Resources on Internet and Politics

Participating in orgtheory.net thread I whipped up these resources which I thought ought to be useful here also.
Question:

How has the Internet changed political organizations? Is it just one tool in the service of traditional politics? Or is there a new politics associated with online life?
I agree that this is going to be a really important [...]

On-line reputation(another media inquiry)

I got _another_ media inquiry.
Summary: How does on-line reputation matter?  What can you do if your reputation is being trashed?
Hmmm. It is interesting how many of these queries seem to be “how-to.”  There is the famous case of the Facebook suicide, but such stories do more to illustrate our fears than capture the reality of [...]

My first Guardian column

I suppose for my first column (anywhere) some sort of inaugural words are called for.  Let’s start.
With the arrival of the Internet as a major form of interactive communication, we have seen an avalanche of new types of communication.  From websites, blogs (an online journal- web+ log=blog), video sharing (YouTube), social networks (Facebook.com), to the [...]

Lessig talk on ‘hybrid economy’ March 27 || Bucknell University

I am encouraging all of my former Capstone (“Rise of the Network Society”) students to attend this one.   Lessig is an important voice discussing the pratcical and poitical implications of the overalps between technology, culture, law, and also politics.
As the press release states, Professor Eric Faden, who is bringing Lessig, is a client due [...]

Superbowl and Internet Advertising

A writer from the local paper, The Daily Item, emailed my department asking for background on something about superbowl advertisers doing more with the internet.
Here is what I gave her back. It will be fun to see what gets used (if anything.)
“The mingling of the new kid on the block- Internet advertising- with the [...]