Netflix generates a third of all US web traffic

Netflix generates a third of all US web traffic - over twice as much as YouTube. Netflix takes up 9.5% of upstream traffic on the North American Internet

Children’s Digital Day research

Ofcom today published Children’s Digital Day research which shows children are topping up traditional live TV viewing by watching online video clips and catch-up TV. It shows that older children aged 11-15 are watching half the amount of live TV per day as adults (1 hour 32 minutes versus 2 hours 58 minutes). In contrast, older children are spending six times longer than adults watching short online video clips on sites such as YouTube and Vimeo (33 minutes versus 5 minutes). Half (45%) of 11-15 year olds watch online video clips on websites every week compared with 20% of adults.

MOOC en la educación

Versión preprint del último número 44 de «Comunicar»: "Mooc en la educación".

Rules to protect personal data in the digital era

MEPs tighten up rules to protect personal data in the digital era

European Parliament - Personal data protection

Facebook Wants To Build The ‘Perfect Personalized Newspaper’

Mark Zuckerberg Wants To Build The ‘Perfect Personalized Newspaper’ For Every Person In The World

TV's Media Dominance Will Come To An End

The Era Of TV's Media Dominance Will Come To An End In 2016 — Here's The Evidence

O Facebook, as redes sociais e o direito ao esquecimento

Cádima, F. R. (2013). "O Facebook, as redes sociais e o direito ao esquecimento". Media & Jornalismo. Lisboa: Mariposa Azual, 2013, V. 12, nº 22, pp. 177-209. ISSN: 1645-5681. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/277556597_O_Facebook_as_redes_sociais_e_o_direito_ao_esquecimento

Data Journalism workshop

Data Journalism workshop, Mark Hansen, Columbia Journalism School. Lisboa, 27-28 Novembro, 2014, 10h-17h

Digital to Overtake TV Ad Spending

Digital to Overtake TV Ad Spending in Two Years, Says Forrester. Digital to Represent 36% of All U.S. Ad Spending by 2019.

The Ethics and Aesthetics of Hacking

Gabriella Coleman (2012). Coding Freedom - The Ethics and Aesthetics of Hacking. Princeton University Press

Gabriella Coleman (2013). Anonymous in Context: The Politics and Power behind the Mask. CIGI

Gabriella Coleman (2014). Hacker, Hoaxer, Whistleblower, Spy: The Many Faces of Anonymous. “Easily the best book on Anonymous.” —Julian Assange

Online Learning Sites

Free Online Learning Sites Every Entrepreneur Should Visit

FIWARE Bootcamp

Do you see yourself like an entrepreneur? Want to learn or improve your FIWARE skills? Studied computer science or know how to code? Are you disruptive at it - or want to be? If yes... The Future Internet is here, in Lisbon: FIWARE Bootcamp + Startup Weekend

Hacia la comunicación transmedia

Fernando Irigaray, Anahí Lovato (2014) (Eds.). Hacia la comunicación transmedia. Rosario : UNR Editora. Editorial de la Universidad Nacional de Rosario.

Big data

‘Big data’ a la velocidad de la luz

La UE invertirá 2.500 millones en el sector de los macrodatos

Autonomous technology and the greater human good

Steve Omohundro (2014) Autonomous technology and the greater human good, Journal of Experimental & Theoretical Artificial Intelligence, 26:3, 303-315, DOI: 10.1080/0952813X.2014.895111.

The algorithmic turn

William Uricchio (2011). "The algorithmic turn: photosynth, augmented reality and the changing implications of the image". Visual Studies. Volume 26, Issue 1, pp. 25-35. http://web.mit.edu/uricchio/Public/pdfs/pdfs/Algorithmic_Turn.pdf

Philip M. Napoli (2013). "The Algorithm as Institution: Toward a Theoretical Framework for Automated Media Production and Consumption". http://www.fordham.edu/images/undergraduate/communications/the%20algorithm%20as%20institution.pdf

Philip M. Napoli (2014). "On Automation in Media Industries: Integrating Algorithmic Media Production into Media Industries Scholarship". Media Industries Journal 1.1 (2014), pp. 33-38. http://www.mediaindustriesjournal.org/index.php/mij/article/download/14/17

Cádima, F. Rui (2015) Sobre a Era Digital: do analógico ao “algorithmic turn”. Revista FSA, Teresina, v.12, n.2, mar./abr. 2015. ISSN Impresso: 1806-6356. ISSN Eletrônico: 2317-2983. http://dx.doi.org/10.12819/2015.12.2.5
http://www4.fsanet.com.br/revista/index.php/fsa/article/download/826/451

Should a Facebook “like” constitute free speech to be protected?

Susan Sarapin & Pamela Morris (2014) When “Like”-Minded People Click: Facebook Interaction Conventions, the Meaning of “Speech” Online, and Bland v. Roberts, First Amendment Studies, 48:2, 131-157.

How Social Media Reduces Mass Political Polarization

Pablo Barberá (2014). "How Social Media Reduces Mass Political Polarization. Evidence from Germany, Spain, and the U.S.". New York University.

Redes sociais reduzem extremismo político.

New Problems for Journalism in the Digital Age

Cádima, F. Rui (2014). "New Problems for Journalism in the Digital Age". Understanding communications in the new media era, Aydemir Okay (Ed.). Istanbul: Medialog.

Tropes vs. Women in Video Games

Damsel in Distress (Part 1) Tropes vs Women

Acosada y amenazada por denunciar el machismo de los videojuegos

Glenn Greenwald: Why your privacy matters

20 Years of Television Innovation

Infographic: The Evolution of TV Over the Last 20 Years

¿Qué fue de la revolución MOOC?

Los cursos masivos abiertos online prometían democratizar la educación superior de élite. Tres años después de su estallido mutan con objetivos menos ambiciosos.