Cyberculture roundup: New Laws on Privacy issues, Iranian presidential candidate does Reddit AMA, CISPA on the agenda…

  Iranian presidential candidate does Reddit AMA from FP Passport by Neha Paliwal The Enduring Power of Radio in the Digital Age from Mashable! by Matt Petronzio Did Terrorists Use Twitter to Increase Situational Awareness? from iRevolution by Patrick Meier Those who are still skeptical about the value of Twitter for real-time situational awareness during … Read more

Working Paper: Gender Effects of Education on Economic Development in Turkey- social fabric roundup

Gender Effects of Education on Economic Development in Turkey by Acturca ERC Working Papers in Economics (Economic Research Center) 12/03, April 2012, 39 p. Aysit Tansel & Nil Demet Güngör * Several recent empirical studies have examined the gender effects of education on economic growth or on steady-state level of output using the much exploited, … Read more

Nationalist paranoia at Karabük University/ Politics of gender in Turkey (by Deniz Kandiyoti)

Fulbrighters Hounded Out of Karabük University By Spy Allegations from Kamil Pasha by Jenny White Americans Rachel Smith and Hayfa Aboukier have been teaching English at Karabük University under the Fulbright exchange program, like many other teachers around the country. (I was a Fulbright research fellow in Turkey in 2008.) Turkish teachers, students and researchers … Read more