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Relationships 2.0: Social media – taking the distance out of long distance relationships

Relationships 2.0: Social media – taking the distance out of long distance relationships

Social media has drastically changed the way we go about our daily business – this has been firmly established by now. Media scholars are exploiting (in a good way) all the possibilities and data the exciting platforms provide for...
By Ave Tampere on 10/02/11 Comments Off on Relationships 2.0: Social media – taking the distance out of long distance relationships

Andrew Clay @ Video Vortex 6. YouTube: Make Money While Escaping Death

A media theorist and lecturer at Leicester's De Montfort University, Andrew Clay has been investigating online video for some time. As an opener of the sixth edition of Video Vortex, his intervention explored YouTube and effectively went a bit...
By Nicola Bozzi on 03/11/11 1

The elitist in Andrew Keen, the elitist in me

Who doesn’t like to listen to Andrew Keen talk? Perhaps his most famous appearance was made on the Colbert Report, where he had an interesting exchange of opinions with Colbert about whether or not the Internet is worse than...
By Hania Piotrowska on 01/04/10 3

The significance of Twitter

Since its start in 2006 people have speculated about the significance of Twitter. Twitter has often been criticized for it's lack of content, but is also praised for the empowering possibilities it offers us. I question both these...
By Kimberley Spreeuwenberg on 10/08/09 Comments Off on The significance of Twitter

Does Twitter promote writing?

Over the years Twitter has gradually developed, meanwhile its practices have also changed drastically. The contemporary celebrities took their places, the early adopters started exploring the potentials while lobbying about it and ultimately the platform rapidly started to expand...
By Sjoerd Tuinema on 10/05/09 2
What’s wrong with Web-cynicism?

What’s wrong with Web-cynicism?

Whether you're the latest social networking site out of Silicon Valley, or a lowly blogpost fueled by coffee, plans don't always work out. I started writing this post with the title The Wasteland of Web 2.0, and was going...
By Michael Stevenson on 10/22/07 1