The World Wide Web as Social Media
The Internet is the most important socio-technological system that exists in the new networked communication environment. As a “network of networks” (Dutton, 19...
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The Changing Practices of the Hip Hop DJ
Since its beginnings the art of DJ-ing has evolved dynamically along with the evolution of audio technologies such as speakers, mixers, storage devices, and mus...
Rethinking Youth Participation and Civic Engagment
This week, at the symposium “Digitally Connected: Towards a Global Community of Knowledge and Practice around Children, Youth, and Digital Media” organized by t...
Evolving Digital Inequalities: Understanding the Changing Countours of Divides and Gaps
Over the last three decades, the rapid development and adoption of digital technology infrastructures, tools, and practices, has given rise to a new communicati...
Parking at Free Wi-Fi Spots : Coffeehouses in a Networked Communication Environment
It is not just about coffee, it is more about the space, and in particular, about the “free” and “open” public/private space. The import...
Social Protests in Colombia: Farmers, Urban Youth and Digital Networked Media
The last two weeks of August in Colombia were pretty intense, unique, and inspiring in terms of social movements, media practices, and participation. The social...