Tag Archives: online communities

Merging Social Media into the field of Online Dating

Denise Pires | 27 September 2009, 11:00 pm | tags: ,

Personally on-line dating is not my cup of tea, and my boyfriend would kill me if I would consider it, but for some reason the phenomena itself keeps grabbing my attention. The basic concept of dating sites has not really changed a lot through the years, apart from the matchmaking algorithms that can differ from one site to another. On…

Book review of: Online a lot of the time

Denise Pires | 13 September 2009, 11:33 pm | tags: , ,

A slightly contradictory book title due to medium in which it was written and the issues it addresses, but a rich volume in theory and striking examples about the virtual phenomena of avatars, webcam personas, rituals, fetish and signs. It’s a must read for everyone interested in the field of virtuality. A book that has grabbed the fullest of my…

PICNIC 08 – Secrets and Lies

Jasper Moes | 25 September 2008, 1:05 pm | 4 comments | tags: , , , , , , , , , ,
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Genevieve Bell: on Secrets and Lies

After the Clay Shirky speech there is no time for questions because it is time for Genevieve Bell, an anthropologist working for Intel (apology accepted), to talk about secrets and lies. She wants to provoke us and immediately does so by telling that lies are everywhere; in…

Repurposing the Wikiscanner: Comparing Dutch Universities’ edits on Wikipedia

Michael Stevenson | 07 October 2007, 6:27 pm | 3 comments | tags: , , , , ,

<update>This project got quite a few positive responses, and many universities were interested in their own ‘profiles’. But the best was an endorsement by Virgil, who created the WikiScanner. He’s now made the Wikiscanner mashable, making this kind of research easier to do! – Michael 19.10.07</ update>

Under the banner of the Digital Methods Initiative, Erik and I have been working on…

The University of Amsterdam’s ‘Great Man Theory’ on Wikipedia

Michael Stevenson | 04 October 2007, 9:53 pm | tags: , , , ,

Together with Erik, I’m working on a Digital Methods project called ‘Repurposing the Wikiscanner‘, where we try to adopt the infamous tool for uses other than scandal hunting. We’re still working on it, but here’s a nice preview. So far it seems that, compared to other universities, we at the UvA still support a ‘Great Man’ view of history – and…

24/7 Time and Temporality in the Network Society

Paulien Dresscher | 17 September 2007, 6:45 am | tags: , , , , , , , ,
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Real time, cyber time, machine time, clock time, chronos time, frankentime, mythic time, objective time, natural time, subjective time, present time, timeless time, being time, bullet time, internet time, chronoscopic time, global standard time, local time…are you still there? 24/7, Time and Temporality in The Network Society (Robert Hassan and Ronald…

New Network Theory – Noshir Contractor

Michael Stevenson | 29 June 2007, 11:10 am | tags: , , , ,

Net Network TheoryNoshir Contractor is the first speaker today, here to present MTML meets Web 2.0: Theorizing social processes in multidimensional networks.

Noshir begins with a story of the social life of (technologically-enhanced) pets. Your smart-tagged dog can meet other dogs and exchange information. When your dog returns home, that information can be downloaded, you can learn about your dogs’ friends, the owners of…

Where do you live online?

Anne Helmond | 07 May 2007, 10:13 am | 4 comments | tags: , , , , ,

Online communities map
(click map to enlarge)

Lately I’ve been living mostly in the Flickr/Last FM area and on the Blogipelago but I am a vivid traveler. I have day passes to del.icio.us and Wikipedia and I always enjoy a good swim in the Sea of Culture and the Ocean of Subculture.

Original source: xkcd

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