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The Social Paradox of Social Network Sites

When I was young, although with 26 years of age I’m not old, so let’s say; when I was younger, most of the time when I wasn’t in school I was playing with my friends on the streets. Playing...
By Harro Heijboer on 09/30/09 Comments Off on The Social Paradox of Social Network Sites

Online Conversations & Social Networks

When Facebook bought FriendFeed to take on Twitter, there was a lot of discussion whether or not Facebook could provide the end users with enough added value to ‘make the switch.’ Personally I found that question to be irrelevant....
By Joery Bruijntjes on 09/30/09 Comments Off on Online Conversations & Social Networks

Facebook vs Ning – what is “social”?

A social network is, according to Wikipedia, a social structure made of individuals or organizations, which are connected by one or more specific types of interdependency (friendship, kinship, financial exchange, sexual relationships, and relationships of beliefs, knowledge or prestige)....
By Jan Bajec on 09/29/09 Comments Off on Facebook vs Ning – what is “social”?
From social networking sites to social experiences

From social networking sites to social experiences

While thinking about what the future of social networking sites might be, I became curious about what Wired or Forrester think on the topic, what’s the trend? In this article, Wired acknowledges what has become common sense: people are...
By Margarida Fonseca on 09/28/09 1

Social Networking Sites (SNS); are we helping in the shrinking of our own privacy?

Social Networking Sites (SNS) are commonly known to just about everyone nowadays or so it seems, who doesn’t at least own a FaceBook, MySpace, LinkedIn, Hyves, Ning account or combinations of these and many, many others! But do you...
By Sander Leegwater on 09/28/09 Comments Off on Social Networking Sites (SNS); are we helping in the shrinking of our own privacy?

Are you a nerd, a geek, a dork or a dweeb?

In a new media class at the university everyone always has some kind of addiction. There are students who are addicted to games, some who are addicted to blogs, others to dating sites or stream-videos and chats. Eventually, they...
By Marta Colpani on 09/26/09 1

American Podcasting at New Vision

  Rebecca Jane Harshbarger is an American journalist freelancing at the New Vision newspaper. The New Vision Group is the biggest multimedia house in Uganda. It publishes 8 newspapers and 5 magazines. It owns 3 FM radio stations and...
By Ali Balunywa on 05/21/09 Comments Off on American Podcasting at New Vision

CBS: 29.000 Predators on MySpace

The Internet gives the citizen possibilities for surveillance. Citizens use these possibilities when they think vertical surveillance fails. Especially children are put into discourses of surveillance as if they are members of a vulnerable group, not watched over by...
By Arno de Natris on 04/16/09 3

Social Networking Sites, “To Be or Not To Be?”

Ali Balunywa The famous phrase “to be, or not to be” comes from William shakespeare‘s Hamlet prince of Denmark (written about 1600), act three, scene one. It is one of the most famous quotations in world literature. “ To be or...
By Ali Balunywa on 10/07/08 1

How Can We Study The Data of Social Networking Sites?

How can we make use of all the data stored in Social Networking Sites? And how can we study those data? In 2005 Jeffrey Heer and danah boyd developed a system called Vizster. It is an information visualization system...
By Bram Nijhof on 10/06/08 Comments Off on How Can We Study The Data of Social Networking Sites?
Watching You Watch Me!! (…on Facebook)

Watching You Watch Me!! (…on Facebook)

The Web 2.0 application FACEBOOK analysed through FOUCAULTS PHILOSOPHIES ON SOCIETY. WARNING|DANGER: With this knowledge a consciousness is created with which people become aware about the possibilities of people watching/observing/monitoring people, both virtually as in the real world.
By Kai Henriquez on 09/22/08 3
An Analysis of Web 2.0: ‘YouTube’

An Analysis of Web 2.0: ‘YouTube’

Introduction Web 2.0 is a term describing changing trends in the use of World Wide Web technology and web design that aims to enhance creativity, information sharing, collaboration and functionality of the web. In short, Web 2.0 emphasizes the...
By Ali Balunywa on 09/21/08 1

Review ‘Once You’re Lucky, Twice You’re Good’

Once You’re Lucky, Twice You’re Good: The Rebirth of Silicon Valley and the Rise of Web 2.0 (Sarah Lacy) Sarah Lacey, columnist for BusinessWeek, thoroughly describes the stories of young entrepreneurs who created groundbreaking new websites like Facebook and...
By Guido van Diepen on 09/15/08 Comments Off on Review ‘Once You’re Lucky, Twice You’re Good’

Vriendjespolitiek.net: research into post-demographics

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...
By Erik Borra on 06/11/08 1