Sorin Adam Matei
Analysis, research, maps, and essays from Sorin Adam Matei.
In a recent article by Mashable.com, writer Jamie O’Dell discusses ways in which social media has the ability to help others. O’Dell highlights 9 specific websites that contribute to good causes, some of which are free for users to participate in. Some examples of…
For a while Dubai looked like the new global capital of the world. Investments in the tens of billion were a fact of life. Since late last year Dubai has slowed down its pace. Significantly. See video by clicking below.
Wikipedia has more than 200 versions (including one in Klingon). Looking at the top 500 pages, can we find any similarities? Are there any differences? How can these differences be explained? Domas Mituzas has published some server log data provided by Wikipedia…
Submitted by "Adrienne Hall" on October 22, 2008 to the On-line Interaction and Facilitation Seminar, Fall 2008, Purdue University, Dr. Sorin A. Matei via the I Think Blog. Abstract This essay attempts to begin explaining how participation in online social interactions impacts…
LibriVox » Links tags: no_tag Blog before you Think!: TiddlyWiki Mania tags: tiddlywiki, wiki, productivity, gtd, javascript, software, work List of TiddlyWiki adaptations – post by stumax Howard Rheingold’ Social Media Class This quarter Howard Rheingold teaches the Social Media class at…
Google is testing a new Web service intended to become a repository of knowledge from experts on various topics, one that could turn into a competitor to Wikipedia and other sites. If it attracts a following, the service could accelerate Google’s transformation…
Submitted by Colleen E. Brown on October 15, 2006 to the On-line Interaction and Facilitation Seminar, Fall 2007, Purdue University, Dr. Sorin A. Matei via the I Think Blog (http://www.matei.org/ithink) The growth of computer mediated communication (CMC) has sparked much debate across…
Google’s been strongly opposed to the whole pay-as-you-go revamping of the Internet (the equivalent of introducing toll-lanes ofn the Internet). You know, the whole net neutrality debate. At the same time, Google seems to suggest that its opposition is only pro forma.…
What do you do when bandidos steal 4000 of your just produced and very expensive suits? You move your machiladora back to the US… Globalization can be a two-way street. (NPR story)
As an avid public-radio fan, (I embrace what others consider my “nerdness”) I’ve recently been exploring the world of podcasts since I don’t own a radio in my house and stopped driving my car (current modes of transportation: feet, trolley, bus, and…
The report is one of the most comprehensive to date, including information about ranking over time… Abstract and link There is an immense information and communication technology (ICT) gap, a “digital divideâ€, between developed and developing countries. A person in a high-income…
According to the International Labor organization US multinationals account for a majority of exports and just under 40% of imports. At the same time, their share of both exports and imports decreased during the 80s and mid 90s (the article claims that…
Manuel Castells is famous for his triptic “Network Society” in which he summarized the broad hopes for a new (and improved) global society powered by information technology. (While, at the same time, pointing to the weak spots of this techno-driven version of…
The International Monetary Fund papers below discuss the history of globalization, pointing to the fact that what we are witnessing today is just a recovering trend. The conclusion is that around 1900 we WERE globalized already. It took two hot world wars…
A very good definition of globalization-rather extensive-from Yale center for globalization. I especially liked the author’s insistence that the human species has a global vocation by its very natural history. Genetic evidence shows that all modern humans (and all humans, past and…
Working ethically in a global environment should not only mean abstaining from bribing local politicians or being a scofflaw. It should also translate into not coniving with the local tyrants in opressing their people (and your employees). Human Rights Watch details the…
A very good reference work on the social aspects of Information Technology. The Oxford Handbook of Information and Communication Technologies Danny Quah, Roger Silverstone, Robin Mansell and Chrisanthi Avgerou ISBN13: 9780199266234 ISBN10: 0199266239 Hardback, 752 pages Apr 2007, Not Yet Published due…
By Susan Huelsing Sarapin Submitted on October 22, 2006 to the On-Line Interaction and Facilitation Seminar, Fall 2006, Purdue University Dr. Sorin A. Matei via the I Think Blog (http://www.matei.org/ithink) Introduction Today, people all over the world are connected, or “tethered†(Turkle,…
Blogs are about having a voice – whether it be a political or civic voice (Wolf, 2004; Korblum, 2003) or a personal voice. We want to be heard in the political arena, in the news arena, and in the personal area. Why…
[posted by Lorraine] Joe Walther’s visit to Purdue University introduced us to a wide variety of theoretical approaches to relationships in online environments. The focus of his lectures was how people relate in online environments, or “how does communication behavior affect how…
New media and emerging technologies continue to change not only our communication (Gunn, 2006; Jones, 2006), but also our relationships, our work, and our communities (Contractor, 2006; Walther, 2006). At the same time, our societies and organizations – i.e. the bodies within…
The metaphor of organization-as-networks directs attention to the dynamic nature of the process of organization as an emergent, evolving, and dynamic. At a global level, theorists have engaged with different forms of interdependencies, whether social, political or economic, as exemplified by Castells’…
Drawing on the earlier notion of electronic propinquity as postulated by Korzenny (1978), the role of several factors like communication skills, bandwidth, information complexity, mutual directionality, to name a few, all play a part in determining the amount of propinquity achieved in…
Dr. Moira Gunn’s interview with Dr. Clifford Nass of Stanford University discusses a decade of research Nass has done on the role of the voice in human-computer relationships. In addition to work that recognizes the differential response our brain exhibits to sounds…
The collection of readings regarding communication and new media provides looks forward (Carey, 1998; Neas, 2005; Fox, Anderson, & Rainie, 2005) as well as backwards (Cato, 1982; Marvin, 1998) in our adoption of new technologies and their effect on our lives. From…
Many themes resonate and intersect from the readings and in our discussion this week- and several find echo in the words of my son, who, eternally fascinated by the fact that it takes me a year to find my question and then…