Tag: internet

D-CENT: The Spanish Lean Inception Workshop

February 17, 2014

Source: http://dcentproject.eu/2014/02/the-spanish-lean-inception-workshop/ On the 8th – 14th of February D-CENT partners travelled to Barcelona, Spain, for a workshop organized by the partner University of Catalunya (UOC). The six-day session involved intensive meetings with local communities, drawing tech visions and sharing experiences. In Spain, our goal was to understand the local context better and explore overlaps and … More D-CENT: The Spanish Lean Inception Workshop

D-CENT: Kick-off meeting

November 19, 2013

From November 10 to 12, I went to London to the kick-off meeting of D-CENT project, selected under the first FP7 call of Collective Awareness Platforms for Sustainability and Social Innovation. The agenda included a meeting where the partners explained the corresponding work packages. In my case, as researcher of Barcelona Media, I explained, with my colleagues … More D-CENT: Kick-off meeting

The reinvention of democracy in the network society

October 11, 2013

In May and June 2012 Arnau Monterde, coordinator of the program “Communication and Civil Society” at the Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (Open University of Catalonia) organized two workgroups: Internet, net neutrality, ethical hacker and digital culture Internet, and new institutional crisis I was invited to the first one to discuss with very valuable people as Gala Pin, Carlos … More The reinvention of democracy in the network society

UAM: Innovation and social networks in public administrations

September 6, 2013

The Universidad Autónoma de Madrid organized the Summer Course “Innovation and social networks in government: transparency, participation and collaboration”  between September 4 and 6. This course, directed by the associate professor J. Ignacio Criado, was to make an approach to the use of social networks in the three levels of Spanish public administration, defining its characteristics, identifying some of the best … More UAM: Innovation and social networks in public administrations

15MP2P Conference

July 9, 2013

The 15M movement is part of a wave of protests that began in 2011 which generated a new global political cycle. This global wave is characterized by the occupation of the urban space and the strategic use of digital communication networks, which express a new self-organized collective behavior and, also, a new paradigm of political … More 15MP2P Conference

15Mdata Hackaton

March 4, 2013

In the last weekend, the first 15Mdata Hackathon was held at the Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (theoretical session on Friday) and Ateneu Candela (practical session on Saturday). The event on Friday began with a presentation of our research group (datAnalysis15m) by Arnau Monterde and Javier Toret. Arnau Monterde detailed the following goals for the present year: To establish a … More 15Mdata Hackaton

Data Visualization: Mobile World Congress 2013

February 28, 2013

The Mobile World Congress (MWC2013) has generated nearly 100,000 tweets per day, making it to a Twitter trending topic in Spain between February 25, 10am and 26 February 7pm. In Barcelona Media Research Foundation (member of Tecnio network) we have analyzed tweets containing ‘MWC’, ‘MWC13’ and/or ‘Mobile World’. The animated map shows the impact of … More Data Visualization: Mobile World Congress 2013

Review of 2012

January 3, 2013

Now when 2013 starts, I finish my first full calendar year as a researcher at Barcelona Media. Consequently, I think it is an ideal moment to review the research conducted in 2012. This year has been strongly marked by the study of the communication dynamics on Twitter of the main political parties in the Spanish … More Review of 2012

25N, la campaña también se disputa en YouTube

November 23, 2012

Los principales partidos políticos que acuden a las elecciones catalanas han publicado más de un centenar de vídeos en la plataforma YouTube durante la presente campaña, según un estudio realizado en Barcelona Media, que cifra en más de medio millón el número de visionados que han sumado en su conjunto. El trabajo también destaca la … More 25N, la campaña también se disputa en YouTube

A study of the links in the Wikipedia that made history

April 20, 2012

Wikipedia is the sixth most visited website in the world. Its articles written collaboratively represent the primary source of information on many topics for millions of people. In fact, they can be considered a mirror of the global collective memory. In Barcelona Media we have analyzed biographies of people on Wikipedia using the links between … More A study of the links in the Wikipedia that made history