More and more people are thinking that Government 2.0 is a hype which won't last so much. It's not any more about hackers developing tools to get some data from official sites, as more an…
Manifesto: “In defense of fundamental rights on the…
A group of journalists, bloggers, professionals and creators want to express their firm opposition to the inclusion in a Draft Law of some changes to Spanish laws restricting the freedoms of expression, information and access…
Search engines and democracy
One of the most interesting classes of the Digital Media and Politics program at Stanford was given by Laura Granka, who works both at Stanford and at the Google User Experience Team. She explained how…
Is digital media changing political representation?
One of the most interesting phenomena that politics is going thru is its disintermediation. As digital media allows any citizen to take part into politics and represent him/herself, representation has to adapt. Theoretically, mass media…
Changes in politics: from filling meetups to developing…
During the Social Media and Politics program at Stanford we had the opportunity of listening to Will Bunnett, senior e-mail writer of the Obama4America campaign. He gave to us great insider information of what was…
Why there will never be an Obama in…
One of the most interesting lessons we had in the Social Media and Politics class at Stanford was related to the Obama campaign. And the conclusion is clear: his case can not be copied in…
Is there more democracy with blogs?
As you know, I have being studying social and media and politics at Stanford University. And the relationship between blogging an democracy was one of the most relevant issues that we had to deal with.…
What’s going on in China?
My next trip will be to China. One of the good things about being in Silicon Valley is that I get to talk to lots of Asian people. This is packed of them! I had…
Obama, the open government and why I am…
Much has been said about how Barack Obama won the last election by using social networks and getting really close to geeks. But not so much has been written on what he's doing to change…