Blogs, social software and their impact in the Middle East and China
* panelists: Yat Siu and Hossein Derakhshan
* Adriana Cronin-Lukas: Blogging for freedom
Wednesday, September 21, 2005
Morocco: Internet Making Censorship Obsolete
While satellite television often attracts the lion's share of analysis about new media and their effect on prospects for democratization in the Middle East and North Africa, another technology may already have had at least as large an impact: the Internet. In Morocco, where the regime has severely constrained, controlled, or silenced independent print media through direct and indirect censorship, the Internet has become an important instrument for unrestricted flows of information, which in turn are leading to the emergence of a more vibrant public sphere.
Internet-based political activism in Morocco is still nascent, but is growing at a fast pace and is likely to play an increasingly important role in accelerating political pluralism. The Moroccan regime is not ignorant of the power of the Internet and is attempting to stifle its effectiveness via legal constraints such as the 2003 anti-terrorism law as well as technical methods such as filtering and blocking websites. But such methods ultimately are ineffective; even when a website is shut down, there are still e-mail list serves and BLOGS to take up the cause.
Internet-based political activism in Morocco is still nascent, but is growing at a fast pace and is likely to play an increasingly important role in accelerating political pluralism. The Moroccan regime is not ignorant of the power of the Internet and is attempting to stifle its effectiveness via legal constraints such as the 2003 anti-terrorism law as well as technical methods such as filtering and blocking websites. But such methods ultimately are ineffective; even when a website is shut down, there are still e-mail list serves and BLOGS to take up the cause.
Tuesday, September 20, 2005
Arab Bloggers and Freedom of Press in the Arab World
TelQuel Fights Back - And You Can Help
This blog was one of the first to break the story about the Moroccan courts' crackdown on groundbreaking weekly magazine TelQuel
[Quick backgrounder: In March, TelQuel publishes cover story detailing King Muhammad VI's enormous salary. In August, a Moroccan judge hits TelQuel with a massive $112,000 fine for a supposedly unrelated case of defamation. The case is a sham and the judge ruled against TelQuel without even allowing the magazine's lawyer to speak. Editor Ahmed Benchemsi (right) now faces jail time if he does not pay the fine.]
After a few weeks of silence, a new issue of TelQuel is out - and it aims straight at the regime for attempting to quash freedom of the press. First, editor-in-chief Benchemsi pens a summary of the affair called "A Mockery of Justice", which runs with a cute accompanying cartoon (right).
Second, the magazine has launched a new website ("soutientelquel.com"- support TelQuel) with a support petition demanding freedom of the press and a transparent judicial process. Up only two days, the petition already has over 1,500 signatures.
Take a minute to support a daring but threatened Middle Eastern publication, a magazine committed to civil rights and self-critical introspection (name another magazine from the region to publish cover stories on homosexuality, reinterpreting the Quran, and the local dictator's salary). Sign the petition here. (For those who don't speak French, following the "continuation" link below for a translation.)
"In a rushed slander court case, the Editor of TelQuel Ahmed R. Benchemsi and his deputy Karim Boukhari were condemned - without even allowing their lawyer to speak - to two months in prison if they do not pay a 1,050,000 dirham [$112,000] fine. The two journalists are appealing.
"This prison sentence and this exorbitant fine constitute, without any doubt, a 'warning' by the authorities directed at TelQuel, which has been 'punished' for its editorial independence. The authorities have launched a new method for muzzling the press: choking it progressively through disproportionate fines, meted out via sham court cases. Though just TelQuel today, it is the entire Moroccan free press that is threatened tomorrow.
"We the undersigned forcefully denounce any attack, even indirect, on freedom of the press, and we demand justice for TelQuel via a transparent and fair legal process."
SIGN HERE (first name, last name, profession, city). Or use this Google translation to sign.
BRAVO_Haitham Sabbah of Sabbah's Blog
This blog was one of the first to break the story about the Moroccan courts' crackdown on groundbreaking weekly magazine TelQuel
[Quick backgrounder: In March, TelQuel publishes cover story detailing King Muhammad VI's enormous salary. In August, a Moroccan judge hits TelQuel with a massive $112,000 fine for a supposedly unrelated case of defamation. The case is a sham and the judge ruled against TelQuel without even allowing the magazine's lawyer to speak. Editor Ahmed Benchemsi (right) now faces jail time if he does not pay the fine.]
After a few weeks of silence, a new issue of TelQuel is out - and it aims straight at the regime for attempting to quash freedom of the press. First, editor-in-chief Benchemsi pens a summary of the affair called "A Mockery of Justice", which runs with a cute accompanying cartoon (right).
Second, the magazine has launched a new website ("soutientelquel.com"- support TelQuel) with a support petition demanding freedom of the press and a transparent judicial process. Up only two days, the petition already has over 1,500 signatures.
Take a minute to support a daring but threatened Middle Eastern publication, a magazine committed to civil rights and self-critical introspection (name another magazine from the region to publish cover stories on homosexuality, reinterpreting the Quran, and the local dictator's salary). Sign the petition here. (For those who don't speak French, following the "continuation" link below for a translation.)
"In a rushed slander court case, the Editor of TelQuel Ahmed R. Benchemsi and his deputy Karim Boukhari were condemned - without even allowing their lawyer to speak - to two months in prison if they do not pay a 1,050,000 dirham [$112,000] fine. The two journalists are appealing.
"This prison sentence and this exorbitant fine constitute, without any doubt, a 'warning' by the authorities directed at TelQuel, which has been 'punished' for its editorial independence. The authorities have launched a new method for muzzling the press: choking it progressively through disproportionate fines, meted out via sham court cases. Though just TelQuel today, it is the entire Moroccan free press that is threatened tomorrow.
"We the undersigned forcefully denounce any attack, even indirect, on freedom of the press, and we demand justice for TelQuel via a transparent and fair legal process."
SIGN HERE (first name, last name, profession, city). Or use this Google translation to sign.
BRAVO_Haitham Sabbah of Sabbah's Blog
Monday, September 19, 2005
The_Social_Media_Group
The Social Media Group (SMG) est une société éditrice de portail de contenu B2B et grand public classé par thème ou par industrie. Il regroupe des communautés d’auteurs et de lecteurs autour de centres d'intérêts communs en leur offrant une plateforme interactive de discussion et d'échange d'information autour de ces thématiques.
SMG offre une approche différente des médias traditionnels. L'information traitée est indépendante et sujet à contestation ou commentaire par le lecteur qui se retrouve au coeur du débat et contribue à l'élaboration du contenu. Il offre aussi la possibilité à un auteur de blog de rejoindre le réseau SMG et d'étendre l'offre à de nouvelles thématiques.
En tant que portail, SMG offre un gain de temps considérable tant aux professionnels qu’aux lecteurs grand public. Par le biais de ses flux RSS SMG permet la présélection de sources d'information critiques dans leur métiers ou leurs centres d’intérêt sur un lecteur de flux RSS, leur donnant un accès en temps réel à cette information.
Le Social Media Group développe 7 blogs qui couvrent 5 thématiques grand public et une thématique B2B - voir 'réseau blogs' colonne de droite
Enfin, le Social Media Group propose également une activité de conseil pour les organisations au travers de l’analyse de la communication, de services professionnels de blogging, de management et de diffusion de la connaissance.
SMG offre une approche différente des médias traditionnels. L'information traitée est indépendante et sujet à contestation ou commentaire par le lecteur qui se retrouve au coeur du débat et contribue à l'élaboration du contenu. Il offre aussi la possibilité à un auteur de blog de rejoindre le réseau SMG et d'étendre l'offre à de nouvelles thématiques.
En tant que portail, SMG offre un gain de temps considérable tant aux professionnels qu’aux lecteurs grand public. Par le biais de ses flux RSS SMG permet la présélection de sources d'information critiques dans leur métiers ou leurs centres d’intérêt sur un lecteur de flux RSS, leur donnant un accès en temps réel à cette information.
Le Social Media Group développe 7 blogs qui couvrent 5 thématiques grand public et une thématique B2B - voir 'réseau blogs' colonne de droite
Enfin, le Social Media Group propose également une activité de conseil pour les organisations au travers de l’analyse de la communication, de services professionnels de blogging, de management et de diffusion de la connaissance.
Sunday, September 18, 2005
Life Goes Mobile in the Arab World
دبي، الإمارات العربية المتحدة – حلّت شركة نوكيا، الشركة الرائدة عالمياً في قطاع الاتصالات النقالة، في المرتبة السادسة عالمياً في التصنيف السنوي الذي تقوم به كل من مجلة BusinessWeek ومؤسسة Interbrand لتصنيف الماركات الأعلى قيمة في العالم لعام 2005. وقد فاقت قيمة نوكيا المقدرة ضمن هذا التصنيف 26.4 مليار دولار أمريكي، مرتفعة بذلك بمقدار 10% عن تقييم العام الماضي، ومتقدمة مرتبتين عن المرتبة التي حلت بها في تصنيف 2004.
وقد وصِف الصانع الفنلندي للهواتف النقالة، الذي يبني رؤيته على مبدأ“Life Goes Mobile” في العدد الأول من أغسطس من مجلة BusinessWeek على أنه "يسعى إلى تحدي جهاز (iPod) الذي تنتجه شركة آبل بينما تجتمع وظائف الهواتف النقالة ومشغلات MP3 في جهاز واحد."
وقد وصِف الصانع الفنلندي للهواتف النقالة، الذي يبني رؤيته على مبدأ“Life Goes Mobile” في العدد الأول من أغسطس من مجلة BusinessWeek على أنه "يسعى إلى تحدي جهاز (iPod) الذي تنتجه شركة آبل بينما تجتمع وظائف الهواتف النقالة ومشغلات MP3 في جهاز واحد."
تونس تستعد لاحتضان القمة العالمية لمجتمع المعلومات
لطفي حجي-تونس
تبدأ في مدينة جنيف السويسرية غدا أعمال الاجتماع التحضيري الثالث والأخير للقمة العالمية لمجتمع المعلومات التي ستحتضنها تونس في الفترة من 16 إلى 18 نوفمبر/ تشرين الثاني المقبل بمشاركة وفود رسمية وممثلين عن منظمات غير حكومية عالمية وتونسية ستتولى ضبط المسائل العالقة التي لم تحسم في الاجتماعين السابقين.
