ONLINE POLITICAL MARKETING IN SPANISH LOCAL ELECTIONS: A CASE STUDY

AUTHOR Mario Arias-Oliva, Antonio Pérez-Portabella, Mar Souto-Romero, Leonor González-Menorca and Teresa Torres-Coronas. ABSTRACT Political marketing and political communication are growing areas of academic and professional development (Kotler and Kotler, 1999). It is difficult to know when marketing and management techniques began to be applied to the political area. According to Tedlow (2001) it was in […]

The Ethics of Speckled Computing

AUTHOR Isabel Alvarez and Neil McBride ABSTRACT Introduction to Speckled Computing Specks are minute semiconductor grains of around 1mm3 across which can carry out autonomous computing functions. They have their own power sources and will draw power from the environment. They also benefit from nano-scale sensor technology, so can measure selected effects in their environment, […]

Family Vlogging – Good or bad?

AUTHOR Malik Aleem Ahmed ABSTRACT People have been making video logs (vlogs) and putting them online since 2000 (e.g. see Michael 2010). The act of vlogging is not bad in itself. In this paper, I explore if there are special circumstances, which make it harmful? Do designers of such systems have responsibility to see to […]

Social computing for expanding information capabilities of pre-service teachers in developing countries

AUTHOR Malik Aleem Ahmed ABSTRACT Developed countries have been using Information and Communication technologies to improve their education system and delivery. They have been experimenting with the Internet and web tools and systems to improve practicum and internship opportunities and experiences for pre-service and beginning teachers. As in other sectors, developing countries have been lagging […]

Mapping the On-line Privacy Landscape

AUTHOR Alison Adam, Danijela Bogdanovic, Michael Dowd and Eileen Wattam ABSTRACT This paper reflects on some the research methods used in a project on on-line privacy, by one of the project partners. The project is interdisciplinary, involving university, local government and industrial partners. The project is one of three funded through a UK Research Council […]