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Swarming and Followership; Distance Leading

Public Policy Blog

We have argued, first of all, for adopting a broad concept of “information”—so that it is defined as something that refers not only to communications media and the messages transmitted, but also to the increasingly material “information content” of all things, including weapons and other sorts of systems. Image: Faggard, 2013.

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Foresight

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

A principle of cascading disasters is that the world is ever more closely linked by networks on which we all depend for communications, commerce, enlightenment and entertainment. It can also mean communication over very long distances, leading to the adoption of common agendas among disparate groups of people. References Fukuyama, F.

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A sad day for the Washington Post and Washington DC

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The paper was facing the likelihood of a seventh straight year of declines in revenue, with one preliminary budget estimate showing the possibility of $40 million in losses for 2013. And despite years of heavy investment in new digital offerings, there was little sign that robust profits were about to return, she reported.

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Distinctive bus shelter at the entrance to Utah State University, Logan

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

It definitely is an illustration of my point that bus shelters are "marketing touchpoints" of transit systems (" Arlington County's bus shelters and a public realm framework of quality ," 2013), and if bus shelters are crappy that communicates very clearly that the community doesn't value transit.

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Leaks And Leadership: What The Era of WikiLeaks Portends For Traditional Theories Of Leader Information Sharing Practices

Public Policy Blog

On June 6, 2013 stories about a secret US government surveillance program that started in 2007 code-named “Prism” appeared 20 minutes apart on the websites of the Washington Post and the UK newspaper the Guardian. Washington Post Began PRISM Story Three Weeks Ago, Heard Guardian’s ‘Footsteps’ Huffington Post, 7 June 2013.

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In Downtown Logan, Utah, some of the bus stops also provide information on walking

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The London Underground is noteworthy in how it's created a map with a list of walking distances between stations, in part to communicate that in some cases, rather than transfer between lines, it's faster to get out and walk. They have maps for specific lines, as well as for all the stations in Central London.

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The Importance of Local Economies Amid an Increasingly Globalized World

Policy Chats

Nicholas Adcock joined the Greater Riverside Chambers of Commerce in 2009 as the Community Development Coordinator and rose through positions of Communications & Marketing Manager and Governmental Affairs Manager before becoming the organization's Vice President in 2013. Learn more about Nicholas Adcock via [link].