تبدأ في مدينة جنيف السويسرية غدا أعمال الاجتماع التحضيري الثالث والأخير للقمة العالمية لمجتمع المعلومات التي ستحتضنها تونس في الفترة من 16 إلى 18 نوفمبر/ تشرين الثاني المقبل بمشاركة وفود رسمية وممثلين عن منظمات غير حكومية عالمية وتونسية ستتولى ضبط المسائل العالقة التي لم تحسم في الاجتماعين السابقين.
Saturday, September 17, 2005
Top Ten Things You Can Do To Get Blogged
Our primary goal here at TechCrunch is to profile new web 2.0 companies. Finding and experiencing what new companies have to offer is exciting for us. It what gets us up in the morning. We are honestly deeply passionate about this stuff.
Tuesday, September 13, 2005
From Blogger To Journalist?
Roland Piquepaille Becomes An Official ZDNet Blog Editor.
Roland Piquepaille is now one of the few bloggers of ZDNet, itself part of CNET, which is the largest publishing company about technology in the world.
Roland Piquepaille is now one of the few bloggers of ZDNet, itself part of CNET, which is the largest publishing company about technology in the world.
Sunday, September 11, 2005
Arab Blog Tool Advances Freedom in the ARABLAND
Arab Blog Tool Advances Freedom in Middle East
Spirit of America and client iUpload bring “Viral Freedom” through Blogs to the Arab World. What a compelling and remarkable use of blogs. Now writers sitting in pajamas in the region can make an impact on the advancement of democracy. I'd like to see traditional journalists say their voice is not a serious and important one. Read on.
iUpload’s Blog Platform developed the Arabic Blogging Tool, and Spirit of America is funding the development effort, that will make Internet publishing and free expression in the Middle East easier and more accessible than ever before.
The Arabic blogging tool is available at no cost and Spirit of America will host Arabic blogs for free for those working to advance freedom and democracy in the Arab world. iUpload’s blogging software is being used in this important effort.
The Iraqi non-governmental organization Friends of Democracy is working with Spirit of America in using iUpload’s blogging tool to help pro-democracy groups and individuals create blogs and publish and share their thoughts on the Internet.
iUpload Personal Publisher is a platform for building branded, self-service, blog communities and can be developed for any company or community. In this case, iUpload has created an Arabic “skin” for Spirit of America, which can now offer people in the Arab region a place to communicate and share their ideas. This combined effort will create communities, providing people with an easy to way to contribute content, photos, thoughts and ideas through a network of blogs.
Every blog developed with the Arabic blogging tool will highlight the groups, individuals and news that advance freedom and democracy in Iraq. Each blog will therefore spread information encouraging freedom in the region and will make it easier for the supporters of democracy to exchange information and work together.
Now, this is an incredible example of the 'true' power of blogs.
Spirit of America and client iUpload bring “Viral Freedom” through Blogs to the Arab World. What a compelling and remarkable use of blogs. Now writers sitting in pajamas in the region can make an impact on the advancement of democracy. I'd like to see traditional journalists say their voice is not a serious and important one. Read on.
iUpload’s Blog Platform developed the Arabic Blogging Tool, and Spirit of America is funding the development effort, that will make Internet publishing and free expression in the Middle East easier and more accessible than ever before.
The Arabic blogging tool is available at no cost and Spirit of America will host Arabic blogs for free for those working to advance freedom and democracy in the Arab world. iUpload’s blogging software is being used in this important effort.
The Iraqi non-governmental organization Friends of Democracy is working with Spirit of America in using iUpload’s blogging tool to help pro-democracy groups and individuals create blogs and publish and share their thoughts on the Internet.
iUpload Personal Publisher is a platform for building branded, self-service, blog communities and can be developed for any company or community. In this case, iUpload has created an Arabic “skin” for Spirit of America, which can now offer people in the Arab region a place to communicate and share their ideas. This combined effort will create communities, providing people with an easy to way to contribute content, photos, thoughts and ideas through a network of blogs.
Every blog developed with the Arabic blogging tool will highlight the groups, individuals and news that advance freedom and democracy in Iraq. Each blog will therefore spread information encouraging freedom in the region and will make it easier for the supporters of democracy to exchange information and work together.
Now, this is an incredible example of the 'true' power of blogs.
Vloggers get political in Norway
A video-blogger from Bergen in Norway is turning his camcorder on politicians, ahead of Norwegian parliamentary elections on Monday.
Friday, September 09, 2005
Web of Influence
Every day, millions of online diarists, or “bloggers,” share their opinions with a global audience. Drawing upon the content of the international media and the World Wide Web, they weave together an elaborate network with agenda-setting power on issues ranging from human rights in China to the U.S. occupation of Iraq. What began as a hobby is evolving into a new medium that is changing the landscape for journalists and policymakers alike
The Rise of Open-Source Politics
Never before had the top-down world of presidential campaigning been opened to a bottom-up, laterally networked community of ordinary voters.
Six degrees of interconnection
When we talk about 'distance', we are usually referring to the separation between places or objects in physical space. There’s a good reason for this association: in pretty much all of science and engineering, as well as in everyday problems like deciding where to live in relation to work, the notion of physical distance makes complete sense.
That Sneaky Exponential—Beyond Metcalfe's Law to the Power of Community Building
Bob Metcalfe, inventor of the Ethernet, is known for pointing out that the total value of a communications network grows with the square of the number of devices or people it connects. This scaling law, along with Moore's Law, is widely credited as the stimulus that has driven the stunning growth of Internet connectivity. Because Metcalfe's law implies value grows faster than does the (linear) number of a network's access points, merely interconnecting two independent networks creates value that substantially exceeds the original value of the unconnected networks. Thus the growth of Internet connectivity, and the openness of the Internet, are driven by an inexorable economic logic, just as the interconnection of the telephone network was forced by AT&T's long distance strategy. This strategy created huge and increasing value to AT&T customers, based on the same (then unnamed) law of increasing returns to scale at the beginning of the 20th century. In the same way, the global interconnection of networks we call the Internet has created huge and increasing value to all its participants.
The physics of the Web
Statistical mechanics is offering new insights into the structure and dynamics of the Internet, the World Wide Web and other complex interacting systems.
Blogs: powerful people, or people power?
In fact, it is only when those in tradtional media start to see blogging in their own framework of power (large audiences and revenues) that they start to sit up and take note of the phenomena as a whole.
Thursday, September 08, 2005
Weblogs and the Public Sphere
Andrew Ó Baoill, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
In this essay I assess the potential impact of weblogs on the public sphere, using a model based on the work of Jürgen Habermas to provide an ideal against which we can measure the efficacy of weblogs as a public space. Specifically, I posit that inclusivity of access, a disregard for external rank, and the potential for rational debate of any topic until consensus is achieved are necessary criterion for meeting Habermas's model of an idealized public sphere. I assess the current standing of weblogs and suggest developments that could improve the ability of weblogs to meet this ideal. There are a number of structural impediments in the current implementation of weblogs-both in terms of production and reception-that seriously damage any claim of the blogosphere to be a strong public sphere. The time commitment required if one is to build reputation and integrate oneself into online debate serves to skew the distribution of those involved in blogging, and in particular of those who gain prominence within the blogosphere with academics, journalists and certain other professionals over-represented. The influence of personal networks and of an A-list of bloggers in shaping who gains future attention is problematic, as is an inability of current generations of reading and ranking technologies, such as search engines, to take account of negative appraisals of sites to which one links. Geographically-bound issues are less likely to gain ground than those with a general appeal. Future generations of reading, searching and aggregation technologies must address these problems if weblogs are to continue to develop as sites of public debate.
In this essay I assess the potential impact of weblogs on the public sphere, using a model based on the work of Jürgen Habermas to provide an ideal against which we can measure the efficacy of weblogs as a public space. Specifically, I posit that inclusivity of access, a disregard for external rank, and the potential for rational debate of any topic until consensus is achieved are necessary criterion for meeting Habermas's model of an idealized public sphere. I assess the current standing of weblogs and suggest developments that could improve the ability of weblogs to meet this ideal. There are a number of structural impediments in the current implementation of weblogs-both in terms of production and reception-that seriously damage any claim of the blogosphere to be a strong public sphere. The time commitment required if one is to build reputation and integrate oneself into online debate serves to skew the distribution of those involved in blogging, and in particular of those who gain prominence within the blogosphere with academics, journalists and certain other professionals over-represented. The influence of personal networks and of an A-list of bloggers in shaping who gains future attention is problematic, as is an inability of current generations of reading and ranking technologies, such as search engines, to take account of negative appraisals of sites to which one links. Geographically-bound issues are less likely to gain ground than those with a general appeal. Future generations of reading, searching and aggregation technologies must address these problems if weblogs are to continue to develop as sites of public debate.
The Blogging Phenomenon: An Overview and Theoretical Consideration
This is an excellent theoretical consideration on BLOGGING.
Monday, September 05, 2005
Joichi Ito (Technorati.com): "Les blogs se rapprochent de l'idée d'une vraie presse"
A votre avis, "la blogsphère" est un nouveau pouvoir face à la politique et aux médias?
Je pense que c'est très important pour les citoyens d'avoir une voix. Certes, voter est un acte important mais avoir la possibilité de s'exprimer librement l'est tout autant. La vision est différente si l'on habite dans des pays développés ou des pays en voie de développement où la libre expression n'existe pas forcément. Il suffit de regarder le cas de l'Iran. Les weblogs se rapprochen de plus en plus de l'idée que les gens se font d'une vraie presse dans un contexte de démocratie. Je vois vraiement apparaître un fossé dans ce sens. Dans les médias traditionnels comme la télévision, je vois davantage de business de contenus que de traitements réellement journalistiques.
Personnellement, votre consommation de l'information a changé avec le développement des blogs ?
Je lis régulièrement deux journaux : le Japan Times et le Herald Tribune. Je lis les articles, ce qui sert ensuite à alimenter et enrichir mon blog. Ma consommation de média est devenue plus internationale puisqu'il m'arrive de lire une vingtaine de journaux en ligne en simultané, compte tenu des liens qui se développent entre weblogs. Mais je n'aurais jamais consulté ces sources d'informations sans cela.
