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What's the mampus all about? The merging of the shopping-mall & the campus in urban and social web design

Plans for a mall on my doorstep reminds me of the malls that Facebook and Google are building on our screens. Email should be part of the strategy to reclaim our public spheres

By Tony Curzon Price

/ 5 Jul 2011

The movement that needs no name

A global movement is taking shape. The failure of neoliberalism, the development of new technologies, a burgeoning class of the over-educated and under-employed: all play a part in its birth. Yet the movement is only now beginning to recognise itself and its future role

By Aaron Bastani

/ 1 Jul 2011

Will the spirit of spring come to cyberspace?

Anonymous and LulzSec represent a real change in the politics of cyberspace. The networked power at the hands of the hackers may show itself to be the equal of people power on the streets

By Anonymous .

/ 25 Jun 2011

Proposals for a 'voluntary' web-blocking scheme leaked

Proposals for a ‘voluntary’ web-blocking scheme, put forward by a group of rightsholders, have allegedly been leaked from discussions with the UK minister for Communications, Culture and the Creative Industries

By Peter Bradwell

/ 22 Jun 2011

Don't Blame the Papers: the declining political influence of the printed press

The influence of Britain's printed press on the political sphere is diminishing. Circulation figures are shrinking, reflecting the rise of new media. Finally, the myth of the all-powerful newspaper baron is cracking

By Ken Goldstein

/ 20 Jun 2011

The foreign correspondent: James Cameron, 1911-85

A voice of wry observation and quiet authority that made humane sense of distant events to a domestic public helped James Cameron become the most respected international journalist in post-1945 Britain. But is there room for his world-reporting craft in a very different media age, asks David Hayes

By Open democracy

/ 17 Jun 2011

Digital young citizens: unlocking the privacy versus security debate

In the tussle between privacy and security concerns, there is only one agreed bottom line – that children must be protected. Could young people help resolve the debate?

By Michel Nienhuis

/ 13 Jun 2011

The Future of Investigative Journalism: reasons to be cheerful

The general consensus is that investigative journalism is in decline. Yet the future looks hopeful, with the rise of journalism bureaus, the active involvement of the campaign sector, and a new generation of networked, web-savvy journalists pushing the field forward

By Paul Lashmar

/ 13 Jun 2011

Digital democracy, Plato, and web 2.0

Far from being the natural and easy remedy to the evil of bureaucratic delegation, digital democracy risks becoming its inconvenient appendix - a deceitful form of participation, which can turn out to be the very contrary of productive dialogue.

By Giorgio Fontana

/ 9 Jun 2011

Privacy, super-injunctions and Twitter: what should we do?

The war between the courts, the media, parliament and twitter users over the role of the super-injunction reveals the unresolved tension between the UK's commitments to upholding privacy and freedom of speech. David Elstein argues that the only solution is new legislation

By David Elstein

/ 6 Jun 2011

We have broken the silence: Fresh from Madrid, a member of the Communications team of the 15 May Movement

This interview with Beatriz Pérez took place in the early morning of Thursday 26 May in English with additions from an interview she gave to radio Una linea sobre el mar (thanks to simultaneous translation by Mayte Carrasco). It was checked and finalised by Beatriz on Saturday 28 May.

By Anthony Barnett

/ 30 May 2011

Some kind of revolution

In Puerta del Sol, the camp’s peaceful and serious ethos seems to have won the demonstrators the respect of many older members of the Madrid community. Can it have lasting impact across the country?

By Ryan Gallagher

/ 28 May 2011