Social networks 
About the Ephemeral Nature of Twitter(8)
This week research conversation featured Kathy Gill who talks about Twitter and its integration in the classroom context, but her talk went into lessons learned from usage of Twitter by people and specifically by politicians.
Gill’s motivation to research Twitter is derived from attempt to understand how technology impact society. While looking at the presentation Twitter [...]
Video, Virality and Political Campaigns
One of the hottest topics currently under investigation is in the area of virality and campaigns, or the role of the Internet in political campaigns. Here are several articles from a conference titled “You Tube and the 2008 Election Cycle in the United States” -
Bob Boynton Going Viral
Kevin Wallsten “‘Yes We Can’: How Online Viewership, [...]
Cultured Technology – About Religion and Technology
Cultured Technology is an article that presents a theoretical framework to understand the relationship between religious fundamentalist communities and the Internet, through addressing four dimensions of tensions and challenges: hierarchy, patriarchy, discipline, and seclusion. Together with Prof. Gad Barzilai, we develop the concept of cultured technology, and analyzed the ways communities reshape technology and make [...]