Je pense que c'est très important pour les citoyens d'avoir une voix. Certes, voter est un acte important mais avoir la possibilité de s'exprimer librement l'est tout autant. La vision est différente si l'on habite dans des pays développés ou des pays en voie de développement où la libre expression n'existe pas forcément. Il suffit de regarder le cas de l'Iran. Les weblogs se rapprochen de plus en plus de l'idée que les gens se font d'une vraie presse dans un contexte de démocratie. Je vois vraiement apparaître un fossé dans ce sens. Dans les médias traditionnels comme la télévision, je vois davantage de business de contenus que de traitements réellement journalistiques.
Personnellement, votre consommation de l'information a changé avec le développement des blogs ?
Je lis régulièrement deux journaux : le Japan Times et le Herald Tribune. Je lis les articles, ce qui sert ensuite à alimenter et enrichir mon blog. Ma consommation de média est devenue plus internationale puisqu'il m'arrive de lire une vingtaine de journaux en ligne en simultané, compte tenu des liens qui se développent entre weblogs. Mais je n'aurais jamais consulté ces sources d'informations sans cela.
Traditional media eagerly eye blogs to boost revenues
03 May 2005 08:33
Traditional media such as newspapers and radios are casting an increasingly covetous eye over the growing number of internet blogs, hoping to cash in on a slice of the action
Read ful article:
http://www.mg.co.za/articledirect.aspx?articleid=236850&%3barea=%2finsight%2finsight_online%2f
Traditional media such as newspapers and radios are casting an increasingly covetous eye over the growing number of internet blogs, hoping to cash in on a slice of the action
Read ful article:
http://www.mg.co.za/articledirect.aspx?articleid=236850&%3barea=%2finsight%2finsight_online%2f
Blogs and Social Software
Arab Bloggers: If you have interest, check this
Les Blogs thanks and feedback
LesBlogsCoverage
notes, audio recordings, video interviews, media coverage
What should I do better next time
Schedule
8h - Registration
9h - 9h15 Opening remarks - Loïc Le Meur
9h15 - 9h45 Keynote: Joi Ito
9h45 - 10h30 Where are we going ?
Barak Berkowitz, Six Apart
Meg Hourihan, consultant & co-founder, Blogger.com
Caterina Fake, Flickr
Charlie Schick, Nokia
10h30 - 10h45 networking break
10h45 - 11h45 Corporate blogging, external communication
Andrew Carton, Treonauts (is this what a brand should do ?)
Halley Suitt, Worthwhile Magazine
Paolo Valdemarin, Evectors, Italy
Darren Barefoot, InsideBlogging and Capulet Communications, Canada
11h45 - 12h30 Corporate blogging and wikis, internal communication
Lee Bryant, Headshift
Euan Semple, the BBC
Ross Mayfield, SocialText
12h30 - 14h lunch
14h - 15h30 Nanopublishing and vertical blogging, moderated by Dominique Busso, VNUNet
Gaby Darbyshire, Gawker media
Jason McCabe Calacanis, WeblogsInc
Julio Alonso, Weblogs SL
Christophe Labédan, The Social Media Group
Ludovico Magnocavallo, Blogo.it
Stowe Boyd, Corante
15h30 - 15h45 The blog readers and the blog advertising market
presentation of the Blogads survey by Miklos Gaspar, Blogads.
15h45 - 17h00 Traditional media innovates and strikes back, moderated by Jeff Clavier - SoftTech VC & Buzznet, Inc
Yann Chapellon, Le Monde
Neil McIntosh, The Guardian
Jochen Wegner, Focus Magazine
Pierre Bellanger, Skyrock, 1.5 million weblogs on skyblog
17h00 - 17h30 networking break
17h30 - 18h00: Yossi Vardi, founder of ICQ
18h00 - 18h45 Blogs, social software and their impact in the Middle East and China
Yat Siu, Outblaze, China
Hossein Derakhshan, hoder.com - "Bio"
18h45 - 19h15 Open Thought: Doc Searls - Senior Editor, Linux Journal
19h15 Closing remarks
20h00 - Six Apart VNUNet and NOKIA nightcap at THE ALCAZAR. (only for the registered participants of the day at the Senate, thanks).
Restaurant l'Alcazar
62 rue Mazarine
75006 Paris
tel +33 1 53 10 19 99
Les Blogs thanks and feedback
LesBlogsCoverage
notes, audio recordings, video interviews, media coverage
What should I do better next time
Schedule
8h - Registration
9h - 9h15 Opening remarks - Loïc Le Meur
9h15 - 9h45 Keynote: Joi Ito
9h45 - 10h30 Where are we going ?
Barak Berkowitz, Six Apart
Meg Hourihan, consultant & co-founder, Blogger.com
Caterina Fake, Flickr
Charlie Schick, Nokia
10h30 - 10h45 networking break
10h45 - 11h45 Corporate blogging, external communication
Andrew Carton, Treonauts (is this what a brand should do ?)
Halley Suitt, Worthwhile Magazine
Paolo Valdemarin, Evectors, Italy
Darren Barefoot, InsideBlogging and Capulet Communications, Canada
11h45 - 12h30 Corporate blogging and wikis, internal communication
Lee Bryant, Headshift
Euan Semple, the BBC
Ross Mayfield, SocialText
12h30 - 14h lunch
14h - 15h30 Nanopublishing and vertical blogging, moderated by Dominique Busso, VNUNet
Gaby Darbyshire, Gawker media
Jason McCabe Calacanis, WeblogsInc
Julio Alonso, Weblogs SL
Christophe Labédan, The Social Media Group
Ludovico Magnocavallo, Blogo.it
Stowe Boyd, Corante
15h30 - 15h45 The blog readers and the blog advertising market
presentation of the Blogads survey by Miklos Gaspar, Blogads.
15h45 - 17h00 Traditional media innovates and strikes back, moderated by Jeff Clavier - SoftTech VC & Buzznet, Inc
Yann Chapellon, Le Monde
Neil McIntosh, The Guardian
Jochen Wegner, Focus Magazine
Pierre Bellanger, Skyrock, 1.5 million weblogs on skyblog
17h00 - 17h30 networking break
17h30 - 18h00: Yossi Vardi, founder of ICQ
18h00 - 18h45 Blogs, social software and their impact in the Middle East and China
Yat Siu, Outblaze, China
Hossein Derakhshan, hoder.com - "Bio"
18h45 - 19h15 Open Thought: Doc Searls - Senior Editor, Linux Journal
19h15 Closing remarks
20h00 - Six Apart VNUNet and NOKIA nightcap at THE ALCAZAR. (only for the registered participants of the day at the Senate, thanks).
Restaurant l'Alcazar
62 rue Mazarine
75006 Paris
tel +33 1 53 10 19 99
Flooding Stops Presses and Broadcasts, So Journalists Turn to the Web
With their offices and presses flooded, news media outlets in New Orleans mostly abandoned newsprint and television broadcasts yesterday and set up shop on the Web.
Sunday, September 04, 2005
blogs offer Katrina insight
The web has once again proved its worth as a news source as blogs offered a vivid description of the destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina.
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Friday, September 02, 2005
What is a Weblog?
Please note: I am not the author.
The Author is Anthony V Parcero Jul 11, 04
According to Dave Winer, author of what many consider one of the first successful weblogs on the Internet (Scripting News), a weblog — or "blog" — can be characterized as a Web site which:
"points to articles elsewhere on the Web, often with comments, and to on-site articles. A Weblog is kind of a continual tour, with a human guide who you get to know. There are many guides to choose from, each develops an audience, and there's also comraderie and politics between the people who run weblogs, they point to each other, in all kinds of structures, graphs, loops, etc." (Dave Winer, The History of Weblogs)
Originally started by programmers and Web designers who worked full-time in the fledgling Internet industry of the mid-nineties, the first blogs showcased the research, coding, and organizational skills of their authors. Often hand-written and featuring short commentaries which linked users to other Web sites, these blogs were designed to help people filter out the increasing amount of detritus on the Web. Immersed in Web culture and possessing site-design skills, these early blogs became the center of ever-growing communities of fellow bloggers and their readership. The social interactions and connections associated with blogging differentiate it from other forms of content on the Web and the framework they established is still in use today.
At their heart, all blogs are based on the relationships formed by an author's use of regularly-updated, pithy commentary and elaborate cross-linking. Starting in 1991 with Tim Berners-Lee and the first Web site, the promise of the Internet was that anyone could have a voice through which they could communicate and connect (via hyperlinks) with others. By transforming the traditional roles of active writers and passive readers into one of participatory peers who can actively and freely express themselves, blogs provide a venue for open self-expression free from the crippling effects of our media-saturated culture.
No matter what their format or focus, all blogs organize their date- and time-stamped content in reverse chronological order so that the newest content appears most prominently on the Web site's home page. As new content is added to a site, older posts are archived to a static Web address (called a "permalink") which other blogs can precisely refer to and comment upon. Due to the fact that anyone with Internet-access can start a blog, it is the individuality of the commentary (and they're associated links) that distinguishes blogs from more traditional electronic clipping services and news media. Based on short, informal, and richly-hyperlinked content that is frequently updated, the blog "post" is free from the traditional, formal constraints of the printed-page. Thus, blog posts represent self-contained topical units which are characterized by a conversational (and sometimes controversial) tone that distinguishes them from more formal essays or articles.
Sometimes as short as one sentence or, more often, running for several paragraphs, the totality of the posts which make up a blog form an accurate representation of the personality of their author (or authors). Thanks to tools like Blogger, online journals and diaries are now the most dominant form of of blogs on the Internet. Due to the fact that many of these sites are tightly integrated into the daily lives of the author(s) and their audience, an online ecosystem called the blogosphere has emerged.
