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 New Book: ARNIC co-founder Jonathan Aronson's new book (with Peter Cowhey of UCSD and now the Senior Counselor at USTR and a contribution by former official Don Abelson) has been published by MIT Press. The book, Transforming Global Information and Communication Markets: The Political Economy of Innovation is available for free download under a Creative Commons license at : http://www.globalinfoandtelecom.org. The authors would welcome your comments, criticisms, and corrections.
 Recent Book, Edited by Hernan Galperin and Judith Mariscal,Digital Poverty:
Latin American and Caribbean Perspectives,
Practical Action Publishing/IDRC 2007
 Recent Book, by Manuel Castells, Mireia Fernandez - Ardevol, Jack Linchuan Qiu and Araba Sey: Mobile Communication and Society: A Global Perspertive, (MIT Press, 2006) [more info from MIT Press] Now available in Spanish
 Recent Book, edited by Manuel Castells and Gustavo Cardoso: The Network Society: From Knowledge to Policy (Washington DC: Johns Hopkins Center for Transatlantic Relations, 2006); also available in Portuguese as A sociedade em Rede: Do Conhecimento à Acção Política, Imprensa Nacional, Casa da Moeda, Lisboa , 2006. Includes chapters by Jonathan Taplin, Jeffrey Cole, Hernán Galperin and François Bar. (free download in both languages)
Recent Book, edited by Hernán Galperin and Judith Mariscal: Digital Poverty: Latin American and Caribbean Perspectives
[download PDF]
Research Notes:
Tsunami Field Notes – Phi Phi Island, Thailand
Seungyoon Lee, 23rd July – 28th July, 2005
Mobile Phones for Disaster Preparedness
Arul Chib & Seungyoon Lee, September 2005
Reviews
William Davies, of the Institute for Policy Research, reviews Hernán Galperin's New Television, Old Politics in New Media & Society 7(2) |
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2006 Workshop
The Global Rise of Horizontal Communication: Social Networks, Civil Society and The Media
Third Annual High-Level Workshop
October 5-7, 2006
Annenberg Center for Communication
PROGRAM
FRIDAY
Session 1 - Friday October 6th, 9:30-12:00
Horizontal Communication and Civil Society.
This panel provides an overview of the role of horizontal communication in social movements and civil society networks.
Chair: Manuel Castells
- Alfonso Gumucio Dagron, Director of the Communication for Social Change Consortium.
- Myoung-Joon Kim, director of MediACT, South Korea's first public access media center.
- John Downing, Professor of International Communication; Director, Global Media Research Center, Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
- Sasha Costanza-Chock, Annenberg School for Communication, USC
Session 2 - Friday October 6th, 2:00-4:30
Horizontal Communication and the Media Industries
This panel explores the transformation of the mass media as a result of the diffusion of horizontal means of communication.
Chair: Jonathan Taplin
Panelists:
- Jon Cody- Fox Interactive-
- danah boyd- Visiting Fellow, Annenberg Center for Communications.
- Evan Henshaw-Plath-odeo.com, USA.
- Gautam Shah, Dir., Product Development, Boost Mobile
SATURDAY
Session 3 - Saturday October 7th, 9:30-12:00
Horizontal Communication and Media Policy
This panel explores the question of what policies, at various levels (city, national, regional, global) will best enable and support the spread of horizontal communication. A special emphasis will be on Intellectual Property and DIY (do it yourself) Media.
Chairs: Jonathan Aronson
Panelists:
- Marc Herubel, Advisor to the French Minister of Culture on New Technology and Copyright
- Gigi Sohn, President, Public Knowledge
- Jeff Cole, Director, Center for the Digital Future
- Alejandro Piscitelli-Director General, Educ.ar,
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