Nicole Ellison, Scott Golder, and i are putting together a workshop for the 3rd Annual Communities and Technologies Conference on Public Practices, Social Software: Examining social practices in networked publics. Below is the basic description:
This full-day workshop proposes to bring together researchers interested in studying social software. We use this term loosely to include social network sites (e.g., Cyworld, MySpace, orkut, and Facebook), contemporary online dating services (e.g., Friendster, Spring Street Personals, Match.com), blogging services (e.g., LiveJournal, Xanga, Blogger), tagging tools (e.g. del.icio.us, Digg) and media sharing sites (e.g., YouTube, Flickr). Although the functionality of these sites differs greatly, there are some common features: a user-generated profile, visible linkages between users, public communication forums (such as message boards or comments), and persistent traces of user behavior.
Although we intend to appeal to broad range of researchers, we expect that we will primarily draw the attention of those studying social network sites. At the same time, we recognize that there is a lot of crossover between social network sites and the broader realm of social software. We are hoping that cross-pollination would be helpful to both. While we are aware of and have access to dozens of researchers interested in social network sites, we are not certain of the number of researchers looking at other forms of social software.
If you are interested, please see the workshop homepage for more information on how to apply. Note: the deadline for workshop proposals is April 23, 2007. The workshop will take place at the C&T conference on June 28, 2007.
I’ve been a fan of your work for a while, and thought you might be interested in pondering this question. We are working at University of Maryland to see what barriers we can break regarding reaching students via social networking to push campus initiatives. I would love to see your comments.
How Should Universities Utilize Social Networking To Promote Civic Engagement?
http://inanafricanminute.blogspot.com/2007/03/how-should-universities-utilize-social.html
I’ve been a fan of your work for a while, and thought you might be interested in pondering this question. We are working at University of Maryland to see what barriers we can break regarding reaching students via social networking to push campus initiatives. I would love to see your comments.
How Should Universities Utilize Social Networking To Promote Civic Engagement?
http://inanafricanminute.blogspot.com/2007/03/how-should-universities-utilize-social.html
Very interested in participating in the workshop (and I’ll be coming all the way from Australia!). I’m currently doing an Hons BA thesis that looks at the impact of design choices on relationships in social networking spaces. Submission to follow soon…
Great site, by the by. Thanks!
I was listening to Alan Kay speak about
Croquet: A Collaboration Architecture
on google video recently.
Have you came across this Danah?
B.