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==Referencing -- please read this first==
 
==Referencing -- please read this first==
  
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I know referencing in Powerbase is difficult for newbies until they get the hang of it and we are  trying to make it simpler. So here's a very simplified guide. All new contributorss should read this before starting--it'll save a lot of grief later.
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I know referencing in Powerbase is difficult for newbies until they get the hang of it and we are  trying to make it simpler. So here's a very simplified guide. All new contributors should read this before starting--it'll save a lot of grief later.
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http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/SpinProfiles:A_Guide_to_Referencing#The_super-quick_guide_to_referencing
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http://www.powerbase.info/index.php?title=Powerbase:A_Guide_to_Referencing#The_super-quick_guide_to_referencing
  
  
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==Sentences==
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[[Globalisation: Example page]]
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Please also use complete sentences when writing/starting an article for Spin, eg John Smith is the Conservative candidate for Biggleworth East...
 
  
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Not just a page title and then a fragment like 'Conservative candidate for Bigglesworth East'
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==Research Tips==
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==Page Titles==
 
  
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All pages in this database which are part of the globalisation project should have titles beginning : Globalisation:
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===Making the most of Google===
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*This page shows you all the Google advance operators - symbols that can be used to refine your searches http://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators_reference.html
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*This article also offers some tips on efficient internet searches "[http://www.journalism.co.uk/7/articles/53233.php How to: use search engines for precision surfing]"
  
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Make sure you add the colon ':' immediately after the word 'Globalisation'
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===Press and Media databases===
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*Lexis Nexis http://www.lib.strath.ac.uk/lnnews.htm (requires Athens login)
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*Most major news sites also have free searchable archives - "[http://news.google.com Google News]" aggregates most of them
  
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Then a space and add the name 0f the person or organisations you are adding.
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===Resources on lobbying/corporate power===
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*Sourcewatch http://www.sourcewatch.org
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*Corporate Watch UK http://www.corporatewatch.org
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*Corporate Watch US http://www.corpwatch.org
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*Corpotate Europe Observatory http://www.corporateeurope.org
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*Open Secrets, guide to money in (US) politics: http://www.opensecrets.org/
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*LobbyingInfo.org (part of Public Citizen) http://www.lobbyinginfo.org/
  
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==Proposed Projects==
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===Web research===
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*Web archive/Way back machine http://www.archive.org/index.php - This site finds archived versions of websites, allowing you to see parts of that site that have since been deleted - useful for finding old content, information, etc.
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*STD Code Reverse List. Discover which area a dialling code is in:  http://www.ukphoneinfo.com/section/tci/locator.shtml
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*Reverse List of US telephone area codes: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/bsy/www/area.html
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*Royal Mail postcode/address finder http://www.royalmail.com/portal/rm/postcodefinder;jsessionid=BSED5FPVSVAQSFB2IGFENZQUHRAYWQ2K;jsessionid=BSED5FPVSVAQSFB2IGFENZQUHRAYWQ2K?catId=400145&gear=postcode
  
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'''Climate change and the Environment'''
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Colin Meek on investigative techniques:
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*[http://www.journalism.co.uk/7/articles/53119.php How to: find contacts and information about people online]
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*[http://www.journalism.co.uk/7/articles/53233.php How to: use search engines for precision surfing]
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*[http://www.journalism.co.uk/7/articles/531651.php How to: search for information within social networking sites]
  
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    * [[Green Alliance]]
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===How to find the owners of domain names ===
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    * [[International Policy Network]]
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*http://www.networksolutions.com/whois/index.jsp
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    * [[Global Warming Policy Foudnation]]
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*http://www.whois.net/
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    * [[CEPOS]] (also known as the [[Danish Centre for Political Studies]])
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*http://www.allwhois.com/
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    * [[Atlas Economic Research Foundation]]
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*http://www.whois.sc/
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    * [[Cato Institute]]
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*http://www.whois-search.com/
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*http://samspade.org/
  
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    * See: [http://www.truth-out.org/who-pays-to-deny-climate-change63822|Who Pays To Deny Climate Change], [http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/thinktanks-take-oil-money-and-use-it-to-fund-climate-deniers-1891747.html|Think-tanks take oil money and use it to fund climate deniers]
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*For .uk domains: http://www.nominet.org.uk/
  
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*Reverse DNS (IP Address) lookup. http://remote.12dt.com/
  
