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Digital Handshakes in Networked Publics: a Case Study

Heleen Kerkman | 06 October 2008, 12:05 pm | tags: , , ,

In her essay ‘Digital Handshakes in Networked Publics: Why Politicians Must Interact, Not Broadcast’ Danah Boyd explains how politicians in the United States are misinterpreting the new options opened by current social network sites. Instead of using these SNS’s as a tool to interact with their -potential- voters, they create a site that still uses the old means of one-way broadcasting to reach their imagined audience.

Social Networking Sites and the Missing Half

Ben White | 04 October 2008, 6:00 pm | 2 comments | tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Dana Boyd describes “social networking sites” as “web-based services that allow individuals to (1) construct a public or semi-public profile within a bounded system, (2) articulate a list of other users with whom they share a connection, and (3) view and traverse their list of connections and those made by others within the system. The nature and nomenclature

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Hyves: Social Network Site?

Arno de Natris | 02 October 2008, 5:02 pm | 3 comments | tags: , ,

Social networksite Hyves is declared ‘website of the year’ by internet users in The Netherlands. About fifty percent of the Dutch own a profile on this fast growing social network site. But what is Hyves and how to study it?

Vriendjespolitiek.net: research into post-demographics

Erik Borra | 11 June 2008, 12:44 pm | 1 comment | tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Since 1998, and on paper since 1989 (Stemwijzer 2008), general elections in the Netherlands have spawned a variety of so called voting recommendation machines. These systems typically ask the user to answer some questions after which they offer the user a voting recommendation, based on the compatibility between his or her answers and the political parties. The questions are…

Visualizing the network

Tjerk Timan | 22 May 2008, 7:05 pm | 9 comments | tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,

As a result of the course information visualization, a public screening was organized where all project teams involved got a chance to present their work at the Waag Society venue. Within a tight 6 minutes, concept explanation and implementation had to be given, in an almost pitch-like setting.
All projects result from a collaboration between the courses MHKU…

*Updated* Hyves Pulls Plug on Student Projects After Waag Society Event

Michael Stevenson | 22 May 2008, 1:54 pm | 3 comments | tags: , , , , , , , , , ,

((Looks like a possible false alarm, please see update below))
Online social network Hyves has blocked access to the profiles pages for unregistered users. Now one has to be registered and logged in to view a Hyver’s full profile, which was not the case previously. The move by Hyves – the most popular social networking site in the Netherlands – comes a day after a series of student presentations …

Self Promotion

Raoul Siepers | 23 September 2007, 10:04 pm | tags: , , ,

Brand equals Interface? According to the Information Architects Japan design agency, brands are not mere reflections of their graphical attributes (Logo’s, color schemes, etcetera). A corporate identity or product is just as much defined by its interface. This means design should not be a purely graphical discipline, but also focus on usability values.…

Twitter, Tumblr and microblogging

Anne Helmond | 29 March 2007, 12:03 pm | 6 comments | tags: , , , , ,

Twitter
The newest hype nowadays seems to be Twitter which allows you to share what you are doing with your friends every single second. Are you going to the mall? Is your cat sneezing? Update your Twitter page on the web, or by instant messaging, or send a text message from your phone. Your friends…