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Social Networking Sites and the Missing Half

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)...

By Ben White on 10/04/08 2

Picnic 2008 report: Surprising Africa

Citizen journalism in Africa ‘Bring the world to Africa and bring Africa to the world.’ (Gisel Hiscock, talking at Surprising Africa) Hiscock, one of speakers at the Surprising Africa conference, held a lecture about Google’s interest in giving information-access...

By Guido van Diepen on 09/29/08 2

Why is Africa Surprising You? Surprising Africa @ Picnic ’08

Picnic is Amsterdam’s new media event of the year. This is one of the few times when people come together to discuss developments, innovations and changes in the industry on this scale. As a result, this is also one...

By Ben White on 09/28/08 2

PICNIC 08 – “Homophily Can Make You Stupid” by Ethan Zuckerman

In a presentation given yesterday at Picnic for the Bloggers Lab, organized by the European Journalism Centre, Ethan Zuckerman brought up an interesting concept that has quite remotely been discussed over the internet for a while now. ...

By Liliana Bounegru on 09/27/08 2