  
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'''Food, Eating and Obesity'''
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===Official Government-held information===
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Companies House http://www.companieshouse.gov.uk/
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Charities Commission http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/
  
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    * [[National Obesity Forum]] / [[International Obesity Taskforce]]
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==Sentences==
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    * [[European Food Information Council]] | [[International Food Information Council]]
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Please use complete sentences when writing/starting an article for Powerbase, eg John Smith is the Conservative candidate for Bigglesworth East...
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    * [[Media Smart]]
 
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    * [[Associate Parliamentary Food and Health Forum]]
 
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    * [[Westminster Food & Nutrition Forum]]
 
  
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Not just a page title and then a fragment like 'Conservative candidate for Bigglesworth East'
  
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'''Conflict and Private Security Industry'''
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==Page Titles==
  
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The conflict communication and reconstruction industry - The work of 'rebuilding' areas destroyed by war and other excesses of globalisation is big business, as is the PR element of these wars. See for example:  
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All pages in this database which are part of the globalisation project should have titles beginning "Globalisation: ".  Make sure you add the colon ':' immediately after the word 'Globalisation' when creating a new page, then a space and add the name of the person or organisations you are adding.
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==Proposed Projects==
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===Climate Change and the Environment===
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:1. [[Globalisation: Green Alliance]] "[http://www.green-alliance.org.uk/ Green Alliance Website]"
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:2. [[Globalisation: International Policy Network]] "[http://policynetwork.net/ IPN website]"
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:3. [[Globalisation: Global Warming Policy Foundation]] "[http://thegwpf.org/ GWPF Website]"
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:4. [[Globalisation: CEPOS]] (also known as the [[Globalisation: Danish Centre for Political Studies]]) "[http://www.cepos.dk/english CEPOS Website]"
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:5. [[Globalisation: Atlas Economic Research Foundation]] "[http://atlasnetwork.org/ Atlas Website]"
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:6. [[Globalisation: Cato Institute]] "[http://www.cato.org/ CATO Website]"
  
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*[[Post Conflict People]] - an NGO "committed to reviving societies suffering from recent or on-going conflicts", whose directors happen to be the directors of the [http://www.powerbase.info/index.php?title=British_Association_of_Private_Security_Companies|British Association of Private Security Companies];
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See: [http://www.truth-out.org/who-pays-to-deny-climate-change63822|Who Pays To Deny Climate Change], [http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/thinktanks-take-oil-money-and-use-it-to-fund-climate-deniers-1891747.html|Think-tanks take oil money and use it to fund climate deniers]
  
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*[[Albany Associates]] - a related group expert in communicating the 'reconstruction' message [http://www.albanyassociates.com/project_communications.php|Albany Associates - Strategic Communication Project];
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===Food, Eating and Obesity===
  
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*[[Glevum Associates]] - who take 'market research' into the warzone [http://www.glevumusa.com/why.html|Glevum - Why Glevum?] ;
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:7. [[Globalisation: National Obesity Forum]] / [[Globalisation: International Obesity Taskforce]] "[http://www.nationalobesityforum.org.uk/ NOF Website]"
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:8. [[Globalisation: European Food Information Council]] | [[Globalisation: International Food Information Council]] "[http://www.eufic.org/ EUFIC Site]"
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:9. [[Globalisation: Media Smart]] "[http://www.mediasmart.org.uk/ Media Smart Website]"
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:10.[[Globalisation: Associate Parliamentary Food and Health Forum]]/[[Globalisation: Westminster Food & Nutrition Forum]] "[http://www.fhf.org.uk/ FHF Site]"
  
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*[[Leonie Industries]] - who go beyond market research into 'cultural advisory services' and worldwide media distribution [http://www.leoindus.com/about/index.htm|Leon Industries - About].
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===Conflict and Private Security Industry===
  
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The conflict communication and reconstruction industry - The work of 'rebuilding' areas destroyed by war and other excesses of globalisation is big business, as is the PR element of these wars. See for example:
  
