Last week, on 8 July, a half-day conference, Blogs and Bullets: Evaluating the Impact of New Media on Conflict was held at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington D.C. Co-sponsored by George Washington University's Institute for Public Diplomacy and Global Communication, the first and last of three panels included Alec Ross, Senior Advisor for Innovation to the U.S. Secretary of State, Ethan Zuckerman, Global Voices co-founder and Senior Researcher at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Marc Lynch, Director of the Institute of Middle East Studies at George Washington University, Colin Rule, Director of Online Dispute Resolution at eBay, and Adam Conner from Facebook.
Copatrocinado por el Instituto para la Diplomacia Pública y la Comunicación Global de la Universidad George Washington, el primero y el último de tres paneles incluían a Alec Ross, Consejero de Innovación para el Secretario de Estado de EE UU, Ethan Zuckerman, cofundador de Global Voices e Investigador Mayor en el Centro Berkman sobre Internet y Sociedad, Marc Lynch, Director del Instituto de Estudios del Oriente Próximo en la Universidad George Washington, Colin Rule, Director de Resolución de Disputas en eBay, y Adam Conner de Facebook.