Thanks to constant improvements in the underlying technologies — along with the enormous proliferation of blogs following the launch of Blogger in 1999 — many Web sites and tools have sprung up to help authors create, maintain, search, and analyze various aspects of the Internet and the blogosphere. Using different metrics to analyzing the content of blogs, sites such as Technorati and Blogstreet focus on aggregating and tracking the popularity and influence of specific blogs. Through the use of full-text searches across posts, Blogpulse extends upon simple aggregation to provide users with the ability to track current trends, key people, and key phrases within the blogosphere. No longer passive recipients of information, individuals have embraced the freedom inherent in the framework, commonality, and organization of blogs in order to position themselves as key influencers at the center of a communications revolution many of us are still working to understand.
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The Author is Anthony V Parcero Jul 11, 04
According to Dave Winer, author of what many consider one of the first successful weblogs on the Internet (Scripting News), a weblog — or "blog" — can be characterized as a Web site which:
"points to articles elsewhere on the Web, often with comments, and to on-site articles. A Weblog is kind of a continual tour, with a human guide who you get to know. There are many guides to choose from, each develops an audience, and there's also comraderie and politics between the people who run weblogs, they point to each other, in all kinds of structures, graphs, loops, etc." (Dave Winer, The History of Weblogs)
Originally started by programmers and Web designers who worked full-time in the fledgling Internet industry of the mid-nineties, the first blogs showcased the research, coding, and organizational skills of their authors. Often hand-written and featuring short commentaries which linked users to other Web sites, these blogs were designed to help people filter out the increasing amount of detritus on the Web. Immersed in Web culture and possessing site-design skills, these early blogs became the center of ever-growing communities of fellow bloggers and their readership. The social interactions and connections associated with blogging differentiate it from other forms of content on the Web and the framework they established is still in use today.
At their heart, all blogs are based on the relationships formed by an author's use of regularly-updated, pithy commentary and elaborate cross-linking. Starting in 1991 with Tim Berners-Lee and the first Web site, the promise of the Internet was that anyone could have a voice through which they could communicate and connect (via hyperlinks) with others. By transforming the traditional roles of active writers and passive readers into one of participatory peers who can actively and freely express themselves, blogs provide a venue for open self-expression free from the crippling effects of our media-saturated culture.
No matter what their format or focus, all blogs organize their date- and time-stamped content in reverse chronological order so that the newest content appears most prominently on the Web site's home page. As new content is added to a site, older posts are archived to a static Web address (called a "permalink") which other blogs can precisely refer to and comment upon. Due to the fact that anyone with Internet-access can start a blog, it is the individuality of the commentary (and they're associated links) that distinguishes blogs from more traditional electronic clipping services and news media. Based on short, informal, and richly-hyperlinked content that is frequently updated, the blog "post" is free from the traditional, formal constraints of the printed-page. Thus, blog posts represent self-contained topical units which are characterized by a conversational (and sometimes controversial) tone that distinguishes them from more formal essays or articles.
Sometimes as short as one sentence or, more often, running for several paragraphs, the totality of the posts which make up a blog form an accurate representation of the personality of their author (or authors). Thanks to tools like Blogger, online journals and diaries are now the most dominant form of of blogs on the Internet. Due to the fact that many of these sites are tightly integrated into the daily lives of the author(s) and their audience, an online ecosystem called the blogosphere has emerged.
Thanks to constant improvements in the underlying technologies — along with the enormous proliferation of blogs following the launch of Blogger in 1999 — many Web sites and tools have sprung up to help authors create, maintain, search, and analyze various aspects of the Internet and the blogosphere. Using different metrics to analyzing the content of blogs, sites such as Technorati and Blogstreet focus on aggregating and tracking the popularity and influence of specific blogs. Through the use of full-text searches across posts, Blogpulse extends upon simple aggregation to provide users with the ability to track current trends, key people, and key phrases within the blogosphere. No longer passive recipients of information, individuals have embraced the freedom inherent in the framework, commonality, and organization of blogs in order to position themselves as key influencers at the center of a communications revolution many of us are still working to understand.
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Global PR Blog
The first edition of the Global PR Blog Week 1.0 is now over. During one week, 35 practioners published more than 60 articles and interviews on the impact of personal publishing on Public Relations. Enjoy the reading - and stay tuned for version 2.0.
Wednesday, August 31, 2005
Blogs from Egypt: Manal and Alaa Fattah
A good news from Egypt: The Egyptian blogosphere is growing rapidly: A very good signal that Arab blogosphere may take off.
Egypt's growing blogger community pushes limit of dissent
Egypt's growing blogger community pushes limit of dissent
Despite a crackdown on the Net by other Arab countries, Egypt's bloggers are leading antigovernment protests.
By Charles Levinson
Source: The Christian Science Monitor
Despite a crackdown on the Net by other Arab countries, Egypt's bloggers are leading antigovernment protests.
By Charles Levinson
Source: The Christian Science Monitor
Blogs, SMS, e-mail: Egyptians organize protests as elections near
The nascent Egyptian blogosphere seizes its freedom of the press opportunity, posting photos of police beating protesters and taking hard stances against Mubarak. But will their freedom last beyond elections?
By Mark Glaser
By Mark Glaser
Sunday, August 28, 2005
Blogs, Journalists and Politics in the Arab world
Blogs and journalists: how Arab media is embracing blogs?
Blogs and politics: how do Arab political civil society groups use blogs for their activism, and do these groups treat political bloggers the same as the press?
Blogs and politics: how do Arab political civil society groups use blogs for their activism, and do these groups treat political bloggers the same as the press?
Maghreblog was launched
A group of bloggers from the Maghreb have launched a new project under the name of Maghreb Blog.
Saturday, August 27, 2005
BLOGS: The new magic formula for corporate communications?
Deutsche Bank Research, Frankfurt am Main Germany, has published a report about Blogs:
http://www.dbresearch.com/PROD/DBR_INTERNET_EN-PROD//PROD0000000000190745.pdf
http://www.dbresearch.com/PROD/DBR_INTERNET_EN-PROD//PROD0000000000190745.pdf
Emergence of the Progressive Blogosphere: A New Force in American Politics
Table of Contents
Overview
I. Blogs and Public Life: Background
II. The Right-Wing and Blogs: An Integrated, Top-Down Approach
III . The Left-Wing and Blogs: Building Digital Communities
IV. Early Conservative Dominance
V. The Emergence of the Progressive Blogosphere
VI. All Blogs Rising
VII. Blog Sprawl
Appendix
I: Engaging Bloggers In a Local Campaign
Appendix
II: Progressive and Conservative Netroots’ Advantages
Appendix
III: Top Progressive Blogs (available only in PDF version)
Appendix
IV: Democratic Institutional Blogs (available only in PDF version)
Appendix
V: Top Conservative Blogs (available only in PDF version)
References
Overview
I. Blogs and Public Life: Background
II. The Right-Wing and Blogs: An Integrated, Top-Down Approach
III . The Left-Wing and Blogs: Building Digital Communities
IV. Early Conservative Dominance
V. The Emergence of the Progressive Blogosphere
VI. All Blogs Rising
VII. Blog Sprawl
Appendix
I: Engaging Bloggers In a Local Campaign
Appendix
II: Progressive and Conservative Netroots’ Advantages
Appendix
III: Top Progressive Blogs (available only in PDF version)
Appendix
IV: Democratic Institutional Blogs (available only in PDF version)
Appendix
V: Top Conservative Blogs (available only in PDF version)
References
Wednesday, August 24, 2005
"The BOBs - Best Of The Blogs"
Hi Arab Bloggers. http://thebobs.com/thebobs05/bob.php?language=ar
Your new chance to be among the best bloggers.
Selection criteria :
The blog must be kept by an Internet user or a small group of Internet users. It must not belong to a governmental or non-governmental organisation. It must have existed for more than six months and must be updated regularly. It must use a specialised publishing tool such as typepad, blogger.com, blogspirit or an equivalent. Sites that do not use a standard online publishing tool but function in an identical manner to a weblog will be considered on a case by case basis. The blogs of professional journalists will be accepted. All blogs will be considered, whatever their language.
Nomination submissions should be sent by e-mail to internetdelete@rsf.org. They should include the web address or addresses of the blog and a short description of its activity. The blogger does not have to be identified.
*A weblog or blog is a personal website on which information is posted chronologically, as in a personal diary.
http://thebobs.com/thebobs05/bob.php?site=suggest
Your new chance to be among the best bloggers.
Selection criteria :
The blog must be kept by an Internet user or a small group of Internet users. It must not belong to a governmental or non-governmental organisation. It must have existed for more than six months and must be updated regularly. It must use a specialised publishing tool such as typepad, blogger.com, blogspirit or an equivalent. Sites that do not use a standard online publishing tool but function in an identical manner to a weblog will be considered on a case by case basis. The blogs of professional journalists will be accepted. All blogs will be considered, whatever their language.
Nomination submissions should be sent by e-mail to internetdelete@rsf.org. They should include the web address or addresses of the blog and a short description of its activity. The blogger does not have to be identified.
*A weblog or blog is a personal website on which information is posted chronologically, as in a personal diary.
http://thebobs.com/thebobs05/bob.php?site=suggest
Monday, August 22, 2005
Sunday, August 21, 2005
How to search Bahraini bloggers
To search Bahraini Bloggers, follow this link: http://www.blogger.com/profile-find.g?t=l&loc0=BH
Wikimania 2005
ويكيمانيا 2005: المؤتمر الدولي الأول لويكيميديا سيتم عقده في فرانكفورت، ألمانيا من 4 اغسطس 2005 إلى 8 أغسطس 2005.
يشكل مؤتمر ويكيمانيا فرصة ذهبية للقاء والتحدث مع الأعضاء البارزين في مجتمعات ويكيميديا، والمطورين القائمين على برنامج ميدياويكي. الباحثين والمتحدثين سيقدون دراسات وتلخيص لخبراتهم في ويكيبيديا ومشاريع جمعية ويكيميديا, حول مجتمعات ويكيميديا، والتقنيات المستعملة، وعالم المعرفة الحرة. سيشتمل برنامج المؤتمر على مجموعة من المواضيع، وحلقات العمل، والدورات التي تستهدف كلا من القادمين الجدد على عالم ويكي والمستخدمين الخبراء على حد سواء. وسيقدم المؤتمرلأول مرة عرض للأبحاث حول الويكي والمعرفة الحرة.
