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SUMMARY:Google MP? How the Internet is Challenging our Notions of Politica
 l Power - Hamish Forsyth\, Pembroke College
DTSTART:20080128T194500Z
DTEND:20080128T210000Z
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CONTACT:Miss Clare Buckley
DESCRIPTION:Developments in the internet landscape\, particularly the omni
 presence of\ncompanies such as Google and the exponential growth of social
  networking\nsites such as Facebook\, are challenging the notion that our 
 interactions\nwith these 'mega-entities' are purely commercial. As they be
 come\ninextricably involved in our lives\, our relationships with them can
 \nincreasingly be characterised as a political. The effect of their action
 s\nis broader and more difficult to escape than that of even the largest\n
 traditional companies\, and our interest and legitimate expectations are\n
 correspondingly greater.\n\nHamish Forsyth\n\nMBA candidate\, Gates Schola
 r\, Pembroke College Cambridge. Graduated with LLB(Hons) and BA Philosophy
  in NZ. Worked as a Judges Clerk at the New Zealand Court of Appeal before
  joining the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade where he worked predomi
 nantly on the Geneva-based WTO negotiations and the China-NZ Free Trade ag
 reement. He was also temporarily posted in Beijing.
LOCATION:Nihon Room\, Pembroke College
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