Interview Philip Plotnikov
On this Masters of Media blog we have seen many app reviews coming by. These were all written from a user perspective. I thought it would be interesting to look at apps from the other side: the one of the developer. That is why I contacted Philip Plotnikov for an interview on this topic. Philip, Russian from…
Last week I saw Boom Chicago’s ‘Social Media Circus‘ comedy show. With sketches, improvisation, stand-up, video and music the actors provide a hilarious show “deflating the hype, speaking the truth, attacking the fools and celebrating the heroes”. It is the only theatre show where they will ask the audience to let their mobile phones on (on silence…
Mobile applications are no longer just for fun and (financial) benefits. They can even help in saving a life. Think of Amber Alert, a Dutch warning system for missing children, Slown Down , an app that slows down your music when you’re driving too fast or The FireDepartment app, for citizens to help…
Social network sites (SNSs) are more and more drawing the attention of academic researchers, fascinated by their affordances and influence. The most common methodology of researching SNSs, besides on the topic of privacy, is that of identity-management.
“While websites dedicated to communities of interest still exist and prosper, SNSs are primarily organized around people, not interests. Early public
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It’s been a week now since the New Media Master 2010-2011 started. The first thing that stroke me while looking around at my fellow students in the lecture room on Monday morning was the enormous diversity of backgrounds, nationalities and cultures in this Master’s program. There are students from Poland, Romania, The UK, The USA and even a student from…