شارك مجتمع ويكيميديا في جمع الأفكار حول التطبيقات النظرية والعملية لمبدأ الويكي في بناء المحتويات. الهدف الرئيسي من المؤتمر هو جمع الأعضاء في مشاريع الويكي المختلفة، وتعزيز الفهم المتبادل ما بينهم. لا تدع هذه الفرصة تفوتك، إذ أن هذا المؤتمر من الفرص النادرة للقاء مجموعة من الأفراد القادمين من مختلف أنحاء العالم، الذين يعملون على توفيق المعرفة الإنسانية بشكل حر.
ستكون أغلب جلسات المؤتمر باللغة الإنجليزية، وسيتم ترجمة المؤتمر لعدد من اللغات الرسمية.
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This book is going to be the Proceedings of Wikimania 2005 - The First International Wikimedia Conference See the Wikimania wiki and the official programme for more about the conference.
For images and other media see the Wikimania galleries on the Commons.
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يشكل مؤتمر ويكيمانيا فرصة ذهبية للقاء والتحدث مع الأعضاء البارزين في مجتمعات ويكيميديا، والمطورين القائمين على برنامج ميدياويكي. الباحثين والمتحدثين سيقدون دراسات وتلخيص لخبراتهم في ويكيبيديا ومشاريع جمعية ويكيميديا, حول مجتمعات ويكيميديا، والتقنيات المستعملة، وعالم المعرفة الحرة. سيشتمل برنامج المؤتمر على مجموعة من المواضيع، وحلقات العمل، والدورات التي تستهدف كلا من القادمين الجدد على عالم ويكي والمستخدمين الخبراء على حد سواء. وسيقدم المؤتمرلأول مرة عرض للأبحاث حول الويكي والمعرفة الحرة.
شارك مجتمع ويكيميديا في جمع الأفكار حول التطبيقات النظرية والعملية لمبدأ الويكي في بناء المحتويات. الهدف الرئيسي من المؤتمر هو جمع الأعضاء في مشاريع الويكي المختلفة، وتعزيز الفهم المتبادل ما بينهم. لا تدع هذه الفرصة تفوتك، إذ أن هذا المؤتمر من الفرص النادرة للقاء مجموعة من الأفراد القادمين من مختلف أنحاء العالم، الذين يعملون على توفيق المعرفة الإنسانية بشكل حر.
ستكون أغلب جلسات المؤتمر باللغة الإنجليزية، وسيتم ترجمة المؤتمر لعدد من اللغات الرسمية.
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This book is going to be the Proceedings of Wikimania 2005 - The First International Wikimedia Conference See the Wikimania wiki and the official programme for more about the conference.
For images and other media see the Wikimania galleries on the Commons.
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How to search Emirati bloggers
To search Emirati Bloggers, follow this link: http://www.blogger.com/profile-find.g?t=l&loc0=AE
How to search Egyptian bloggers
To search Egyptian Bloggers, follow this link: http://www.blogger.com/profile-find.g?t=l&loc0=EG
How to search Moroccan bloggers
To search Moroccan Bloggers, follow this link: http://www.blogger.com/profile-find.g?t=l&loc0=MA
Sunday, August 14, 2005
The Power of Networks and Blogging in the Arabland
The role of bloggin is increasingly growing, so its importance for democratisation in the Arab world.
The movement of the bloggers, could be, the 21st century interconnected silent revolution in the Arab world. Political and social actors are blogging for power.
Arab regimes have no idea what does a blog mean?
The movement of the bloggers, could be, the 21st century interconnected silent revolution in the Arab world. Political and social actors are blogging for power.
Arab regimes have no idea what does a blog mean?
Tuesday, August 09, 2005
50 million visiting the blogs in 2005
According to comScore blogs are quickly approaching the status of a mainstream media.
read report:
http://www.comscore.com/blogreport/comScoreBlogReport.pdf
read report:
http://www.comscore.com/blogreport/comScoreBlogReport.pdf
Berners-Lee on blogs and wikis
Berners-Lee said "When you write a blog, you don't write complicated hypertext, you just write text, so I'm very, very happy to see that now it's gone in the direction of becoming more of a creative medium".
Read the full interview:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4132752.stm
Read the full interview:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4132752.stm
Monday, August 08, 2005
Network Society in the Arab World: What a Future!
If you want to know the future of the Internet in the Arab world in the context of its 10th anniversary, please browse this website.
Allah with you Arabs.
http://www.smsitunis2005.org/plateforme/index.php?lang=ar
Allah with you Arabs.
http://www.smsitunis2005.org/plateforme/index.php?lang=ar
Worldwide wonder
A worldwide wonder, except for some parts in the Arabland.
The Internet is still in its early infancy in most part in the Arab world.
The Internet is still in its early infancy in most part in the Arab world.
Sunday, August 07, 2005
Calling all Lebanese, Syrian & Jordanian Bloggers Out There...
This is a very nice step to study Arab blogsphere.
Hi Arab blogers, please do take part in this survey. It will help us to understand our life in this new virtual world.
http://thesuffragettes.blogspot.com/
If you are a Blogger from Lebanon, Syria & Jordan or happen to be living there, I would really appreciate it if you could take a few minutes of your time to fill out this questionnaire in order to help explain and find out more about the blogging phenomenon in this region. This is part of my Masters reserach at the University of Westminster and your replies are crucial to helping in my evaluation. Most people are able to complete the questionnaire in less than 8 minutes.ALso your responses and any comments will be treated with the utmost confidentiality. The results of this research should be very exciting and, by the end of august, I will be sharing them with you all!
If you have questions at any time about the survey or the procedures, you may contact, myself, Maha Taki on +44(0)7916161035 or email me at the email mahataki@gmail.com.
Thank you very much for your time and support and please do SPREAD THE WORD.Start with the survey now by clicking
Click Here to take the survey
Hi Arab blogers, please do take part in this survey. It will help us to understand our life in this new virtual world.
http://thesuffragettes.blogspot.com/
If you are a Blogger from Lebanon, Syria & Jordan or happen to be living there, I would really appreciate it if you could take a few minutes of your time to fill out this questionnaire in order to help explain and find out more about the blogging phenomenon in this region. This is part of my Masters reserach at the University of Westminster and your replies are crucial to helping in my evaluation. Most people are able to complete the questionnaire in less than 8 minutes.ALso your responses and any comments will be treated with the utmost confidentiality. The results of this research should be very exciting and, by the end of august, I will be sharing them with you all!
If you have questions at any time about the survey or the procedures, you may contact, myself, Maha Taki on +44(0)7916161035 or email me at the email mahataki@gmail.com.
Thank you very much for your time and support and please do SPREAD THE WORD.Start with the survey now by clicking
Click Here to take the survey
Tuesday, August 02, 2005
Sunday, July 31, 2005
The State Of Surveillance = The State of Democracy
Arab Regimes are free to and legitimized to perform their philosophy of the State of Surveillance.
If England does practice the Arab Philosophy of the State of Surveillance, why not us.
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_32/b3946001_mz001.htm
If England does practice the Arab Philosophy of the State of Surveillance, why not us.
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_32/b3946001_mz001.htm
Blogs Under Its Thumb: Will ARAB REGIMES learn how to control the blogosphere from spinning out of control?
China is a good example for Arab regimes to follow in matters of censorship and control.
Some Arab regimes have copied the Internet censorship methods developed by the Chinese regime. The same can be said for Blogging?
Wait and See. Oh. No. I want to say:
Wait to See
Some Arab regimes have copied the Internet censorship methods developed by the Chinese regime. The same can be said for Blogging?
Wait and See. Oh. No. I want to say:
Wait to See
Mohamed ZAINABI à Emarrakech :
Les petits e-incidents du parcours ne me découragent point
Le blogging au Maroc se développe sûrement..
eMarrakech - Il blogue la nuit en arabe et en français à la base du terrain. Pour lui, le blogging au Maroc se développe doucement, mais sûrement. E-rencontre avec Mohamed ZAINABI un journaliste-blogueur à l'heure du Net.
Comment vous vous présentez en tant que blogueur : blogueur en pyjama ou de terrain ? Je dirais plutôt en pyjama. La cause : je blogue surtout la nuit. Mais, je vous rassure, c'est sur des informations ou des réflexions récoltées, vécues ou découvertes sur le terrain que je base mon blogging aussi bien quand je le fais en français sur www.zainabi.com que quand j'écris en arabe sur www.zainabi.tk Quels étaient les meilleurs moments de blogging pour vous jusqu'a maintenant ? Aimant le partage, je puise énormément de plaisir à bloguer. Et mes meilleurs moments dans ce cadre sont ceux où mes toutes petites traces sur la blogosphère ne passent pas inaperçues. Je ressens aussi du plaisir quand je vois que la blogma (la blogosphère marocaine) s'élargit. Croyez-vous qu'il existe vraiment une révolution de blogging au Maroc comme dans les autres pays de la planète ? Ce serait prétentieux de répondre, à l'heure actuelle, par l'affirmative. Jusqu'à présent le blogging est encore à ses débuts au Maroc. Il se développe doucement, mais sûrement. Heureusement! Je tiens à rappeler qu'un petit cercle de blogueurs marocains pionniers ne cesse de travailler bénévolement pour que la révolution que vous évoquez ait lieu dans notre pays. Ne croyez-vous pas que les blogs ne sont et ne seront qu'un instrument parmi tant d'autres dans un nouvel ordre communicationnel ? En effet, les blogs sont un instrument parmi d'autres dans ce que vous appelez le nouvel ordre communicationnel. Mais, c'est un instrument qui est en train de révolutionner le mode de circulation de l'information à travers le réseau des réseaux. Ce sont les blogeurs qui diffusent désormais le plus de contenu via le web. Et grâce aux blogs, tout le monde peut jouir de son droit d'être un diffuseur de ses propres informations au lieu de rester cantonné dans son rôle de consommateur subissant les informations des spécialistes. D'ailleurs, ces spécialistes ont compris l'importance du blogging et tentent de se l'approprier. Pas mal d'utilisateurs du Web n'arrivent toujours pas à faire la différence entre un blog et un site perso. Existe-t-il vraiment une différence entre les deux modes ou formes de publications ? Lesquelles ? Le site perso a précédé le blog. Le premier, comme son nom l'indique est réservé aux auteurs des journaux intimes. Le second a un champ plus large, on y trouve un peu de tout : des informations générales, mais aussi des chroniques spécialisées, des fanzines… Le blog peut être un site perso, mais l'interactivité avec les visiteurs que permettent les commentaires, est un plus, considérable, qui donne une avance au blog. Ce dernier est devenu un outil inédit de communication, d'échange et de partage. Autre différence de taille, on trouve, de plus en plus, des blogs réunissant sur un même sujet d'intérêt commun, des blogeurs de différents horizons, voire de différents pays du monde (blogs collaboratifs). En revanche, le site perso est, par nature, individualiste. Je me demande si le blog ne va pas remplacer non seulement le site perso, mais le site web en général dans sa conception classique.
