisco are already mobilizing for the olympic torch tomorrow, and they are using web 2.0 to its fullest extent. Tomorrow the Olympic torch will be heading towards San Francisco, its only stop in the U.S.
Already there have been protests as the torch passed through london and paris. In london, the torch […]

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// 04.08.2008 at 12:31 pm // Have your say »

If it bleeds, can it be censored?

The Indonesians and the Dutch are at it again! The AP, Reuters and others are reporting that a dutch legislator has created a film that not only depicts Muhammad (a no no for Muslims), but also encourages Muslims to “tear out ‘hate-filled’ verses from the Koran”. What has been the response […]

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// 04.07.2008 at 2:52 pm // Have your say »

China:Westernization here we come?

I’m no fan of the Olympics. Relay races, Javelin, the High Jump and Skeet shooting are no fun to watch and guzzle beer to, unless of course you are playing them yourself on the 2600. But this years Olympic games in Beijing are creating an interesting political environment in one of the most repressive regimes […]

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// 04.01.2008 at 4:55 pm // Have your say »

The myth of the democratization of music

One serious cause of confusion regarding the internet and democracy is the conflation between liberal democratic freedom and market freedom. One area that has been revolutionized by the growth of the internet has been the recording industry. The industry is itself still reeling from the gross errors in judgment and misguided, short sighted business practices […]

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