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An Introduction [Cross Posted at the CASTAC Blog] Ask an anthropologist a question and they’ll tell you a story. In this case, you didn’t ask, but I’m going to tell. During the fall of 2012, I was perusing my Facebook … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged #CULTD, Design, Facebook, Friendship, STS, surveillance | 1 Comment
What do Facebook’s less than stellar IPO and Bankia’s downgrade by S&P have in common? If you’re uncertain, you’re right. Facebook’s IPO was marred by uncertainty. In the days leading up to its public offering, the talk surrounding Facebook was … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged digitization, economics, Europe, Facebook, information, news | Comments Off
Today the worlds of technology and finance collide yet again in the first day of public trading of Facebook stock. Facebook is not the first online social networking site (Remember Myspace? Or for that matter TheSquare?). Nor is it the … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged business, Capitalism, digital culture, digital labor, economics, Facebook, industry, IPO, production, social media | Comments Off
Sergey Brin, one of the co-founders of Google, spoke recently with UK newspaper The Guardian in which he stated that “very power forces [have] lined up against the open Internet on all sides and around the world.” Brin levies this charge against … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged citizen empowerment, Facebook, intersection between culture and products, open access, policy, politics, te | 1 Comment
Last week, Gawker received a curious document. Turned over by an aggrieved worker from the online freelance employment site oDesk, the document iterated, over the course of several pages and in unsettling detail, exactly what kinds of content should be … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged curation, Facebook, governance, participatory culture, social media | 7 Comments
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