On parle beaucoup de blogging et journalisme. D'après votre expérience où en est les journalistes marocains avec cette aventure du blog ? Malheureusement, la plupart des journalistes marocains restent en rade. Je n'expliquerais guère cette situation par l'ignorance, mais plutôt par le manque d'intérêt. Il y a un effort à faire pour inciter les journalistes à tester le blogging. Ceux qui l'ont déjà essayé sont conquis. Ils découvrent que bloguer est loin d'être une perte de temps. Sincèrement, peut-on continuer à bloguer au Maroc sans crainte de perte de temps ? Evidemment, c'est parfois décourageant de recevoir des commentaires irresponsables de quelques bêtisiers, voire de certains spammers qui se donnent un malin plaisir à gâcher le plaisir que peut procurer le blogging. Mais, cela fait partie des risques du monde virtuel. Malgré tout, personnellement, je ne considère pas le temps que je passe à bloguer comme perdu. Au contraire, c'est pour moi un gain inestimable que de pouvoir m'ouvrir sur les autres et exposer mes idées à leur libre appréciation en bravant toutes les barrières. Les petits e-incidents de parcours ne me découragent point. J'ai apprécié vos posts sur votre blog lors de votre voyage aux USA. Comment vous vous sentiez lors de l'écriture de vos notes à partir du pays de l'oncle SAM? A cause de mes nombreuses occupations lors de ce déplacement, c'était surtout à travers mes posts (articles publiés sur mon blogs) que ma famille et mes amis pouvaient avoir de mes nouvelles. J'étais heureux de recevoir par la suite leurs commentaires. C'était d'autant plus intéressant que j'étais, d'après les organisateurs de mon voyage, le premier visiteur international (c'était dans ce cadre que je me suis rendu aux USA) à avoir entrepris cette expérience de blogging. Je crois que je ne serai pas le dernier.
Propos recueillis par Tarik ESSAADI
Le blogging au Maroc se développe sûrement..
eMarrakech - Il blogue la nuit en arabe et en français à la base du terrain. Pour lui, le blogging au Maroc se développe doucement, mais sûrement. E-rencontre avec Mohamed ZAINABI un journaliste-blogueur à l'heure du Net.
Comment vous vous présentez en tant que blogueur : blogueur en pyjama ou de terrain ? Je dirais plutôt en pyjama. La cause : je blogue surtout la nuit. Mais, je vous rassure, c'est sur des informations ou des réflexions récoltées, vécues ou découvertes sur le terrain que je base mon blogging aussi bien quand je le fais en français sur www.zainabi.com que quand j'écris en arabe sur www.zainabi.tk Quels étaient les meilleurs moments de blogging pour vous jusqu'a maintenant ? Aimant le partage, je puise énormément de plaisir à bloguer. Et mes meilleurs moments dans ce cadre sont ceux où mes toutes petites traces sur la blogosphère ne passent pas inaperçues. Je ressens aussi du plaisir quand je vois que la blogma (la blogosphère marocaine) s'élargit. Croyez-vous qu'il existe vraiment une révolution de blogging au Maroc comme dans les autres pays de la planète ? Ce serait prétentieux de répondre, à l'heure actuelle, par l'affirmative. Jusqu'à présent le blogging est encore à ses débuts au Maroc. Il se développe doucement, mais sûrement. Heureusement! Je tiens à rappeler qu'un petit cercle de blogueurs marocains pionniers ne cesse de travailler bénévolement pour que la révolution que vous évoquez ait lieu dans notre pays. Ne croyez-vous pas que les blogs ne sont et ne seront qu'un instrument parmi tant d'autres dans un nouvel ordre communicationnel ? En effet, les blogs sont un instrument parmi d'autres dans ce que vous appelez le nouvel ordre communicationnel. Mais, c'est un instrument qui est en train de révolutionner le mode de circulation de l'information à travers le réseau des réseaux. Ce sont les blogeurs qui diffusent désormais le plus de contenu via le web. Et grâce aux blogs, tout le monde peut jouir de son droit d'être un diffuseur de ses propres informations au lieu de rester cantonné dans son rôle de consommateur subissant les informations des spécialistes. D'ailleurs, ces spécialistes ont compris l'importance du blogging et tentent de se l'approprier. Pas mal d'utilisateurs du Web n'arrivent toujours pas à faire la différence entre un blog et un site perso. Existe-t-il vraiment une différence entre les deux modes ou formes de publications ? Lesquelles ? Le site perso a précédé le blog. Le premier, comme son nom l'indique est réservé aux auteurs des journaux intimes. Le second a un champ plus large, on y trouve un peu de tout : des informations générales, mais aussi des chroniques spécialisées, des fanzines… Le blog peut être un site perso, mais l'interactivité avec les visiteurs que permettent les commentaires, est un plus, considérable, qui donne une avance au blog. Ce dernier est devenu un outil inédit de communication, d'échange et de partage. Autre différence de taille, on trouve, de plus en plus, des blogs réunissant sur un même sujet d'intérêt commun, des blogeurs de différents horizons, voire de différents pays du monde (blogs collaboratifs). En revanche, le site perso est, par nature, individualiste. Je me demande si le blog ne va pas remplacer non seulement le site perso, mais le site web en général dans sa conception classique.
On parle beaucoup de blogging et journalisme. D'après votre expérience où en est les journalistes marocains avec cette aventure du blog ? Malheureusement, la plupart des journalistes marocains restent en rade. Je n'expliquerais guère cette situation par l'ignorance, mais plutôt par le manque d'intérêt. Il y a un effort à faire pour inciter les journalistes à tester le blogging. Ceux qui l'ont déjà essayé sont conquis. Ils découvrent que bloguer est loin d'être une perte de temps. Sincèrement, peut-on continuer à bloguer au Maroc sans crainte de perte de temps ? Evidemment, c'est parfois décourageant de recevoir des commentaires irresponsables de quelques bêtisiers, voire de certains spammers qui se donnent un malin plaisir à gâcher le plaisir que peut procurer le blogging. Mais, cela fait partie des risques du monde virtuel. Malgré tout, personnellement, je ne considère pas le temps que je passe à bloguer comme perdu. Au contraire, c'est pour moi un gain inestimable que de pouvoir m'ouvrir sur les autres et exposer mes idées à leur libre appréciation en bravant toutes les barrières. Les petits e-incidents de parcours ne me découragent point. J'ai apprécié vos posts sur votre blog lors de votre voyage aux USA. Comment vous vous sentiez lors de l'écriture de vos notes à partir du pays de l'oncle SAM? A cause de mes nombreuses occupations lors de ce déplacement, c'était surtout à travers mes posts (articles publiés sur mon blogs) que ma famille et mes amis pouvaient avoir de mes nouvelles. J'étais heureux de recevoir par la suite leurs commentaires. C'était d'autant plus intéressant que j'étais, d'après les organisateurs de mon voyage, le premier visiteur international (c'était dans ce cadre que je me suis rendu aux USA) à avoir entrepris cette expérience de blogging. Je crois que je ne serai pas le dernier.
Propos recueillis par Tarik ESSAADI
Friday, July 29, 2005
Arab Blogosphere needs a Gateway
It is time that Arab bloggers should think about structuring their Arabblogistan.
So, a Gateway blogoportail for Arab Blogs is a nice idea.
So, a Gateway blogoportail for Arab Blogs is a nice idea.
Google your Blogo
Hi Arab bloggers
You can make a Google-style logo for your Blog.
Google Blogo Maker
http://www.logogle.com/
Example:
http://www.logogle.com/ggl.php?hl=ja&lo=http%3A%2F%2Farabblogandpoliticalcommunication.blogspot.com%2F
You can make a Google-style logo for your Blog.
Google Blogo Maker
http://www.logogle.com/
Example:
http://www.logogle.com/ggl.php?hl=ja&lo=http%3A%2F%2Farabblogandpoliticalcommunication.blogspot.com%2F
Monday, July 25, 2005
Digital Citizens: The blogger
All this week the BBC News website is speaking to people whose creativity has been transformed in the digital age.
Sunday, July 24, 2005
Digital Citizens: The activist
All this week the BBC News website is speaking to people whose creativity has been transformed in the digital age.
Thursday, July 21, 2005
Wednesday, July 20, 2005
Monday, July 18, 2005
Arab Digital Citizen?
A very interesing introduction to a number of key terms:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/4678631.stm#blog
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/4678631.stm#blog
Saturday, July 16, 2005
Is there an Arab Community Technology Movement?
I hope yes.
The emergence of An Arab community technology will help the spread of Technology culture in the Arabland.
The emergence of An Arab community technology will help the spread of Technology culture in the Arabland.
Friday, July 15, 2005
Khalid Jarar: An Arab blogger
A critical mind was detained in the Arabland.
http://secretsinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2005/07/so_10.html
http://allahkareem.blogspot.com/
http://secretsinbaghdad.blogspot.com/2005/07/so_10.html
http://allahkareem.blogspot.com/
The wisdom of the Arab Street: Arab Voices From the Wikisphere
Arab "smart mobs" and their collective wisdom will shape Arab societies and Arab political cultures.
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/globalvoices/2005/07/15/voices-from-the-wiki/
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/globalvoices/2005/07/15/voices-from-the-wiki/
Blogs Will Change Political Communication Strategies
There is no empirical study that tests the hypothesis that blogs will change business. The same is true for politics.
