Teknokultura Revista On-line – Convocatoria /Call for submisions 2005-2006 Teknokultura , on-line journal of the University of Puerto Rico’s Social Sciences Faculty (Río Piedras Campus), announces its opening for contributions to evaluate articles and electronic art relevant to the integration… Continue Reading
Liu Gang, China Youth Association researcher, reckons that up to 20,000 Chinese Internet users sit naked whilst using chatrooms each night. Gang explained to Shanghai Daily that the "problem" is much larger than they’d originally thought: "At first, we thought… Continue Reading
The St. Petersburg Times (Florida, USA) reports that "a judge has handed Hillsborough County Sheriff David Gee a victory in his quest to quell what he says are inflammatory postings to an Internet message board used by law enforcement. Gee… Continue Reading
According to BBC News Online Salon Magazine has hung a for sale sign on The Well , the 4000 member community it bought in 1999 for $5 million (£2.75 m). [note: the following comment is my own] In it’s filing… Continue Reading
Korean prosecutors have charged a man with libel for posting indecent writings on the Internet using another person’s identity. From the Korea Herald — Appliance manufacturer Applica is seeking to stop five anonymous users, which Applica believes are current or… Continue Reading
CommonCraft, the blog of Lee Lefever, is a site that is high up my reading list. That’s why it comes as no surprise to find that Lee’s recently manage to explain, in a way that business people from outside the… Continue Reading
The following is a categorised list of content found on the cybersoc blog (this one!). I’ve not listed entries that just contain a link or conference/event announcements. Like with most blogs, you can also navigate using the monthly index or… Continue Reading
Toothing might have been exposed as a hoax, but don’t tell that to young singles in UAE. Like in many predominately Muslim countries, it’s considered rude for men to speak with women unless they’re married or related to them. According… Continue Reading
The return on investment (ROI) of online communities has often been difficult to quantify. I once worked for a consumer website where a statistician explained to me that whilst their typical unique user spent upwards of £15 per visit, those… Continue Reading
A recent conference in Budapest explored the themes of The Global and the Local in Mobile Communication All conference papers are now available online, including highlights such: Joshua Meyrowitz (University of New Hampshire): The Rise of Glocality: New Senses of… Continue Reading