Finding History in Open Data Trends
June 15, 2010, No Comments

The Renaissance of the late 15th and 16th centuries has been attributed in part to the invention of the printing press b ...

Ottawa Open Data
Ottawa to Consider Open Data Portal
June 14, 2010, 2 Comments

During 2010, the city of Ottawa made significant strides in launching an open data portal. Open data is a concept wherei ...

OpenPlans.org – engaging communities through journalism and open source software
June 14, 2010, No Comments

OpenPlans.org is a website that promotes the use of technology to effectively and rapidly communicate civic needs with c ...

Limiting Open Source
June 14, 2010, No Comments

Once an unrestricted forum for harnessing the creativity and inventiveness of software developers worldwide, open source ...

The Historical Precedent of the Two-Step Flow Model
June 13, 2010, No Comments

In communication theory, the two-step flow model describes how opinion leaders effectively spread ideas originating in m ...

Open Data & Open Government
June 9, 2010, No Comments

Open data is an online resource comprised of all publicly available documents produced by the local, regional, or nation ...

Network Analysis and the BP Oil Spill
June 9, 2010, No Comments

Communication network analysis is the study of the flow of communications between linked groups. Invariably, any group c ...

Social Networking Assists, But Does Not Alter, the Diffusion of Innovations
June 7, 2010, No Comments

The diffusion of innovations is a concept describing the processes of how new ideas are communicated through a culture. ...

Understanding Common Look and Feel 2.0
June 5, 2010, No Comments

Over the past twenty years, the internet has grown to become a vital component of economic and social progress and chang ...

Barriers of Communication
The Seven Barriers of Communication
June 5, 2010, 7 Comments

Most people would agree that communication between two individuals should be simple. It’s important to remember that t ...