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#Cyberculture agenda: A massive ransomware attack – dubbed Petya- expanding… “Inside Facebook’s war against terrorism…

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Large-scale cyberattack is spreading through Russia and Ukraine (updated) The Social Software Weblog A large-scale cyberattack is working its way through a number of Ukrainian and Russian targets today. So far, in Russia, oil producer Rosneft and metal company Evraz have been affected by the attack. In Ukraine, Boryspil airport, the banking system,… Massive ransomware attack is … Read more

Anthropology roundup: “Meryl Streep’s Two Anthropological Truths And One Lie…

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Meryl Streep’s Two Anthropological Truths And One Lie Forbes The internet and news media are taking actress Meryl Streep to task today for anthropological sounding comments she made to reporters at the Berlin International Film Festival. While part of what she said was true and even elegant, another part was a … Meryl Streep says … Read more

Cyberculture agenda: “Berkman Center Launches New Internet Data Dashboard

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Berkman Center Launches New Internet Data Dashboard  Berkman Center Newsfeed Subtitle Dashboard debuts at World Economic Forum meeting in Geneva Teaser The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University is pleased to announce the launch of the Internet Monitor dashboard, a freely accessible tool that aims to improve information for policymakers, researchers, advocates, and … Read more

Cyberculture agenda: “96% of Recruiters Use Social Media to Find High-Quality Candidates…

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Survey: 96% of Recruiters Use Social Media to Find High-Quality Candidates All Facebook by Kimberlee Morrison A Few Tips for Blogging Growth Daily Blog Tips Blogging is competitive and if you are new to it, you might face a tough challenge. In order to create a fan base and gather an audience around your blog, you need … Read more

Anthropology roundup: Dataverse: an open source solution for data sharing…

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Dataverse: an open source solution for data sharing Savage Minds: Notes and Queries in Anthropology — A Group Blog by Matt Thompson When you think of scholarship you might think first of publications, articles and books, but that is just the final product. Yes it is polished through countless hours of research, writing, and responding to … Read more

Journalism roundup: “Social Journalism on the Rise

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Social Journalism on the Rise The way we get our news and how news is reported has changed drastically in the past decade, and with social media comes a rise of social journalism that is once again evolving the current state and future impact of journalism. What does it mean to run “product” in a news organization? … Read more

Journalism roundup: “The newsonomics of measuring the real impact of news…

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  The newsonomics of measuring the real impact of news Hello there! It?s me, your friendly neighborhood Tweet Button. What if you could tap me and unlock a brand new source of funding for startup news sources of all kinds? What if, even better, you the reader could tap that money loose with a single click? … Read more

Anthropology roundup: ” ?neo-Tardian revival? …

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Gabriel Tarde: Been there, done that. In the last decade or so (earlier, if you speak French) there has been a ?neo-Tardian revival? as people organize conferences, write books, and otherwise advocate for Gabriel  Tarde, an otherwise-forgotten thinker of France?s Third Republic. Most anthropologists think of Tarde, if they think of him at all, as … Read more

Top Ten Most Challenged Books for 2012 according to ALA…a Literati roundup…

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ALA Announces Top Ten Most Challenged Books for 2012 from Writerswrite.com’s Writer’s Blog The American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom has released a list of the most banned books in 2012. Scholastic’s Captain Underpants series topped the list. The Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) says a total of 464 challenges were reported in 2012. … Read more

Fantastik konferans 23 Mayıs’ta: “Bilgi ve İletişim Teknolojileri sempozyumu

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Bilgi ve İletişim Teknolojileri sempozyumu İstanbul?da from Yeni Medya Düzeni by ntveditor İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Bilişim ve Teknoloji Hukuku Enstitüsü ve Harvard Üniversitesi ?The Berkman Center For Internet&Society? işbirliği ile ?Disiplinlerarası İnternet & Toplum Merkezleri Küresel Ağı Etkinlik Serisi, Bölgesel Türkiye Konferansı 2013?, 23 Mayıs?ta İstanbul?da düzenlenecek. Türkiye 2011 yılında  yüzde 8.5 rekor kıran büyüme oranı ile dünyanın … Read more

The new capitalists by Fawaz Gerges/ Yale?s Open Courses/ Massive Courses, Massive Data and more.. Academic roundup

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Massive Courses, Massive Data Harvard and MIT hope their free online courses will not only give learners access to top courses, but also give education researchers access to unprecedented pools of learning data. The new capitalists: Islamists’ political economy, Fawaz A Gerges from open Democracy News Analysis – by Fawaz A Gerges Islamist parties are … Read more