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		<title>Social Media and Nonprofits: Some Preliminary Research on Use and Evaluation</title>
		<link>http://theideaslab.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/social-media-and-nonprofits-some-preliminary-research-on-use-and-evaluation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:56:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Greenberg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The most common question I hear from nonprofit organizations that are considering whether social media is right for them is, &#8220;what does the research tell us?&#8221;  It&#8217;s a question I love, not only because I&#8217;m a researcher who believes in the importance of evidence-based policy and practice, but because it also suggests that the organization [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theideaslab.wordpress.com&blog=4965101&post=456&subd=theideaslab&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>H1N1 and the &#8220;crisis in the clinics&#8221;: Apathy, risk, and the problem of communication</title>
		<link>http://theideaslab.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/h1n1-and-the-crisis-in-the-clinics-apathy-risk-and-the-problem-of-communication/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Greenberg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I spent the better part of an hour with Joanne Laucius, a reporter at the Ottawa Citizen. Ms. Laucius phoned to interview me about the public health authorities&#8217; messaging surrounding the H1N1 issue, particularly as it relates to vaccination and the &#8220;crisis in the clinics&#8221;. The conversation began with her providing a 3-5 minute [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theideaslab.wordpress.com&blog=4965101&post=452&subd=theideaslab&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Global Climate Change, the Problem with &#8220;Public Opinion&#8221; and Epistemic Dependence</title>
		<link>http://theideaslab.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/global-climate-change-the-problem-with-public-opinion-and-epistemic-dependence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:14:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Greenberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Activism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Relations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental Activism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[epistemology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Warming]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently submitted a think piece to the online news magazine The Mark. My article deals with how the term &#8220;public opinion&#8221; has been used by reporters, political officials and environmentalists to influence the debate about global climate change.
The basic point I make is that public opinion is a social construction, yet it often comes [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theideaslab.wordpress.com&blog=4965101&post=445&subd=theideaslab&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Global Warming, Public Health and the Discourse of Responsibility</title>
		<link>http://theideaslab.wordpress.com/2009/10/20/global-warming-public-health-and-the-discourse-of-responsibility/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:29:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Greenberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Promotion]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Public Health]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Health Canada]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2008 Health Canada commissioned the polling company Environics Research Group to survey Canadians about their attitudes and understanding of global warming and its likely impact on public health. Titled Assessing Perceived Health Risks of Climate Change: Canadian Public Opinion &#8211; 2008, the report is available in the electronic collection of Library and Archives Canada.
Most [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theideaslab.wordpress.com&blog=4965101&post=423&subd=theideaslab&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Back to the blog</title>
		<link>http://theideaslab.wordpress.com/2009/10/14/back-to-the-blog/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:57:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Greenberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Promotion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Higher Education]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Public Relations]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Carleton University]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Copenhagen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homelessness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NIMBY]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Surveillance]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://theideaslab.wordpress.com/?p=413</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After several months away it&#8217;s time to get back to blogging &#8211; it&#8217;s not that I&#8217;ve been lazy or disengaged, just distracted by other things. Here&#8217;s a summary of what I&#8217;ve been up to since (gulp) my last post in February.
In late May, I was the conference program co-chair of the Association for Nonprofit and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theideaslab.wordpress.com&blog=4965101&post=413&subd=theideaslab&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The media conversation about surveillance: the slowly shifting sands of time</title>
		<link>http://theideaslab.wordpress.com/2009/02/16/the-media-conversation-about-surveillance-the-slowly-shifting-sands-of-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 11:56:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Greenberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Surveillance]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://theideaslab.wordpress.com/?p=334</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In a recent study, a colleague and I examined the media conversation around public area video surveillance in Canada, analyzing more than 500 articles from 10 Canadian cities, spanning a period of 6 years (1999-2005). We were concerned to know how video surveillance is framed (i.e. what is discussed, what is ignored) and what the coverage might [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theideaslab.wordpress.com&blog=4965101&post=334&subd=theideaslab&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Janus Face of the Financial Crisis</title>
		<link>http://theideaslab.wordpress.com/2009/01/30/the-janus-face-of-the-financial-crisis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 12:22:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Greenberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crisis Communication]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a temptation when crises hit to turn inward: marshal the troops, focus on the immediate needs of your organization or sector and weather the storm. This applies whether the crisis is localized (e.g. accusations of malfeasance) or more global in context &#8212; major natural disasters, massive outbreaks of food borne-illness or disease, and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theideaslab.wordpress.com&blog=4965101&post=330&subd=theideaslab&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Yes Men Strike Again!</title>
		<link>http://theideaslab.wordpress.com/2008/11/13/the-yes-men-strike-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:26:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Greenberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Activism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Everyday Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Popular Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Culture Jamming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York Times]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pranking]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://theideaslab.wordpress.com/?p=321</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There is a tendency among scholars interested in media and social activism to focus on how social movements make instrumental use of mass media to enhance organization profile, to change public policy, to foster a sense of collective identity, or a combination of some or all of these things. Yet, before today’s media savvy activists were holding [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theideaslab.wordpress.com&blog=4965101&post=321&subd=theideaslab&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Healthy Cities and Governable Subjects</title>
		<link>http://theideaslab.wordpress.com/2008/11/12/healthy-cities-and-governable-subjects/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:20:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Greenberg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Ever wonder what it would be like to live in a city where everyone was healthy, wealthy and wise? A city where there were no Big Macs, where everyone rode their bicycles to work and people just seemed to be in better spirits? If you are looking for such a utopia, Manchester England may be [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theideaslab.wordpress.com&blog=4965101&post=319&subd=theideaslab&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Vaccines, Autism and the &#8220;Liberal Media Conspiracy&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://theideaslab.wordpress.com/2008/11/12/vaccines-autism-and-the-liberal-media-conspiracy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:36:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Greenberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Issues]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a media release dated November 11, the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest (CMPI) accused CBS Evening News, and singling out its lead anchor Katie Couric, for leading a witch hunt against vaccine makers and perpetuating a myth that there is a link between vaccines and autism. According to the CMPI, &#8220;CBS Evening News has [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theideaslab.wordpress.com&blog=4965101&post=302&subd=theideaslab&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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