Not all that long ago danah boyd was a student in my course on social networks – today she is page one in the Circuits section of the New York Times. Read all about her research on identity and social networks on Friendster.com. She is truly the expert on this topic Decoding the New Cues in Online Society.
I just finished listening to Barry Wellman on NPR (Barry was my dissertation supervisor in the day – see our many joint papers). The topic was cell phone number portability and the impact of mobile phones more generally on social relations. You can listen to the archine on National Public Radio (NPR) wbur OnPoint.
In Cambridge, MA today or tomorrow? Join me, William Mitchell, Ceasar McDowell, Mitchel Resnick and others as we discuss how the Internet and other new information and communication technologies can be used to foster local community. MIT Communications Forum.