Social Media
Social Media is defined as "a group of Internet-based applications that build on the ideological and technological foundations of Web 2.0, and that allow the creation and exchange of user-generated content."
Social media is media for social interaction as a superset beyond social communication. Enabled by ubiquitously...
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The Resignation of Wadah Khanfar and the Future of Al Jazeera
18-Jan-2012 - Foreign Policy | Updated: 18-Jan-2012The resignation last week of Wadah Khanfar as managing director of Al Jazeera has provoked speculation that scandal lurks beneath his departure. Many have pointed to a WikiLeaks cable stating that Khanfar had succumbed to pressure from the U.S. in...
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China to expand registration rules for microblog users
18-Jan-2012 - UK Reuters | Updated: 18-Jan-2012China will expand real-name registration for microblog users, the government's propaganda and information arm said on Wednesday, in its latest step to better control China's wildly popular Twitter-like websites.
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2 Israeli Web Sites Crippled as Cyberwar Escalates
16-Jan-2012 - NYTimes.com | Updated: 17-Jan-2012Israel faced an escalating cyberwar on Monday as unknown attackers disrupted access to the symbolically strategic Web sites of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange and El Al, the national airline.
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Egypt Defies U.S. by Setting Trial for 19 Americans on Criminal Charges
05-Feb-2012 - NYTimes | Updated: 06-Feb-2012
Egypt’s military-led government said Sunday that it would put 19 Americans and two dozen others on trial in a politically charged criminal investigation into the foreign financing of nonprofit groups that has shaken the 30-year alliance between the United States and Egypt.
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Romanian Prime Minister Resigns Amid Protests
06-Feb-2012 - NYTimes.com | Updated: 06-Feb-2012
After weeks of protests, Romania’s prime minister resigned Monday, the latest European leader to fall victim to a mood of public outrage over austerity measures and stagnant growth.
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Britain urges internet providers to tackle on-line extremism
06-Feb-2012 - http://big5.xinhuanet.com | Updated: 06-Feb-2012
A report published by the British Home Affairs Committee on Monday called internet a battleground for tackling violent radicalism. The committee said in the report that besides prisons, universities or places of worship, internet is also one of the most significant sites for promoting violent radicalism. It played a part in most, if not all, cases...
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Myanmar panel says Suu Kyi can run for Parliament
05-Feb-2012 - newsvine.com | Updated: 06-Feb-2012
Myanmar's Election Commission on Monday gave opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi the green light to run for parliamentary by-elections, another step toward political openness in a country emerging from nearly a half-century of iron-fisted military rule.
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