[P2P-F] Wikileaks etc.

Fri Feb 4 10:22:22 CET 2011

Dear ATHINA,

you may have seen my take here at
http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/social-media-and-social-revolutions-what-is-their-relationship/2011/02/02

and some good analysis I have found,
http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/social-media-and-social-revolution-2-the-discussion-continues/2011/02/04

and:
http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/ulises-mejias-the-twitter-revolution-must-die/2011/02/01

37 links on the internet aspects of Egypt,
http://www.delicious.com/mbauwens/P2P-Egypt+P2P-Activism

as well as 57 on the effects of the blackout,
http://www.delicious.com/mbauwens/P2P-Egypt+P2P-Infrastructure

brand new, but will grow in the future is
http://www.delicious.com/mbauwens/P2P-Revolution vs
http://www.delicious.com/mbauwens/P2P-Repression

and of course, http://www.delicious.com/mbauwens/Wikileaks

Michel

On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 10:48 PM, Athina Karatzogianni <athina.k at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi Michel
>
> I just emailed the CPOV list from the Wikipedia conference Geert did last
> year the following email
>
> -------------
> Hi .....CPOV list
>
>
> ......I am emailing the list to start a discussion, if people are at all
> willing, on Wikileaks as
> a side issue to this, and the overall social media factor concerning the
> protests in Tunisia, Egypt and soon
> to be elsewhere.
>
> The spectrum of issues is so far and wide, that attempting to take in the
> empirical reality quickly enough to
> advance our theoretical understanding of what is happening in so many areas
> is head spinning.
>
> I am currently writing a couple of chapters for different book efforts, one
> looking at Wikileaks as an actor in global politics and their effect
> in relation to the content released and the media political economy of how
> it was released, and another looking at Wikileaks
> internally and the organizational, ideological, and internal issues
> emerging in regards to leadership and forking to Openleaks.
> Wikileaks is in a way a starting point to address issues lurking in my area
> of expertise during the last decade.
>
> I hope this is not seen as too self-involved and I am wondering whether
> other where doing similar work,
> in which case it would be interesting for me to exchange some views on this
> list or via one-to-one emails/chats at this point.
> ------------------
>
> I dont know whether you would be interested in starting some kind of debate
> in the p2p list or the foundation blog that is focused on these issues,
> perhaps collaborating on the p2p aspects of wikileaks and the internal
> issues could be something everyone could talk about
>
> Cheers
>
> Athina
>
>
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> Lecturer in Media, Culture and Society
> The Dean's Representative (Chinese Partnerships)
> Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
> The University of Hull
> United Kingdom
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>
>
>

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