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'''i Diplomacy'''
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:11a. [[Globalisation: Post Conflict People]] - an NGO "committed to reviving societies suffering from recent or on-going conflicts", whose directors happen to be the directors of the [[British Association of Private Security Companies]] "[http://postconflictpeople.org/ PCP Website]"; [[Globalisation: Albany Associates]] - a related group expert in communicating the 'reconstruction' message [http://www.albanyassociates.com/project_communications.php Albany Associates - Strategic Communication Project];
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* [[Alliance for Youth Movements]] (www.movements.org) - a group founded and funded by the likes of google, facebook, youtube, pepsi, cbc, MTV and the US State Department to promote digital activism - famously the 'twitter revolution' in Iran. This is an important developing area in which the role of globalisation in the media and communication is very interesting, see for example [http://samibengharbia.com/2010/09/17/the-internet-freedom-fallacy-and-the-arab-digital-activism/ | this essay by Sami Ben Gharbia on internet freedom and Arab digital activism].
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:11b.[[Globalisation: Glevum Associates]] - who take 'market research' into the warzone [http://www.glevumusa.com/why.html Glevum - Why Glevum?] ;
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:11c.[[Globalisation: Bell Pottinger Sans Frontieres]]" - A wing of the PR giant [[Chime Communications]] focussed on "the provision of communications strategies and programmes for international businesses, countries, institutions, politicians and high-profile individuals" "[http://www.bellpottinger-sansfrontieres.com/ BPSF Website]"/[[Globalisation: Leonie Industries]] - who go beyond market research into 'cultural advisory services' and worldwide media distribution [http://www.leoindus.com/about/index.htm Leon Industries - About].
  
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'''Free Market Think Tanks'''
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===Digital Diplomacy===
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:12. [[Globalisation: Alliance for Youth Movements]] "[http://www.movements.org AYM Website]" - a group founded and funded by the likes of google, facebook, youtube, pepsi, cbc, MTV and the US State Department to promote digital activism - such as the infamous 'twitter revolution' in Iran. This is an important developing area in which the role of globalisation in the media and communication is very interesting, see for example [http://samibengharbia.com/2010/09/17/the-internet-freedom-fallacy-and-the-arab-digital-activism/  this essay by Sami Ben Gharbia on internet freedom and Arab digital activism].
  
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    * [[European Ideas Network]] - One of at least four networks of free market think tanks.
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===Free Market Think Tanks===
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    * [[Centre for Social Justice]] new Conservative think tanks set up in 2004 by [[Iain Duncan-Smith]]
 
  
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Members of the Stockholm Network
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:13. [[Globalisation: European Ideas Network]] - One of at least four networks of free market think tanks. "[http://europeanideasnetwork.com/ EIN website]"
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:14. [[Globalisation: Centre for Social Justice]] new Conservative think tanks set up in 2004 by [[Iain Duncan-Smith]] "[http://www.centreforsocialjustice.org.uk/ CSJ Website]"
  
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    * [[Business for New Europe]] | [[International Council for Capital Formation]] | [[Taxpayers' Alliance]] | [[Politeia]]
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===Members of the Stockholm Network===
  
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'''Health'''
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:15. [[Globalisation: Business for New Europe]]
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:16. [[Globalisation: International Council for Capital Formation]]
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:17. [[Globalisation: Taxpayers' Alliance]]
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:18. [[Globalisation: Politeia]]
  
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    * [[New Health Network]]
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===Health===
  
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'''Defence/Arms Industry'''
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:19. [[Globalisation: New Health Network]]
  
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    * [[First Defence]]/[[Terrington Management]]
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===Defence/Arms Industry===
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    * [[Air League]]/[[Associate Parliamentary Aerospace Group]]/[[Air League Educational Trust]]
 
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    * [[United Kingdom National Defence Association]]/[[UK Defence Forum]]
 
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    * [[Atlantic Partnership]]/[[Atlantic Bridge]]
 
  
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:20. [[Globalisation: First Defence]]/[[Globalisation: Terrington Management]]
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:21. [[Globalisation: Air League]]/[[Globalisation: Associate Parliamentary Aerospace Group]]/[[Globalisation: Air League Educational Trust]]
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:22. [[Globalisation: United Kingdom National Defence Association]]/[[Globalisation: UK Defence Forum]]
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:23. [[Globalisation: Atlantic Partnership]]/[[Globalisation: Atlantic Bridge]]
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:24. [[Globalisation: Xe Services LLC  ]]- Formerly Blackwater Worldwide.
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==
 
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Latest revision as of 10:24, 27 October 2010

This is the Globalisation portal for all pages linked to Globalisation and Anti-Globalisation research reports. For resources to help you investigate see Investigative Research.

