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Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

Wireless Communications during the Titanic Disaster

Michael Hughes (Bodleian Libraries) gives a talk about the final wireless communications from the Titanic.
Oxford Internet Institute - Lectures and Seminars

Visualisation in the Age of Computerisation

Professor Steve Woolgar introduces and discusses the main themes of the Visualisation in the Age of Computerisation conference, by reflecting on recent changes in visualisation media and considering some of the implications of these changes for research.
Anthropology

Human Sciences Symposium 2011: The Impact of Exceptional Early Cognitive Environments on Musical Development

This presentation by Prof. Adam Ockelford was delivered at the 2011 Human Sciences Symposium on The Musical Brain held on 26 February in Oxford. It focuses on case studies of blind and autistic children.
Anthropology

Human Sciences Symposium 2011: The Musical Brain - Opening Presentation

On 26 February 2011, the Human Sciences Symposium focused on the The Musical Brain and the links between music, evolution and human psychology. This podcast is the opening presentation by Dr Iain Morley on Music and its Evolutionary Context.
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism

Beyond Authoritarianism: Ideologies and communication technologies in contemporary Ethiopia

Iginio Gagliardone, University of Cambridge, gives a talk for the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism on the 7th June 2011.
Keble College

Creativity Lecture 2: Creative Selves, Creative Expression

Professor Richard Harper (Microsoft Research, Cambridge) presents on how to design for 'being human' in an age when human-as-machine type metaphors, deriving from Turing and others, tend to dominate thinking in the area.
Oxford Internet Institute - Lectures and Seminars

The Internet Turns 40: Midlife Crisis or Grand Challenge for Computer-Mediated Communication?

This talk discusses research being undertaken at the Electronic Visualization Laboratory at the University of Illinois at Chicago and its consequences for future forms of computer-mediated communication and for the Internet.
Oxford Internet Institute - Lectures and Seminars

Authentic Assessment in the era of Social Media: ideas and applications from Internet Communications

The emergence of Web 2.0-enabled social media online provides a new opportunity to develop assessments that match with, and draw upon students' engagement with online knowledge networking, creating new possibilities for 'authenticity' in assessment.
Oxford Internet Institute - Lectures and Seminars

Those Golden Eggs Come From Somewhere: Internet Regulation at a Crossroads

A discussion of how largely well-intentioned political and legal reactions to the highest-profile risks of ICT creates a danger of perhaps killing the goose that is giving us golden eggs of innovation, decentralization, and personal empowerment.
Oxford Internet Institute - Lectures and Seminars

National Broadband Policies: Perspectives from the US and Britain

Robert Hahn discusses his recent paper responding to the US Federal Communications Commission's request for guidance in designing a national US broadband plan.
Oxford Internet Institute - Lectures and Seminars

From Weblogs to Twitter: How Did We Get Where We Are Today and What Are the Main Impacts To Date?

What are the most important milestones in the evolution of social media? What factors have shaped their successes and limitations?
Oxford Internet Institute - Lectures and Seminars

The crisis of global capitalism: towards a new economic culture?

Manuel Castells draws on arguments from his book Communication Power in discussing the structural causes and implications of the 2008 economic crisis, and in claiming that we are moving, without much understanding, towards a new form of global capitalism.
Oxford Internet Institute - Lectures and Seminars

The Growth of the Corporate Blog: 'Letting go' of Information Control or Maintaining the Official Line?

What do companies expect to gain from maintaining an online 'social media' presence? What are the implications of these trends for the development of traditional public relations strategies and business journalism?
Oxford Internet Institute - Lectures and Seminars

Blogging at 20? The Future and Potential of Social Media

If social media are the defining advance of Web 2.0, whereby the network-as-platform enabled users not just to download content but to create it, tag it and share it ... what will the next decade hold? Will we continue to Tweet?
Entrepreneurship

Parties, Campaigns and Representation: The Political Impact of Blogs and Social Media

Panel discussion during the Oxford Social Media Convention 2009 on whether the outcome of political careers and even campaigns is increasingly dependent on the successful mastery of new communication tools including social media.
Entrepreneurship

Social Media, So What? Assessing the Impact of Blogs and Social Media

Panel discussion during the Oxford Social Media Convention 2009 on the socially egalitarian and politically democratic potential of social media. Have they lived up to the promises?
Entrepreneurship

Breaking News: The Changing Relationship Between Blogs and Mainstream Media

Panel discussion during the Oxford Social Media Convention 2008 on whether social media necessarily threaten traditional news media, and what, if anything they may have to offer in return.
Entrepreneurship

Making Science Public: Data-sharing, Dissemination and Public Engagement with Science

Panel discussion on how social media have changed the nature of the scientific debate among scientists, and how they have impacted on engagement with the public understanding of science.
Oxford Internet Institute - Lectures and Seminars

Breaking News: The Changing Relationship Between Blogs and Mainstream Media

Among the traditional media, blogs and other contributions to citizen journalism have for a long time been regarded as posing a significant threat to 'quality' news reporting ... is this a valid view? What (if anything) can social media offer?
Oxford Internet Institute - Lectures and Seminars

Parties, Campaigns and Representation: The Political Impact of Blogs and Social Media

Are social media tools likely to prove effective in engaging any voters except those who are already interested in politics? Is their apparent 'democratisation' of traditional party structures to be believed?

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