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Title Advancing new media research [electronic resource] / Sean Aday ... [et al.].

Imprint Washington, DC : U.S. Institute of Peace, 2010.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Federal Documents Online  Y 3.P 31:20/250    ---  Available
Description 1 online resource (7 p.)
Series Special report ; 250
Special report (United States Institute of Peace) ; 250.
Note Title from title screen (viewed on October 14, 2010).
"September 2010."
Contents Introduction -- New media : powerful but ambiguous -- Developing better research tools -- Working with private actors -- Addressing ethical issues -- Conclusions.
Summary New media are powerful but have mixed effects on political organizations. To identify these consequences, we need to continue devising new frameworks of analysis. Knowing more about how new media relate to each other and to traditional media is critical. Being sensitive to the differences between, and relationships among, the various kinds of new media is also important. Blogs are different from text messages, and both are different from social networking sites. Categorizing these media in terms of their form and likely consequences would help advance research and policy. The consequences of new media for political polarization are especially important. Understanding when new media can have the one or the other consequence is key to future research and policy. Better research tools are urgently needed. Although some highly promising tools exist, they need to be developed so that they can parse languages other than English. New tools that can identify the tone of communication would help greatly but would also require major technological advances. The disparity between publicly available data on new media and those held by private companies (or, in some cases, publicly owned companies in other countries) is considerable. Public-private partnerships, or initiatives sponsored by well-respected nongovernmental bodies, are needed to create frameworks that would allow research on the consequences of new media. Studying new media raises a host of complex questions about privacy and accountability. Policy measures, such as encouraging actors to use new media in nondemocratic regimes, raise even more serious questions. Ethical guidelines for new media research and policy are badly needed.
Subject Social media -- Research.
Blogs -- Research.
Online social networks -- Research.
Added Author Aday, Sean.
United States Institute of Peace.
Gpo Item No. 1063-K (online)
Sudoc No. Y 3.P 31:20/250

 
    
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