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_18/b3931001_mz001.htm
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_18/b3931001_mz001.htm
Thursday, July 14, 2005
Word Summit 2005 and Arab blogs
Will arab blogs devote some space to the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)
http://www.itu.int/wsis/index-ar.html
http://www.itu.int/wsis/index-ar.html
Tuesday, July 12, 2005
The Baraka Movement (BM) in the Blogosphere
The Baraka movement has entered the blogosphere, the world of the Blog.
To see the LOGO: http://www.flickr.com/photos/71332203@N00/25669165/
Bloggers worldwide are called to blog the BARAKA movement.
The Blogger of the the Blog "je partage, donc J'existe" has blogged the Baraka Movement
http://www.jankari.org/
Blog this:
http://www.elmandjra.org/Interdictions_2005.htm
To see the LOGO: http://www.flickr.com/photos/71332203@N00/25669165/
Bloggers worldwide are called to blog the BARAKA movement.
The Blogger of the the Blog "je partage, donc J'existe" has blogged the Baraka Movement
http://www.jankari.org/
Blog this:
http://www.elmandjra.org/Interdictions_2005.htm
The Baraka Movement in the Press
A number of moroccan and Arab newspapers and magazines have devoted a space to the nascent Baraka movement.
SOLIDARITE
A.D.D.H
لاكرونيك
Communiqué Arabe
Communiqué Français
العـلم (30/06/2005)
الإتحاد الإشتراكي 01/07/2005
2005/07/01 القدس
لاكرونيك (02/07/2005)
العربية 03/07/2005
المشعل (05/07/2005)
الأيـــام (06-12/يوليوز 2005)
الجريدة الأخرى (06-12/يوليوز 2005)
الصحيفـة (06-12/07/2005)
الأسبوع (2005/07/08)
هل أصبح المنع من ثقافة حقوق الإنسان ؟ (الإصلاح 08/07/2005)
Yabiladi (09/07/2005)
arab blog and political communication (Blogger, 11/07/2005)
SOLIDARITE
A.D.D.H
لاكرونيك
Communiqué Arabe
Communiqué Français
العـلم (30/06/2005)
الإتحاد الإشتراكي 01/07/2005
2005/07/01 القدس
لاكرونيك (02/07/2005)
العربية 03/07/2005
المشعل (05/07/2005)
الأيـــام (06-12/يوليوز 2005)
الجريدة الأخرى (06-12/يوليوز 2005)
الصحيفـة (06-12/07/2005)
الأسبوع (2005/07/08)
هل أصبح المنع من ثقافة حقوق الإنسان ؟ (الإصلاح 08/07/2005)
Yabiladi (09/07/2005)
arab blog and political communication (Blogger, 11/07/2005)
Sunday, July 10, 2005
The Baraka Movement was launched in Morocco
The Baraka movement (BM) has beeen lauched in Morocco. The logo evokes the Kifaya movement in Egypt.
Baraka movement aims at stopping the regime's censorship against intellectuals. A famous case in point is the owner of this website:
http://www.elmandjra.org/Interdictions_2005.htm
Baraka movement aims at stopping the regime's censorship against intellectuals. A famous case in point is the owner of this website:
http://www.elmandjra.org/Interdictions_2005.htm
Growing Tide of Blogs
The blog population is exploding around the world, resembling the growth of e-mail users in the 1990s. Blogs that covered the U.S. Presidential race last year drove the phenomenon's growth in America. But blogs are also taking off as chat boards and alternative newspapers in countries like Iran, Egypt, and China. What's the key to the continued growth? Fast development of easy-to-use photo, music, and video blogs are essential. That will push the movement into the vast sector of humanity that doesn't like to write.
2005
April -----> 8,700,000
Jan--------> 6,600,000
Blog Readership on the Rise
The number of people reading blogs is rising dramatically, according to the Pew Internet & American Life Project, which has been tracking blog readership since March, 2003. From February to November last year, those who say they read blogs jumped 58%, to 32 million readers. Still, only 38% of Internet users knew what a Web log was at the time of Pew's most recent survey in November. And Pew can't track how many people might be reading blogs without knowing their name.
source: BussinessWeekOnline:
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/index.html
2005
April -----> 8,700,000
Jan--------> 6,600,000
Blog Readership on the Rise
The number of people reading blogs is rising dramatically, according to the Pew Internet & American Life Project, which has been tracking blog readership since March, 2003. From February to November last year, those who say they read blogs jumped 58%, to 32 million readers. Still, only 38% of Internet users knew what a Web log was at the time of Pew's most recent survey in November. And Pew can't track how many people might be reading blogs without knowing their name.
source: BussinessWeekOnline:
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/index.html
Statistics on BBC Webservers 7th July 2005
Traffic to BBS news result ing from London bombing
http://www.bbc.co.uk/feedback/07July_Statistics.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/feedback/07July_Statistics.shtml
Media Activism is need in the Arab world
The basic roles an activist can play in the media are:
Accountability: acting as a check on inaccurate and unfair reporting and analysis.
Education: developing relationships with editors, producers and journalists and becoming a source of accurate news and alternative views.
Participation: becoming a voice in the media through getting letters and articles published, and doing interviews.
http://www.agoravox.com/
Accountability: acting as a check on inaccurate and unfair reporting and analysis.
Education: developing relationships with editors, producers and journalists and becoming a source of accurate news and alternative views.
Participation: becoming a voice in the media through getting letters and articles published, and doing interviews.
http://www.agoravox.com/
Saturday, July 09, 2005
"Qui osera être le Premier homme politique marocain du blogging ?"
This question challenges the political elite in Morocco.
To use blogs to deliver its political messages is a new mode of political communication.
Will the political elite in Morocco positively/negatively response to this challenging question?
I hope that activists and politicials in Morocco will positively anwer this question.
"Un nombre très intéressant de personnalités politiques à travers le monde se sont 'contaminés' par le blogging entant que technique et type de communication.
Ils se sont lancés dans l'écriture publique de "carnet en ligne". Au Maroc, on se demande sur l'identité de la première personnalité politique réelle qui peut franchir le clic d'un Blog ouvert et écrit interactive-ment avec et devant toute la plate des blogs au Royaume ?!"
Source: http://www.emarrakech.info/prana/index.php
As far as I know the first politician, who has used blogging in Morocco is Mr.
Khalid Elhariry. http://www.elhariry.org/
To use blogs to deliver its political messages is a new mode of political communication.
Will the political elite in Morocco positively/negatively response to this challenging question?
I hope that activists and politicials in Morocco will positively anwer this question.
"Un nombre très intéressant de personnalités politiques à travers le monde se sont 'contaminés' par le blogging entant que technique et type de communication.
Ils se sont lancés dans l'écriture publique de "carnet en ligne". Au Maroc, on se demande sur l'identité de la première personnalité politique réelle qui peut franchir le clic d'un Blog ouvert et écrit interactive-ment avec et devant toute la plate des blogs au Royaume ?!"
Source: http://www.emarrakech.info/prana/index.php
As far as I know the first politician, who has used blogging in Morocco is Mr.
Khalid Elhariry. http://www.elhariry.org/
Global Voices Online
Global Voices Online
The world is talking. Are you listening? http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/globalvoices/
Blogs and political participation: What a rosy future?
http://www.loiclemeur.com/english/blogs__politics/index.html
The question is that to what extent will the blogosphere facilitates political participation . Blogging has been undertaken by young people across the world. This is a positive sign for democracy.
Will the political participation in the blogosphere have effects on political participation in real political life?
The question is that to what extent will the blogosphere facilitates political participation . Blogging has been undertaken by young people across the world. This is a positive sign for democracy.
Will the political participation in the blogosphere have effects on political participation in real political life?
Friday, July 08, 2005
Political Blogging in Morocco
Morocco has entered the era of political blogging. After an intensive use of the Internet in the political field, politicians are using this new kind of political information.
The empirical question is: will political blogging promote democratisation in this country?
http://www.elhariry.org/
The empirical question is: will political blogging promote democratisation in this country?
http://www.elhariry.org/
A serious Blogger in Morocco
This blog is very interesting. It will be very fine if the blogger will provide an English or an Arabic version of his blog.
http://www.emarrakech.info/prana/index.php
Tarik Essaadi is the blogger behind Al Jinane. His motto: “Blogging to understand the complexity of the world.” is very suggestive.
http://www.rsf.org/blog-awards-en.php3
http://www.emarrakech.info/prana/index.php
Tarik Essaadi is the blogger behind Al Jinane. His motto: “Blogging to understand the complexity of the world.” is very suggestive.
http://www.rsf.org/blog-awards-en.php3
Muslim Blogosphere and the dramatic events in London
Arab and Moslems use their blogs to document, criticuze and condem the dramatic events in London.
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/globalvoices/?p=310
and also
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/globalvoices/index.php?cat=13
A famous arab blogger writes:
http://www.mahmood.tv/index.php/blog/1746
This very nice to read.
http://www.lnreview.co.uk/news/005167.php
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/globalvoices/?p=310
and also
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/globalvoices/index.php?cat=13
A famous arab blogger writes:
http://www.mahmood.tv/index.php/blog/1746
This very nice to read.
http://www.lnreview.co.uk/news/005167.php
Wednesday, July 06, 2005
Social Software Mind Map
Social Software Mind Map is IN .
http://dev11.otherworks.com/theotherblog/Social%20Software%20Mind%20Map.pdf
http://dev11.otherworks.com/theotherblog/Social%20Software%20Mind%20Map.pdf
France has become a nation of bloggers
Read this article about Blogging in France.
