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Carolyn S. Chambers Professor in Journalism, University of Oregon

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Deserts, ravines, ancient ruins: How Google’s Street View is scrambling along in Indiana Jones’ footsteps

January 10, 2017by Damian Radcliffe Leave a comment

Google has been rolling out Street View to new locations in Jordan, Umm Al Quwain, Sharjah, and Ajman, with potential benefits for people across the Middle East and worldwide. First […]

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Damian Radcliffe Social Media and Middle East Digital Developments, Damian Radcliffe ZDNet

Twitter in the Middle East: top stats and stories from 2015

February 18, 2016by Damian Radcliffe Leave a comment

This is the fourth in a series of ten short extracts from my 2015 round-up: Social Media in the Middle East: The Story of 2015 (also available on Scribd, SlideShare and Academia.edu + […]

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[Archive] ‘Five weeks were just the beginning’: The US scheme to back Middle Eastern, African women in tech

November 18, 2015by Damian Radcliffe Leave a comment

First published by ZDNet. Summary: A scheme to bring women from around the Middle East and Africa to work with tech firms in the US is opening its doors to […]

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Damian Radcliffe ZDNet

#FBF Inside the $25bn plan to get the Middle East online

March 27, 2015by Damian Radcliffe Leave a comment

Inside the $25bn plan to get the Middle East online http://t.co/9ZpVS9TafS — ZDNet (@ZDNet) February 14, 2014 Inside the $25bn plan to get the Middle East #online via @ZDNet, @damianradcliffe […]

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Damian Radcliffe Digital Inclusion / Digital Participation, Damian Radcliffe Social Media and Middle East Digital Developments, Damian Radcliffe ZDNet

Five surprising facts about technology takeup in the Middle East

September 1, 2014by Damian Radcliffe Leave a comment

Five surprising facts about technology takeup in the Middle East http://t.co/UW81RT02Xn — ZDNet (@ZDNet) August 13, 2014 Summary: You might already know that the area around the Middle East, North […]

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Damian Radcliffe Social Media and Middle East Digital Developments, Damian Radcliffe ZDNet

Who’s big on Instagram and what country produces almost half of all Arab tweets?

February 23, 2014by Damian Radcliffe Leave a comment

Who’s big on #Instagram & what country produces almost half of all #Arab #tweets? by @damianradcliffe http://t.co/k2yEvK4cmX — Your Middle East (@YourMiddleEast) February 20, 2014 Regional difference. 71% of Facebook […]

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Damian Radcliffe Social Media and Middle East Digital Developments, Writing; Other

Inside the $25bn plan to get the Middle East online

February 16, 2014by Damian Radcliffe Leave a comment

Inside the $25bn plan to get the Middle East online http://t.co/9ZpVS9TafS — ZDNet (@ZDNet) February 14, 2014 Inside the $25bn plan to get the Middle East #online via @ZDNet, @damianradcliffe […]

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Huffington Post: Understanding Social Media in the Middle East

February 12, 2014by Damian Radcliffe Leave a comment

Great piece by @damianradcliffe: Understanding #SocialMedia in the #MiddleEast http://t.co/psJMkIQ0xI via @HuffPostUKTech — Magda Abu-Fadil (@MagdaAbuFadil) February 10, 2014 Great piece by @damianradcliffe about #socialmedia in the Middle East – […]

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Damian Radcliffe ictQATAR, Damian Radcliffe Social Media and Middle East Digital Developments, Writing; Other

Top 10 Social Media Developments for 2012 In MENA

March 16, 2013by Damian Radcliffe Leave a comment

Here’s a link to a short post on ictQATAR’s Digital Qatar website highlighting 10 key social media developments from the Middle East last year. Accompanying this I also wrote a […]

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Damian Radcliffe ictQATAR, Damian Radcliffe Social Media and Middle East Digital Developments, Writing; Other

Middle East Digital Digest Sept-Oct 2012: 30 developments you may have missed

October 29, 2012by Damian Radcliffe Leave a comment
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