Assorted Materials: Johnny Ryan

Archive for the ‘Political’ Category

Civic Hacking (citizen activism online, and very 2.0)

Posted by: johnnyryan on: 18 August 2009

Researching two-way politics and online citizen activism in the US for the forthcoming book, I spoke to John Tauberer recently. Josh set up the website GovTrack.us, an “independent, nonpartisan website that started the “civic hacking” movement in the United States”. The site contains data on the status of legislation, voting records of senators and congressmen, [...]

Newspaper circulation decline

Posted by: johnnyryan on: 28 June 2009

The decline in newspaper circulation is a topic I’ve begun to explore for the forthcoming book on the history of the Internet. In May 2009, the Newspaper Association of America issued figures revealing a 29.7% decline in US newspapers’ print advertising revenues in a single quarter at the beginning of 2009. This presumably is partly [...]

We have arrived at the end of hierarchical communications and are at a new credibility crunch.


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I'm interested in 4 things: A) THE HISTORY OF THE INTERNET AND ITS LESSONS FOR THE FUTURE; B) Ireland’s Digital Competitiveness; c) the Political Impact of the Internet; D) How ideas - including violent political ideas - are communicated online.