As 2011 winds down (which may also give me the time to do some more Gawk coding again – watch out for more updates soon), we’re still in the process of harvesting the results of our work over the last twelve months. Over the past few weeks, a clutch of articles based on our Mapping Online Publics research have finally seen the light of day:<\/p>\n
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Full details on all our outputs on the publications<\/a> page, as always.<\/p>\n And that’s (almost) it for 2011, I guess – from floods to fabulous new research collaborations, it’s been some year… Let’s hope 2012 turns out to be slightly more sedate. As you already know, we’ve got a new research project into the use of social media in crisis communication<\/a> starting early in the year, in partnership with the Queensland Department of Community Safety and the Eidos Institute – more on that as it picks up speed. For now, here’s a QUT news story<\/a> which has the key details.<\/p>\n And finally, heartfelt congratulations to Mapping Online Publics team member Tim Highfield<\/a>, who was today awarded a PhD for his study of the Australian and French political blogospheres. An electronic copy of his thesis should show up on QUT ePrints<\/a> very soon…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As 2011 winds down (which may also give me the time to do some more Gawk coding again – watch out for more updates soon), we’re still in the process of harvesting the results of our work over the last twelve months. Over the past few weeks, a clutch of articles based on our Mapping … <\/p>\n