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STANDARDS AND POLITICS (Ken Usman-Smith) Blogging Guide Standards for England have today published a guide on Blogging and social networking. they say they are effective methods for councillors to interact with constituents and support local democracy. I simply set it out as published as I know its also us ... Other labels: social, networking, computing, ethics, politics, new, councillors

There's gold in them thar virtual worlds (Lilian Barton) Recently I came across two articles that reinforce something that is familiar to the digital world. The first was about research that Manchester University has conducted http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7575902.stm. It has found that nearly 500,000 people in developing nations earn ... Other labels: internet, communities, social, equality

No Country For Pussyfooters (Peter Kawalek) So far, as  best I can tell, the politicians in the party conference season seem only to be pussyfooting around. They seem timid. I think this is probably because they are still enmeshed in the old circus of seeking headlines and trying to sway journalists ... Other labels: who_cares_about, _the_sun, mass_media, social_media

The social media race is on for local authorities (Lilian Barton) last few weeks have seen a flurry of activity by local authorities up and down the country trying to get a grasp of what social media means to them. Various encouraging announcements over the past few years by the Department of Communities and Local ... Other labels: social, local, government, communities, internet, communications

BIG (Ken Usman-Smith) trouble is in organisations, we always want to think big. We want to transform local authorities and we think that the big bang is best. And as ICT implementations in Central Government has shown, we can create a very big disaster as inertia ... Other labels: transformation, efficiency

Rue Obscure (Peter Kawalek) Here, I am meditating on the construction of identity and the ways in which media both reveals and fails to reveal meaning. And that where it fails, it masquerades. I find myself unable to locate a boundary between media and mind. 1. A Photograph. I have ... Other labels: mind, george_gerbner, roland_barthes, villefranche_sur_mer

WISDOM OF CROWDS? (Ken Usman-Smith) Did David Cameron's father buy him the Conservative Party? There is an article on the \ BBC web site \ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/ukpolitics/7921985.stm\that adds a backdrop to the debate TALK has had on the wisdom of crowds and Social Media. That focuses us on how ... Other labels: conservatives, social, wiki, wisdom, of, crods, web2

POWER OF INFORMATION (Ken Usman-Smith) pushes a lot of TALK buttons and is well worth a visit, and engaging with. The Task force report published today from Cabinet Office sets out the following recommendations. it may be backed with an innovation fund and a wish to see them implemented ... Other labels: information, data, social, third, sector

The Obama effect needed? (Maura Brooks) People feel their local area is a place where individuals from different backgrounds get on well together, new figures published today show http://www.communities.gov.uk/news/corporate/1134030(29 January 2009). Headline figures from the citizenship survey ... Other labels: obama, community, consultation, voice, social

Welcome to the Media Society (Peter Kawalek) We have grown accustomed to an era of mass media, and have ideas of knowledge and digital economies. So what is meant by the term Media Society? Why it is important? It is best to see it as a development of the concept of an information society. With the Information Society ... Other labels: media_society