Category: social networks
What kind of government rules over the Facebook nation?
(from The Wired Campus, April 20, 2009 Jonathan Zittrain: A Bill of Rights for the Facebook Nation) […] in mid-February, Facebook… read more What kind of government rules over the Facebook nation?
New discovery: actually Internet CURES cancer!!!
By Antonio A. Casilli (Centre Edgar-Morin, EHESS, Paris) After putting online a post that satirized an article claiming that electronic… read more New discovery: actually Internet CURES cancer!!!
Canadian sociologist Barry Wellman's lecture on Networked Individualism
The director of NetLab at the University of Toronto, Barry Wellman has a reputation for being a pragmatic, rigurous, and… read more Canadian sociologist Barry Wellman's lecture on Networked Individualism
CfP: Digital Cities 6: Concepts, Methods and Systems of Urban Informatics
Digital Cities 6: Concepts, Methods and Systems of Urban Informatics Workshop at the 4th International Conference on Communities and Technologies… read more CfP: Digital Cities 6: Concepts, Methods and Systems of Urban Informatics
Powerpoint de notre intervention au 3e Congrès de l’AFS (Association Française de Sociologie)
Voilà la présentation powerpoint de l’intervention d’aujourd’hui au troisième Congrès de l’AFS (Association Française de Sociologie). Ici de suite, quelques… read more Powerpoint de notre intervention au 3e Congrès de l’AFS (Association Française de Sociologie)
Use social networking services, get free cancer
By Antonio A. Casilli (Centre Edgar-Morin, EHESS, Paris) In a recent lecture at the University Paris Descartes I had mentioned… read more Use social networking services, get free cancer
Astroturf activism in Russia – a tribute to Oleg Kireev
We tend to think about the Web 2.0 as an enhancer for democracy and political participation. In this conference, activist… read more Astroturf activism in Russia – a tribute to Oleg Kireev
Séminaire sur la blogosphère politique française (Paris Dauphine , 30 mars 2009) (fr) (eng)
Dans le cadre du séminaire “Réseaux et régulation” Jean-Philippe Cointet, CREA (Ecole Polytechnique/cnrs) et TSV (inra) Dynamiques socio-sémantiques au sein… read more Séminaire sur la blogosphère politique française (Paris Dauphine , 30 mars 2009) (fr) (eng)
SIANA 2009 – Semaine Internationale des Arts Numériques et Alternatifs
Du 23 au 28 Mars 2009 Evry – Ile de France SIANA 2009 L’imaginaire des technologies numériques 23 – 28… read more SIANA 2009 – Semaine Internationale des Arts Numériques et Alternatifs
Seminal book on the geography of Internet now available online
Coined in 1984 by William Gibson, the term cyberspace was the buzzword of the 1990s. In those dark ages, way way… read more Seminal book on the geography of Internet now available online