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The Great Divide – Extreme Grouping and Crises

This week the US government avoided shut down at the literal last hour all because of silly partisan bickering on both sides of the aisle about budget cuts and family planning.  If the government had shut down, millions of government … Continue reading

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Freeing Libya via Facebook may be harder than we thought…

In his book, The Net Delusion, Morozov argues that the Internet not quite the “freedom of speech” utopia we imagine it to be. The Internet does indeed enable more people to communicate in more ways with more people than ever … Continue reading

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Who knows what’s out there?

These days, when a crisis hits, there is some really great technology out there for people to use! In addition to staples like Twitter hashtags and Facebook groups, there is a world of social media resources for people in crises. … Continue reading

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