Decentering “the human” at the interfaces of anthropology and science studies? Savage Minds: Notes and Queries in Anthropology This entry is part 19 of 19 in the Decolonizing Anthropology series. By: Kristina Lyons #AnthroForward Post-Election Resources American Anthropological Association by Anne Kelsey On December 7th the AAA asked our members to join us in a live … Read more
Why storytelling ‘is still everything’, despite new journalism tools Journalism.co.uk Journalist and producer Scott Rensberger reinforces the power of the story as reporters begin to experiment with mobile journalism tools and techniques Planning for news, misidentification and verification as a process Hi everyone, So this week we held the second in our series of free training … Read more
Advocacy groups call on Twitter to restore API access to Politiwoops Nieman Journalism Lab by Joseph Lichterman A collection of advocacy groups from around the world on Friday released anopen letter to Twitter, calling on the company to restore API access to Politiwoops, a site that archived politicians’ deleted tweets. RELATED ARTICLE A eulogy for Politwoops, … Read more
US urges Turkey to meet democratic values on the arrest of VICE journalists The United States State Department has voiced its concern over the arrest of two British journalists and their translator in Diyarbakır, urging Turkey to revise its actions to match up with democratic values Turkish daily publishes empty columns on front page to protest gov’t … Read more
We do not have Reddit but Ekşi Sözlük and head of main opposition party Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu had an AMA session on April 12, 2015. A good coverage in Turkish here. A selection of 23 questions and answers in Turkish here. In other news: Main opposition CHP to send delegation to Ağrı after deadly clash … Read more
How Important Are Keywords In 2015? Social Media Week by Nicole Brown This article originally appeared on Convince and Convert and is written by Pratik Dholakiya. With every passing year, SEO moves further away from the realm of clear and simple guidelines to the world of blurry indicators and stringent punishments for perceived transgressions.2 Microsoft: An … Read more
Pirate Bay Responds to Cloudflare and Moderation Concerns TorrentFreak On Saturday The Pirate Bay made its long-awaited comeback. While most users were happy to see the site back online, others were suspicious about the new setup. Report: Games Grow in Traffic and Revenue in 2014 All Facebook by Brandy Shaul The Silk Road Trial … Read more
The President Who Ate Turkey POLITICO – Steven A. Cook – Without fail every year, starting around November 10, my #Turkey Twitter feed is jammed with not just the latest news from Ankara and Istanbul, but also Auntie Jean’s turkey recipe and suggestions about how to deep fry the bird without blowing up… Foreigners don’t like … Read more
Soma?da yurttaş gazeteciliği ERKAN SAKA Dijital okuryazarlığın taşraya doğru gidildikçe nasıl zayıfladığını Soma?da gördük? Gezi Direnişi?nden bu yana yükselen yurttaş gazeteciliği pratiklerinin çoğu Soma?da görülemedi. Neden?1- Geleneksel medya kanalları devreye girdi. Özellikle Doğan Medya grubu yayın organları, ama en az onlar kadar etkili olarak Hayat TV, Halk TV ve IMC TV gibi alternatif medya denebilecek … Read more
Citizens cooperate for a just re-counting…. CHP online ?@CHP_online Ankaralılar oyları için YSK önünde böyle nöbet tutuyor.. Fotoğraf: @mertgkhankoc http://fotogaleri.hurriyet.com.tr/galeridetay/81077/2/32/ankarada-saat-saat-ne-oldu ? pic.twitter.com/0Tu4v128jR –@bulentmumay iskender paydas ?@iskenderpaydas Turkısh Braveharts keep their votes from the cheaters pic.twitter.com/EIu9XD7x0w Many people in Ankara challenge the election results since there are serious signs of fraud: http://www.cnnturk.com/haber/turkiye/ysk-onunde-protesto ? pic.twitter.com/q86QRqnD5e LabourNews #Turkey ?@KivancEliacikEN 11m Opposition ballots found in … Read more
The speech takes place while PM Erdoğan was in Morrocco when the Occupy Gezi started. The call takes place between him and Fatih Saraç, one of the owners of Habertürk TV… It is really funny but also tragic… Transcription in Turkish:
Vagus.tv is a well visited online news site. It has a critical attitude, initiated by journalist Serdar Akinan. I just heard that it is banned today…. In other news: Child bride?s husband, family face 18 years An official lawsuit has been filed against the family of child bride Kader Ertem, her husband and the … Read more
A literally crying person might make you think they have such a compassion for all but it seems that most of Turkey’s leaders do that as a political rhetorical weapon and not compassionate at all towards citizens in opposition. I would naively expect much more understanding and compassion for opposing citizens instead of increasing police … Read more
İngilizce ve Türkçe çevrimiçi araçlar serilerimi şimdi parça parça yapmaya karar verdim. En son genel listeyi T24 için yapmıştım: Öğrencilerim için çevrimiçi araçlar Aşağıdaki liste yalnızca Twitter araçları üzerine yoğunlaşıyor. Bazı web hizmetleri Twitter dışında da kullanılabilir. Başka bölümlerde yeniden adlarını verebilirim ama şimdilik Twitter üzerinden gidelim. Aşağıdaki liste tabi ki en doğru liste olamaz. … Read more
One-third of Turks are poor or needy: Ministry?s report Nearly one-third of Turkish people, 23.6 million, are poor or needy *********** Behind the facade of Turkey?s recent economic growth Numbers do not lie, but they do deceive. Turkey?s GDP has more than doubled in the last decade, the International Monetary Fund expects the Turkish economy … Read more