Does Facebook Make Someone Social Offline?
A New York Times article mentioning a recent work by S. Craig Watkins and H. Erin Lee. Does Facebook Make Someone Social Offline?
A New York Times article mentioning a recent work by S. Craig Watkins and H. Erin Lee. Does Facebook Make Someone Social Offline?
A nice article in Scientific American titled Digital Divide and Social Media: Connectivity Doesn’t End the Digital Divide, Skills Do. I could not find any better way to say this. This claim is exactly one of my research interests. More pressing question is to explore the substance of skills in this rapidly changing digital environment. I believe social affordances perspective…read more →
Super interesting maps of online communities. Such a stark contrast between 2007 and 2010. The 2010 map by xkcd, the original post is here. The 2007 map looks like this, also by xkcd. The original post is here. Another interesting map by Ethan Bloch, the original post is here.
LA Times’ coverage on Hampton’s report. Pew report: Facebook users have a higher degree of social well-being
Another Pew report investigating social implications of social media. The PDF file is here: Social networking sites and our lives You can find the series of Pew report by Keith Hampton and his colleagues at here. In my opinion, Social Isolation and New Technology is the most important work of them all. The PDF file is here: Social Isolation and New…read more →
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