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Ilektra Pavlaki

Here I am in Amsterdam. Studying in the New Media Master Program and hoping that by the end of this year I will have gained new experiences, new friends, brand new goals. My bachelor was in Communication, Media and Culture in Athens. Then I found myself a 90% dreamy job as a copywriter in a global advertising agency (BBDO). Great boss, big clients, small income :)
Fun Theory and Free Hug Campaign magnified my interest in new media. 'So, there must be a way to combine passion -advertising- and curiosity-new media-. Let's find out' I said.
So... here I am in Amsterdam.

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Wikimania Day I: Plenary led by Sue Gardner and Q&A panel with the WMF Board of Trustees.

Wikimania Day I: Plenary led by Sue Gardner and Q&A panel with the WMF Board of Trustees.

Sue Gardner, Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation, had a very difficult task to accomplish: in 25’ she had to report on the Foundation’s activities during the year 2010- 2011, but also to treat the attendees to a sneak...
By Ilektra Pavlaki on 08/15/11 Comments Off on Wikimania Day I: Plenary led by Sue Gardner and Q&A panel with the WMF Board of Trustees.
Haifa, here I come: Wikimania 2011, Part I

Haifa, here I come: Wikimania 2011, Part I

03/08/2011, 08:20 am – Schiphol airport. Holding a small handbag in one hand and a packet of cinnamon cookies in the other, I was waiting to check in for my flight to Tel Aviv, Israel. From Tel Aviv I...
By Ilektra Pavlaki on 08/10/11 Comments Off on Haifa, here I come: Wikimania 2011, Part I

An interview with User:Markellos, prolific editor and administrator on the Greek-language Wikipedia.

This is an interview with Markellos Stevis, an administrator of the Greek-language Wikipedia and one of its most prolific editors. Markellos participates actively in the “I participate in Wikipedia” initiative, a campaign that aims at the development and enrichment...
By Ilektra Pavlaki on 07/23/11 Comments Off on An interview with User:Markellos, prolific editor and administrator on the Greek-language Wikipedia.

The development of the Greek-language Wikipedia: An interview with the general coordinator of the “I participate in Wikipedia” campaign- PART III.

You can also read part I and part II of the interview here: PART I, PART II Wikipedia & Greece In your presentation of the campaign in TedXAthens, you mentioned that “through Wikipedia, Greece can claim a better place...
By Ilektra Pavlaki on 07/09/11 Comments Off on The development of the Greek-language Wikipedia: An interview with the general coordinator of the “I participate in Wikipedia” campaign- PART III.

The development of the Greek-language Wikipedia: An interview with the general coordinator of the “I participate in Wikipedia” campaign. PART II.

You can read part I of the interview here. The existing community & the new users Usually, the users are the ones who approach Wikipedia. With this campaign, however, it is the Wikipedia community that approaches the public. What...
By Ilektra Pavlaki on 07/07/11 2
The development of the Greek-language Wikipedia: An interview with the general coordinator of the “I participate in Wikipedia” campaign.

The development of the Greek-language Wikipedia: An interview with the general coordinator of the “I participate in Wikipedia” campaign.

Yiannis Giannarakis is the general coordinator of the “I participate in Wikipedia” campaign, which aims at the development and enrichment of the Greek – language Wikipedia. The initiative, launched in January 2011, is supported by the Greek-language Wikipedia community,...
By Ilektra Pavlaki on 07/05/11 2

The revolutionary potential of Wikipedia’s equipotential paradigm.

This is part of the final paper I submitted for the course “Culture of Spectacle” As shown in the previous post, the “anyone can edit” philosophy of Wikipedia is often viewed with great skepticism in academic circles, while its...
By Ilektra Pavlaki on 06/19/11 Comments Off on The revolutionary potential of Wikipedia’s equipotential paradigm.

Knowledge, not the way you knew it: Studying the impact of Wikipedia on the reception of knowledge

This is part of the final paper I submitted for the course “Culture of Spectacle” 17.000.000 articles. 91.000 active contributors. 270 languages. No matter what words one would choose to describe Wikipedia, numbers cannot speak but the truth: Wikipedia,...
By Ilektra Pavlaki on 06/13/11 1

The lessons that “teaching” taught me: Following the campaign for the development of the Greek-language Wikipedia, Part II

The truth is that one needs all the support that can get when is called to present an online encyclopedia in front of the so – called Net Gen or Generation Y. I wouldn’t dare to count myself a...
By Ilektra Pavlaki on 05/19/11 Comments Off on The lessons that “teaching” taught me: Following the campaign for the development of the Greek-language Wikipedia, Part II

A “lazy” Wikipedia. An active community. An interesting story: Following the campaign for the development of the Greek-language Wikipedia, Part I

In the first 10 years of its existence, Wikipedia, this unusual “experiment” as it used to be called, has evolved into the world’s greatest reference source. Far more than that however, Wikipedia’s most surprising achievement is that it turned...
By Ilektra Pavlaki on 05/11/11 3

MADONNA R.I.P ?

Some thoughts on mock-up obituaries in view of the New Media Research Seminar’s start. A fatal car accident. Thousands of cameras capturing the scene. Millions of mourning fans. Breaking news: Madonna has passed away.
By Ilektra Pavlaki on 10/31/10 5
Alice in iPad, the New Wonderland.

Alice in iPad, the New Wonderland.

Will fairy tales live happily ever after in the digital publishing era? Once upon a time, electronic signatures didn’t designate us as individuals, passwords didn’t determine if we would be denied or not the access in data and emoticons...
By Ilektra Pavlaki on 10/20/10 Comments Off on Alice in iPad, the New Wonderland.

Twitter: The next “great good place”?

... or isn't it a bit too hasty to talk about Twitter effects? My activated Twitter account could not be more passive. Two tweets in about two years’ time is my contribution to the broadening of horizons of eleven people...
By Ilektra Pavlaki on 10/11/10 Comments Off on Twitter: The next “great good place”?
Greek Wikipedia calls for Βοήθεια (Help)!

Greek Wikipedia calls for Βοήθεια (Help)!

Geert: "Yes, you can write your Wikipedia post in your own language" Me (not saying that aloud of course): "Finally! This is going to be a piece of cake" Well... it wasn't. Instead I could describe it like a nerve-breaking, patience-challenging...
By Ilektra Pavlaki on 10/04/10 2
Not to get too emotional… but what happened to emotion?

Not to get too emotional… but what happened to emotion?

She' ll smile to you if you move to the left. No, try a different angle. I don't know... Is she smiling at all? For over 500 years, viewers and researchers have been trying to interpret Mona Lisa's...
By Ilektra Pavlaki on 09/28/10 Comments Off on Not to get too emotional… but what happened to emotion?
Book review: John Freeman, “The tyranny of e-mail” – The Four-Thousand-Year Journey to your Inbox

Book review: John Freeman, “The tyranny of e-mail” – The Four-Thousand-Year Journey to your Inbox

I ‘ve read once a story about a Japanese man who got married to the virtual girlfriend he dated in a Nintendo DS video game called Love Plus– a wedding blessed by a priest and not a virtual one....
By Ilektra Pavlaki on 09/20/10 Comments Off on Book review: John Freeman, “The tyranny of e-mail” – The Four-Thousand-Year Journey to your Inbox
Harvest your crops, feed your dog, serve the dishes… socialize!

Harvest your crops, feed your dog, serve the dishes… socialize!

Let me get this straight. I don't have a pet. I never felt like growing pumkins. My cooking skills are below average. Does that make me socially "incompatible" with the millions of people playing Pet Society, Farmville, Cafe World...
By Ilektra Pavlaki on 09/13/10 3