I’ve been waiting for reports using the data from 2010 General Social Survey (GSS) for a while now, given that GSS has implemented experiments on the name generator question in their 2010 survey. Sociologists in Univ. of Iowa just released their findings online at here, indicating that the decrease in the network size found in 2004 (as compared to what…read more →
I recently came across an intriguingly thoughtful article entitled “Dark Social: We Have the Whole History of the Web Wrong” on the Atlantic. It may stimulate some critical reflections regarding how researchers should study the implications of information and communication technologies (ICTs) may influence the way people share and connect with others. The main idea of the article is simple:…read more →
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.
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