New Media & Comm.

Course New Media & Communication, University of Twente

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Interesting TED Talk on search filters and gatekeeping on the web http://is.gd/OYLrDh

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For another example of privacy policies, see the 2006 ACM policy. http://usacm.acm.org/usacm/Issues/Privacy.htm

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May 4: hearing in US congress on data theft nd prvacy violations of US consumers. University professors have testified.

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Wall Street Journal (04/27/11) Google and Apple revealed that they collect location info from mobile devices and PCs on Wi-Fi networks.

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assignment 1 has been graded. Grades will be on Blackboard. Want feedback? today 15:45-17:00, tomorrow 09:00-16:00, Cu C1.47. You did well!

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The Hindu (India) (04/10/11) Microsoft Research India is developing an interface that enables non-literate people to use computers.

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Senators Propose Data Privacy Law. InformationWeek (04/13/11) Mathew J. Schwartz. The US is addressing unwanted tracking of Internet use.

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Technology Review (04/01/11) Tom Simonite
Google recently added a social feature (+1) to prioritize your search results for your friends.

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Interested in participating in social media research? Survey of Social Media Consumption. socialsum.limequery.org

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please remember: tomorrow is the deadline for assignment 1. Max length is 2500 words, excl. lit list. See BB for all instructions.

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Today's dissertation defense (14.30h in Waaier 4) is very relevant for assignment 3, on privacy by design! How do trust cues work?

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Today, 14.30h, Waaier 4: Defense of dissertation on trust cues. How do privacy statements etc in web sites work. Ardion Beldad is defending.

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User experience of games: What a Video Game Must Feature to Be Successful. Uni of Granada (Spain) (03/08/11) Jose Luis Gonzalez Sanchez

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How Do People Respond to Being Touched by a Robot? See:
Georgia Institute of Technology (03/09/11) David Terraso

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Japan's internet largely intact after earthquake, tsunami. Essential for restoring communications, most telephone landlines are destroyed.

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Today @ O&O square: IBM, businesses & UT work a day on Smarter Cities, innovation of systems of systems, with a focus on ICT. Free entry.

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Accessibility of visual and audio web: What sign-language interpreters make of Lady Gaga and Bon Jovi. Washington Post, March 2.

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Intranet Monitor 2011: over 70% of orgs (400 measured) use social media for internal purposes. Sounds good, but how is it studied?

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Internet has been declared an essential, by law protected infrastructure (like electricity) by e.g. US, Estonia, Greece, Finland, France.

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Dutch Minister of Economy Verhagen has declared that Internet is NOT an essential, by law protected, resource. (24 Feb). Do you agree?