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1 September 2010

Kazakhstan: Illnesses of the Society and Twitter Leaks of High-Profile Glamour

Summer blogging in Kazakhstan rarely reacts adequately to the news, not to mention creation of news. Even the most devoted citizen journalists provide rare and relaxed updates, overlooking many hot...


30 August 2010

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Armenia-Azerbaijan: More dialogue through film

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With national television in Armenia and Azerbaijan controlled by the authorities or government-linked individuals, there is little opportunity for independent reporting. Now more objective and human interest stories can be found on the Internet.


7 August 2010

Armenia-Azerbaijan: Overcoming negative stereotypes in the South Caucasus

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This guest post for the World Bank's World Development Report 2011 is the first in a series on "New Media and Conflict" which explores the affect of new communication technologies on issues of conflict and development.


21 July 2010

Kazakhstan: Bloggers see China’s “weaponless invasion”

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Posts about China-related topics are quite frequent in the Kazakh language blogs. Here are some of them, the most recent ones.


19 July 2010

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Global Lives: Revisiting the project recording people's lives

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Two years ago we wrote about a project in its initial stages: Global Lives set out to record a day in the life of 10 people from all over the world. Today we revisit the project and check up on how they're coming along.


15 July 2010

Caucasus: Blogs and Bullets

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Last week, on 8 July, a half-day conference, Blogs and Bullets: Evaluating the Impact of New Media on Conflict was held at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington D.C. Co-sponsored by George Washington University, it included panelists from the U.S. State Department, the Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Facebook, eBay, and Global Voices Online.


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