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Video, Virality and Political Campaigns

One of the hottest topics currently under investigation is in the area of virality and campaigns, or the role of the Internet in political campaigns. Here are several articles from a conference titled “You Tube and the 2008 Election Cycle in the United States” -
Bob Boynton Going Viral
Kevin Wallsten “‘Yes We Can’: How Online Viewership, [...]

On Politics of Citations, Acknowledgements and Co-Authorships

 
Having Blaise Cronin, Dean of the School for Library and Information Science at Indiana University give a talk, was as usual an inspiring and intellectual experience.
Did you ever wonder how the industry (in many cases but not always, a non-profit industry) of citations work? Who becomes a co-author on a masterpiece and who doesn’t? What [...]

Call for Papers – Social Networking and Communities