Why are people leaving Facebook and what kind of reactions do they receive from their surroundings? That’s some of the topics I’ve written about in an article about new social media research for the Norwegian weekly, Morgenbladet. The article is here (in Norwegian), but I’ll also add it below with some additional links. Hva: Forskning på hvorfor folk … Continue reading »
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Looking for the right tool to do research on open Facebook pages
I’m interested in doing research on open Facebook pages, but haven’t quite found the tool I need. Maybe you are able to help me out? As part of the research project I’m part of (Social media and agenda setting project in election campaigns), I’m looking into different ways to analyze and compare likes, shares, number of … Continue reading »
Norwegian researchers on social media
“Do you know if anyone has collected Norwegian research on social media?” That was a question I received on Twitter yesterday via a friend, and I’ve made a list to help. For someone outside academia, it is hard to keep track of the research that exist, both because it is time-consuming to keep updated as … Continue reading »
”Dette bildet skal på Face” – om nettvett i 2012
Hva er egentlig god nettvett i 2012? Jeg spurte dem som har nettvett i tastefingrene: 12 – og 13 år gamle jenter. ”Det er ikke så mye mobbing på nett”, mente mange av jentene da jeg spurte om de kjente til mobbing på nett. Ved en tilfeldighet kom jeg i dag i kontakt med en … Continue reading »
Obama and the Nobel Peace Prize – the social media reactions from Norway
This year’s selection of the Nobel Peace Prize started an online outcry the second it was announced. For many people, including the recipient himself, is was a shock that hear that president Barack Obama was awarded. And Norwegians were among those who reacted most strongly against the decision from the Norwegian Nobel committee. Not because … Continue reading »
Velgerne vant årets digitale valgkamp
Det er mye vi kan si om politikernes internettinnsats, men la oss glemme det nå. (Denne artikkelen står på trykk i dagens utgave av Morgenbladet. Fordi man ikke kan diskutere på Morgenbladets sider, legger jeg den ut for kommentarer her. Apology to my international readers, this is an article I’ve written for the weekly Morgenbladet … Continue reading »
Ten steps to Wiki Government
I’ve been accumulating a blogging backlog throughout this summer – having tons of ideas for blog posts, but little time to write. Well, some of the ideas and insights I wanted to share with you, is a brilliant list written by Beth Simone Noveck. I heard her at the Personal Democracy Forum conference in New … Continue reading »
A tribute to the good tech people in Brussels
My head has been stuck in boxes for several days after my family’s move from Brussels, Belgium to Oslo, Norway, so not much time for blogging lately. But as I’m taking a break from the moving chaos, I wanted to give a huge tribute to some of the great people with an online presence that … Continue reading »
The European Parliament’s experience with social media – a post election reflection
As the night was approaching and the last votes were counted on June 7, the final day of the European Parliament ( EP) election, you could read Twitter updates in 22 different languages from EP’s official Twitter accounts. Or debate the outcome with people from all over Europe on EPs Facebook page. (This text is … Continue reading »
The new politics of the 21st century
I liked this quote from Timonty Garton Ash’ article in the Guardian yesterday: Twitter counts more than armouries in this new politics of people power: Probably the single most important thing the US state department has done for Iran recently was to contact Twitter over the weekend, to urge it to delay a planned upgrade that could … Continue reading »
Masculine Facebook and feminin Twitter – or was it the other way around?
Are there any gender differences in online behaviour and why so? That’s the topic in an article at CNNMoney, even though it never discusses gender differences on Twitter and Facebook (annoying when the title is “Men are from Facebook, women are from Twitter?”). However, I forgot that when I saw that my good friend Mary … Continue reading »
How political are political Facebook groups?
Another blog in my little mini-series, Social media for social change.The two previous were about the Twitter storm that hit Moltemyr skole and the social media/fundraising event Twestival. We do know that people use Facebook for all kinds of activities, raising money to cancer sick children (started by the sister of a friend of mine), … Continue reading »
Follow politicians on Twitter – in Sweden, Denmark, UK and US
Isn’t it amazing how fast ideas spread these days? Someone comes up with a good solution in one country, days or weeks later, you’ll find a similar solution in another country. In this specific case I’m talking about websites that allows you to follow tweet from politicians. Here are the four I’ve heard about so … Continue reading »
Lessons learned from the Twestival
Another blog in my little mini-series, Social media for social change. The first blog post was about the Twitter storm that hit a small Norwegian school, Moltemyr skole, after some Norwegian Twitter users became aware of some anti-Darwin articles written by one of the school’s science teachers. Social media for social change (or if you … Continue reading »
Moltemyr skole and some very interesting social media cases
What does Internet Explorer 6, Moltemyr skole (school), Twestival and a couple of Norwegian bloggers who are testing political impact through social media have in common? Not much necessarily, except for mostly a Norway connection and new digital tools. Well, I’ll give you the red thread. And I’ll start with the most recent case, Moltemyr … Continue reading »
