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Social MediaTools for Peace and Development?
MAPPING LOCAL LANDSCAPESCOMMUNITY APPROACHES TO PEACE Toronto, Jan. 28-29, 2011
Leslie ChanUniversity of Toronto Scarborough
Information: The Media of Peace
New or Old Media?Innovation or Stagnation? Social control or Freedom of Expression?Private or Public ?State or Individual ?Open or Close ?Generative or Tethered?Expert or Amateur ? Crowd-sourcing or
Cooptation ?Updates or Decays ?
Created by Egyptian @ZeinabSamir
The World of Journal Publishing According to Thomson’s ISI Science Citation Index
Data from 2002http://www.worldmapper.org/display.php?selected=205
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=34465&Cr=malaria&Cr1=
From “Big” science to Networked science
Knowledge for local problem solving
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Retrieved April 26, 2010 from: http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=117328677437228595850.00044ec490b69019e64a3&z=2
Active Bioline Journals graphed with Google Maps.
http://afghanistanelectiondata.org/election/2009/?views-mode=views-mode-map#filter/600-95-AND/country?views-mode=%20views-mode-map%23layers=district_map_openlayers_7,district_map_openlayers_%208,afghanistan-ethnic&baseLayers=afghanistan-grey
New or Old Media?Innovation or Stagnation? Social control or Freedom of Expression?Private or Public ?State or Individual ?Open or Close ?Generative or Tethered?Expert or Amateur ? Crowd-sourcing or
Cooptation ?Updates or Decays ?
Created by Egyptian @ZeinabSamir
http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=3468
"The oscillation of information industries between open and closed is so typical a phenomenon that I have given it a name: 'the Cycle.'"
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/01/14/the_first_twitter_revolution
"We believe that the open exchange of information and views benefits societies and helps governments connect with their people”
Release by Twitter Jan. 25
TakingITGlobal ”“
ReMapping the World with Social Media!
