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Category Archives: Social Media

Democracy and Psychopathology on Facebook and Google+

Saturday, July 9, 2011

The differences between Facebook and Google+ may reflect deeper aspects of our society than seem apparent at first, from how we live the principles of democracy to which sharing model works best for psychopathic behavior.

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Who’s in the Driver’s Seat, Social Media or People?

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Over on Flip the Media, the blog of the MCDM program, a new poll asks two questions: Did social media tools like Twitter and Facebook drive the Egyptian and Tunisian Revolutions? Could social media tools like Twitter and Facebook spur widespread demonstrations in the US or UK? I find it hard to answer these questions [...]

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The Future of Social Networking Sites

Friday, May 8, 2009

This is the final paper for the Master of Communication, Digital Media program’s “Evolution and Trends in Digital Media” class, taught with enthusiasm by Ken Rufo. The assignment was to project the future of a chosen medium two, five, and ten years into the future. By the time I was finished prognosticating social networking, I’d [...]

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Facebook Tries a New Approach to TOS

Thursday, February 26, 2009

Following the recent debacle in which Facebook freaked out a large percentage of its user base with a clumsily-handled change to its Terms of Service, I was surprised when this showed up on my FB home page today: Terms of Use Update Today we announced new opportunities for users to play a meaningful role in [...]

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Friendbo: Middleground Security for a Social World

Monday, November 3, 2008

Once again, I’m learning of some cool work being done by here at UW. Today’s Seattle Times (which my family still subscribes to in print form, just for the sheer Ludditeness of it) contains an article entitled “Inflexible Security? Lighten Up” by technology columnist Brier Dudley. The piece describes Friendbo, an access-control system being developed [...]

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