Friday, September 26th, 2008...2:18 pm
danah boyd on social media and teenagers
Jump to Comments
Danah Boyd, one of the key researchers on the use of social media, is joining the microsoft research
team to work on social networking
here is a link to a fascinating talk she has just given there about how teenagers use social media .
(scroll down to find her talk)
Here is the abstract for her talk
| Understanding Socio-Technical Phenomena in a Web2.0 Era danah boyd, Fellow, Harvard Berkman Center for Internet & Society Web2.0 signals an iteration in Internet culture, shaped by changes in technology, entrepreneurism, and social practices. Beneath the buzzwords that flutter around Web2.0, people are experiencing a radical reworking of social media. Networked public spaces that once catered to communities of interest are now being leveraged by people of all ages to connect with people they already know. Social network sites like MySpace and Facebook enable people to map out their social networks in order to create public spaces for interaction. People can use social media to vocalize their thoughts, although having a blog or video feed doesn’t guarantee having an audience. Tagging platforms allow people to find, organize and share content in entirely new ways. Mass collaborative projects like Wikipedia allow people to collectively create valuable cultural artifacts. These are but a few examples of Web2.0. Getting to the core of technologically-mediated phenomena requires understanding the interplay between everyday practices, social structures, culture, and technology. In this talk, I will map out some of what’s currently taking place, offer a framework for understanding these phenomena, and discuss strategies for researching emergent practices. |
1 Comment
October 6th, 2008 at 7:52 am
[...] borrow a phrase from social networking guru Danah Boyd, my life seems to be in ‘perpetual beta’ these days. She used it in a talk at the [...]
Leave a Reply