Aidan White, the director general of the EJN, said that there were positive movements: "On the positive side, the mission found enthusiasm to expand the scope for independent journalism, particularly through local newspapers and the spread of digital platforms for the delivery of news.
The continuous decrease in prices of the electronic components has fostered the spread of several embedded platforms mainly used by hobbyists and research laboratories to create new customized applications.
Vice's Internet presence is spread across a number of platforms: Web sites, including Vice.com; an ad network; and its YouTube channel, where it repurposes many of its videos.
"Our belief is there are exceptional advisers spread across all different types of platforms, but there are no great firms," Mr. Black said.
The spread of computing to new platforms - down to your car and toaster - will bring new challenges in building bigger, more connected systems.
The article begins in the classroom, moves into a more theoretical analysis of the spread of educational content via platforms like Ted.com, and concludes with a discussion of a "writing viral video" assignment that I use to help undergraduate students examine the affordances and constraints of sharing their multimodal compositions and the possibility of going viral.
Social gaming is responsible for a lot of the growth and spread of Facebook as a platform, rather than just a social service.
In the face of an angry backlash the company publicly acknowledged it needed to do more to stop the spread of misinformation on its platform.
"We call on you to take up this historic opportunity to tell parliamentarians from both sides of the Atlantic and beyond about the measures Facebook is taking to halt the spread of disinformation on your platform, and to protect user data," they also write.
The company is also offering $50,000 grants to social scientists who want to investigate possible solutions for the spread of misinformation on its platform.
