Instagram: The Next Big (Academic) Thing?

12 February 2015

Authors: Elizabeth Kaufer

Social media is one of the most prominent areas of interest in Internet scholarship, particularly the Twitter and Facebook platforms. A quick search in Google Scholar for “Twitter” pulls ...
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Connected Life 2014: Poster and Visualisation Fair Presenters

10 June 2014

Authors: Connected Life Organising Team

Connected Life 2014, occurring on June 12th, is a day-long student-run conference dedicated to sparking exchange between disciplines and showcasing emerging internet research. Bringing together participants and attendees from ...
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Connected Life 2014: Remaining Presenters Announced

9 June 2014

Authors: Connected Life Organising Team

Connected Life 2014, occurring on June 12th, is a day-long student-run conference dedicated to sparking exchange between disciplines and showcasing emerging internet research. Bringing together participants and attendees from ...
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Announcing Connected Life Presenters in the Fields of Culture and Digital Divides

5 June 2014

Authors: Connected Life Organising Team

Connected Life 2014, occurring on June 12th, is a day-long student-run conference dedicated to sparking exchange between disciplines and showcasing emerging internet research. Bringing together participants and attendees from ...
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Announcing Connected Life 2014 Presenters in the fields of Education and Governance

3 June 2014

Authors: Connected Life Organising Team

Connected Life 2014, occurring on June 12th, is a day-long student-run conference dedicated to sparking exchange between disciplines and showcasing emerging internet research. Bringing together participants and attendees from ...
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Data, Knowledge, and Knowing Through Data

6 February 2014

Authors: Sarah Lefkowith

We live in a world ruled by data in all realms, not just the scientific or mathematical but the political and the personal. This comes with both benefits and ...
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“internet” vs. “Internet”: The Consequence of Capitalization

24 January 2014

Authors: Sarah Lefkowith

Read enough about digital developments and you’re bound to run into a subtle inconsistency: the capitalization of the word “internet.” Some scholars do, some scholars don’t. This may lead ...
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Careful, Now: Turing’s life and the construction of a genius narrative

26 June 2012

Authors: Manuel Schaeffer

Portrait of Alan Turing by Daniel Rogers © Daniel Rogers “I wish I had,” said Steve Jobs when asked if he had designed the Apple logo as a reverence ...
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Exploring the Geography of WorldBank.org

11 June 2012

Authors: Molly Norris

“Once we become critical of the assumption that the Web is a neutral repository of information, the structure of the Web becomes much more interesting.” – M.H Jackson, 1997 Absences speak ...
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Playing with New Toys

13 February 2012

Authors: Neil Basu

Last week, I found myself in Nuffield College, watching a bright-eyed lecturer, Ilmo van der Lowe, in fascination. Believe me when I say that I knew less about the ...
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