Advances in Internet technologies offer
huge opportunities. They give people a new space to make a
statement, lots of statements. But they also raise concerns
about loss of identity or the true value of communication.
Remember the 1995 film Denise calls up? It tells the story of a group of
friends and acquaintances–only they communicate exclusively by phone and
fax in the days when the www was a mere twinkle in Tim Berners-Lee’s
eye. More...
Laurence Allard is a French academic specialized in semiology. She has
recently focused on the digital culture and Internet activism. Gemalto
Review asked her a few questions about how the Internet is changing
cultures and behaviours.
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Extract from the
2008 February Review magazine.
Social network sites started life around 10 years ago. Since then they
have attracted millions of users–particularly in the past three or four
years. Here’s an overview of where they come from. More...
What is a social network site?
“We define social network sites as web-based services that allow
individuals to (1) construct a public or semi-public profile
within a bounded system, (2) articulate a list of other users
with whom they share a connection, and (3) view and traverse
their list of connections and those made by others within the
system. While networking is possible on these sites, it is not
the primary practice on many of them. What makes social network
sites unique is not that they allow individuals to meet
strangers, but rather that they enable users to articulate and
make visible their social networks. ”
Social Networking
Remember the 1995 film Denise calls up? It tells the story of a group of
friends and acquaintances–only they communicate exclusively by phone and
fax in the days when the www was a mere twinkle in Tim Berners-Lee’s
eye.
Laurence Allard is a French academic specialized in semiology. She has
recently focused on the digital culture and Internet activism. Gemalto
Review asked her a few questions about how the Internet is changing
cultures and behaviours.