The relation between political culture and political communication is evident in the french case. In lieu of going to the street, French are going online to blog, to protest and blogorevolutionize.
http://www.al1jup.com/
BusinessWeekOnline on French Blogging
1. Liberté, Egalité...and Blogging
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_28/b3942084_mz054.htm
2. Let Them Eat Cake -- And Blog About It
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_28/b3942082_mz054.htm?chan=tc
The relation between political culture and political communication is evident in the french case. In lieu of going to the street, French are going online to blog, to protest and blogorevolutionize.
http://www.al1jup.com/
BusinessWeekOnline on French Blogging
1. Liberté, Egalité...and Blogging
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_28/b3942084_mz054.htm
2. Let Them Eat Cake -- And Blog About It
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_28/b3942082_mz054.htm?chan=tc
Tuesday, July 05, 2005
Blogs Emerge as New Book Marketing Tool
to read the whole story, browse this link
http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/tech/200507/kt2005070520042611800.htm
http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/tech/200507/kt2005070520042611800.htm
Useful links for bloggers
These links are very useful for bloggers:
http://wbloggar.com/faq.php#243
http://www.atomenabled.org/
Search
technorati, http://arablogger.com/index.php/weblinks/c49/,
feedster, http://www.feedster.com
Hosted Blog Services
typepad
livejournal
Feed Aggregators
http://www.ranchero.com/
http://www.feedreader.com/
http://www.bloglines.com
Authoring Tools
ecto.kung-foo.tv
wbloggar
Specifications
blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss
atomenabled.org
opml.org/spec
http://wbloggar.com/faq.php#243
http://www.atomenabled.org/
Search
technorati, http://arablogger.com/index.php/weblinks/c49/,
feedster, http://www.feedster.com
Hosted Blog Services
typepad
livejournal
Feed Aggregators
http://www.ranchero.com/
http://www.feedreader.com/
http://www.bloglines.com
Authoring Tools
ecto.kung-foo.tv
wbloggar
Specifications
blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss
atomenabled.org
opml.org/spec
Monday, July 04, 2005
http://www.elmandjra.org/ Mahdi Elmandjra is under ATTACK
Again
Our Noble Proffessor is under ATTACK.
To learn more please visit this Blog
http://www.jankari.org/index.php?2005/07/04/371-tetouan-interdiction-de-mahdi-elmandjra
Media Documentation:
http://www.elmandjra.org/Interdictions_2005.htm
Our Noble Proffessor is under ATTACK.
To learn more please visit this Blog
http://www.jankari.org/index.php?2005/07/04/371-tetouan-interdiction-de-mahdi-elmandjra
Media Documentation:
http://www.elmandjra.org/Interdictions_2005.htm
Support Rachid NINY
r_niny@yahoo.fr
Support Rachid Niny to express his ideas and comment Moroccan reality.
http://www.assabah.press.ma/today/18.pdf
To read his excellent article on some new forms of media censorship in Morocco.
Support Rachid Niny to express his ideas and comment Moroccan reality.
http://www.assabah.press.ma/today/18.pdf
To read his excellent article on some new forms of media censorship in Morocco.
A Gateway for Arab Bplogosphere
This link is functional. It should be developped to be like ?. I forget the name of this machine:
http://arabblogcount.blogspot.com/
A part in the Arab blogosphere is growing.
Al-Maghreb blog is flourishing.
This link is documentimng Al-Maghreb Blogosphere:
http://www.jankari.org/index.php?Annuaire-des-blogs-marocains
The blogger Rachid Jankari is very acrive in Al-Maghreb Blogosphere.
http://www.menara.ma/infos/includes/detail.asp?article_id=10212&lmodule=Technologie
http://arabblogcount.blogspot.com/
A part in the Arab blogosphere is growing.
Al-Maghreb blog is flourishing.
This link is documentimng Al-Maghreb Blogosphere:
http://www.jankari.org/index.php?Annuaire-des-blogs-marocains
The blogger Rachid Jankari is very acrive in Al-Maghreb Blogosphere.
http://www.menara.ma/infos/includes/detail.asp?article_id=10212&lmodule=Technologie
Books on Blog, Blogging, blogosphere
If you have time, you can read some of these books on this new kind of mediating media.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-form/104-5643590-1596767
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-form/104-5643590-1596767
A new kind of social movement "socialsoftwareblog"
Will the socialsoftwareblog be a global movement.
http://socialsoftware.weblogsinc.com/
This is a very important empirical question for political communication studies.
http://socialsoftware.weblogsinc.com/
This is a very important empirical question for political communication studies.
Sunday, July 03, 2005
Arabbloggers and censorship
Please read this and think of Arabbloggers.
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_28/b3942113_mz070.htm?chan=tc
When I read about the strategies of Microsoft,
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jun2005/tc20050624_4923_tc024.htm,
I get the impression that Arab regimes can learn a lot from the companys media strategies.
I hope that Arab bloggers should learn how to keep the Arab Pblogosphere autonomous for promoting a rational public sphere in the Habermasian sense of the word.
Alos, political blogging is in the rise in the Arab world.
http://www.bloggers-info.com/resources/political-bloggers.html
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_28/b3942113_mz070.htm?chan=tc
When I read about the strategies of Microsoft,
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jun2005/tc20050624_4923_tc024.htm,
I get the impression that Arab regimes can learn a lot from the companys media strategies.
I hope that Arab bloggers should learn how to keep the Arab Pblogosphere autonomous for promoting a rational public sphere in the Habermasian sense of the word.
Alos, political blogging is in the rise in the Arab world.
http://www.bloggers-info.com/resources/political-bloggers.html
Saturday, July 02, 2005
What Arab bloggers should read first?
Arab bloggers should read these books. To be effective in this new context, one should read some interesing books, which will surely show the way.
blogging activism is not new, it is an extention of online activism.
To start your reading. This is a very solid book in terms of Trend.
http://www.smartmobs.com/
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
This interview is very informative.
http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/lydon/2003/11/21
Hugh Hewitt, (2005) Blog : Understanding the Information Reformation That's Changing Your World,
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/078521187X/qid=1120388587/sr=1-4/ref=sr_1_4/002-8771559-3191207?v=glance&s=books
Rachel Smolkin, "The expanding blogosphere: political blogs--online journals featuring commentary, often highly opinionated--have rapidly become a presence in the camp" In: American Journalism Review, http://www.ajr.org/Article.asp?id=3682
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_networking
For those arab who are familiar with German, here you will find a very documented bibliography.
1: Böge, Friederike (2003). Und plötzlich fängt das Hüpfen an. In: http://rhein-zeitung.de/on/03/07/31/internet/news1.html?a, aufgerufen am 21. Dezember 2003
2: Brem, Richard (2003). Smart Mobs. Der amerikanische Technikvordenker Howard Rheingold über die Zukunft der mobilen Kommunikation. In: http://matrix.orf.at/bkframe/031019_1.htm, aufgerufen am 21. Dezember 2003
3: Kümmel, Peter (2003). Flash Mob. Der kurze Sommer der Anarchie. In: http://www.zeit.de/2003/38/Flashmobs, aufgerufen am 21. Dezember 2003
4: Lemm, Karsten (2003). Wenn der Mob smart wird. In: http://www.stern.de/computer-technik/telefon/index.html?id=508887&q=Rheingold, aufgerufen am 21. Dezember 2003
5: Neef, Andreas (2003). Leben im Schwarm. Ein neues Leitbild transformiert Gesellschaft und Märkte. In: http://www.changex.de/d_a00924.html, aufgerufen am 21. Dezember 2003
6: SAP INFO (2003). Das mobile Internet fördert kollektive Aktionen. In: http://www.sap.info/public/de/printout.php4/article/Article-168363f9919c1007f0/de/, aufgerufen am 21. Dezember 2003
7: Schwan, Ben (2003). Foto-Album aus dem Handy. In: http://www.netzeitung.de/internet/247075.html, aufgerufen am 21. Dezember 2003
8: Volkery, Carsten (2002). Auf der Suche nach dem nächsten Techno-Trend. Howard Rheingold entdeckt Smart Mobs. In: http://www.nzz.ch/2002/12/06/em/page-article8JKC3.html, aufgerufen am 21. Dezember 2003
blogging activism is not new, it is an extention of online activism.
To start your reading. This is a very solid book in terms of Trend.
http://www.smartmobs.com/
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
This interview is very informative.
http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/lydon/2003/11/21
Hugh Hewitt, (2005) Blog : Understanding the Information Reformation That's Changing Your World,
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/078521187X/qid=1120388587/sr=1-4/ref=sr_1_4/002-8771559-3191207?v=glance&s=books
Rachel Smolkin, "The expanding blogosphere: political blogs--online journals featuring commentary, often highly opinionated--have rapidly become a presence in the camp" In: American Journalism Review, http://www.ajr.org/Article.asp?id=3682
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_networking
For those arab who are familiar with German, here you will find a very documented bibliography.
1: Böge, Friederike (2003). Und plötzlich fängt das Hüpfen an. In: http://rhein-zeitung.de/on/03/07/31/internet/news1.html?a, aufgerufen am 21. Dezember 2003
2: Brem, Richard (2003). Smart Mobs. Der amerikanische Technikvordenker Howard Rheingold über die Zukunft der mobilen Kommunikation. In: http://matrix.orf.at/bkframe/031019_1.htm, aufgerufen am 21. Dezember 2003
3: Kümmel, Peter (2003). Flash Mob. Der kurze Sommer der Anarchie. In: http://www.zeit.de/2003/38/Flashmobs, aufgerufen am 21. Dezember 2003
4: Lemm, Karsten (2003). Wenn der Mob smart wird. In: http://www.stern.de/computer-technik/telefon/index.html?id=508887&q=Rheingold, aufgerufen am 21. Dezember 2003
5: Neef, Andreas (2003). Leben im Schwarm. Ein neues Leitbild transformiert Gesellschaft und Märkte. In: http://www.changex.de/d_a00924.html, aufgerufen am 21. Dezember 2003
6: SAP INFO (2003). Das mobile Internet fördert kollektive Aktionen. In: http://www.sap.info/public/de/printout.php4/article/Article-168363f9919c1007f0/de/, aufgerufen am 21. Dezember 2003
7: Schwan, Ben (2003). Foto-Album aus dem Handy. In: http://www.netzeitung.de/internet/247075.html, aufgerufen am 21. Dezember 2003
8: Volkery, Carsten (2002). Auf der Suche nach dem nächsten Techno-Trend. Howard Rheingold entdeckt Smart Mobs. In: http://www.nzz.ch/2002/12/06/em/page-article8JKC3.html, aufgerufen am 21. Dezember 2003
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