Referencing -- please read this first

I know referencing in Powerbase is difficult for newbies until they get the hang of it and we are trying to make it simpler. So here's a very simplified guide. All new contributors should read this before starting--it'll save a lot of grief later. http://www.powerbase.info/index.php?title=Powerbase:A_Guide_to_Referencing#The_super-quick_guide_to_referencing


Globalisation: Example page

Research Tips

Making the most of Google

Press and Media databases

Resources on lobbying/corporate power

Web research

Colin Meek on investigative techniques:

How to find the owners of domain names


Official Government-held information

Companies House http://www.companieshouse.gov.uk/ Charities Commission http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/

Sentences

Please use complete sentences when writing/starting an article for Powerbase, eg John Smith is the Conservative candidate for Bigglesworth East...

Not just a page title and then a fragment like 'Conservative candidate for Bigglesworth East'

Page Titles

All pages in this database which are part of the globalisation project should have titles beginning "Globalisation: ". Make sure you add the colon ':' immediately after the word 'Globalisation' when creating a new page, then a space and add the name of the person or organisations you are adding.

Proposed Projects

Climate Change and the Environment

1. Globalisation: Green Alliance "Green Alliance Website"
2. Globalisation: International Policy Network "IPN website"
3. Globalisation: Global Warming Policy Foundation "GWPF Website"
4. Globalisation: CEPOS (also known as the Globalisation: Danish Centre for Political Studies) "CEPOS Website"
5. Globalisation: Atlas Economic Research Foundation "Atlas Website"
6. Globalisation: Cato Institute "CATO Website"

See: Pays To Deny Climate Change, take oil money and use it to fund climate deniers

Food, Eating and Obesity

7. Globalisation: National Obesity Forum / Globalisation: International Obesity Taskforce "NOF Website"
8. Globalisation: European Food Information Council | Globalisation: International Food Information Council "EUFIC Site"
9. Globalisation: Media Smart "Media Smart Website"
10.Globalisation: Associate Parliamentary Food and Health Forum/Globalisation: Westminster Food & Nutrition Forum "FHF Site"

Conflict and Private Security Industry

The conflict communication and reconstruction industry - The work of 'rebuilding' areas destroyed by war and other excesses of globalisation is big business, as is the PR element of these wars. See for example:

11a. Globalisation: Post Conflict People - an NGO "committed to reviving societies suffering from recent or on-going conflicts", whose directors happen to be the directors of the British Association of Private Security Companies "PCP Website"; Globalisation: Albany Associates - a related group expert in communicating the 'reconstruction' message Albany Associates - Strategic Communication Project;
11b.Globalisation: Glevum Associates - who take 'market research' into the warzone Glevum - Why Glevum? ;
11c.Globalisation: Bell Pottinger Sans Frontieres" - A wing of the PR giant Chime Communications focussed on "the provision of communications strategies and programmes for international businesses, countries, institutions, politicians and high-profile individuals" "BPSF Website"/Globalisation: Leonie Industries - who go beyond market research into 'cultural advisory services' and worldwide media distribution Leon Industries - About.

Digital Diplomacy

12. Globalisation: Alliance for Youth Movements "AYM Website" - a group founded and funded by the likes of google, facebook, youtube, pepsi, cbc, MTV and the US State Department to promote digital activism - such as the infamous 'twitter revolution' in Iran. This is an important developing area in which the role of globalisation in the media and communication is very interesting, see for example this essay by Sami Ben Gharbia on internet freedom and Arab digital activism.

Free Market Think Tanks

13. Globalisation: European Ideas Network - One of at least four networks of free market think tanks. "EIN website"
14. Globalisation: Centre for Social Justice new Conservative think tanks set up in 2004 by Iain Duncan-Smith "CSJ Website"

Members of the Stockholm Network

15. Globalisation: Business for New Europe
16. Globalisation: International Council for Capital Formation
17. Globalisation: Taxpayers' Alliance
18. Globalisation: Politeia

Health

19. Globalisation: New Health Network

Defence/Arms Industry

20. Globalisation: First Defence/Globalisation: Terrington Management
21. Globalisation: Air League/Globalisation: Associate Parliamentary Aerospace Group/Globalisation: Air League Educational Trust
22. Globalisation: United Kingdom National Defence Association/Globalisation: UK Defence Forum
23. Globalisation: Atlantic Partnership/Globalisation: Atlantic Bridge
24. Globalisation: Xe Services LLC - Formerly Blackwater Worldwide.

Notes

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