SNS definition

Danah’s definition: A “social network site” is a category of websites with profiles, semi-persistent public commentary on the profile, and […]

tagging vs folksonomy?

Liz’s question: Is this a reasonable statement to make? Tagging is the process of adding descriptive terms to an item, […]

Center for Collective Intelligence

Here is the new center: While people have talked about collective intelligence for decades, new communication technologies—especially the Internet—now allow […]

Large scale collective action

Marc came to the class today, talked about AURA: “The biggest success stories on the web are all the product […]

An old term

For Westerners. it is a central consequence of concepts of gender difference that a person may be turned by another […]

New course

Cross Listed The Graduate School of Journalism The School of Information Participatory Media/Collective Action Power, communication and politics in the […]

Ten Questions with David Sifry

From Signum sine tinnitu–by Guy Kawasaki: Here is an interview with David Sifry, the founder and CEO of Technorati. In […]

Myspace Nation

Is this a cultural and technological phenomenon, or just a new way to goldbrick?

Customer service

One support line From Massachusetts, To Florida Then Philippine