Category: social capital

Nous y sommes (à nouveau) : méga attroupement de sociologues à Grenoble à l’occasion du Congrès 2011 de l’Association Française… read more What the hell am I doing here #4 : à l'AFS de Grenoble

A few interesting facts about Social Networking Services (mainly Facebook) taken from the recent report issued on June 16 2011 by PEW Internet and American Life. The report, whose title is Social networking sites and our lives is authored by Keith Hampton, Lauren Sessions Goulet, Lee Rainie, Kristen Purcell. Food for thought.

Le voilà entre mes main : le premier exemplaire de « Cultures du numérique » que j’ai dirigé et dont j’ai le… read more Parution de "Cultures du numérique" (Ed. du Seuil)

Neocortex matters more than social enhancements à la Facebook, says Robin “Dunbar’s number” Dunbar in a recent article. Will these results get him a Nobel Prize?

Following in Judith Donath and dana boyd’s researches on online friendship and drawing on social network analysis of tie formation, this Hui-Jung Chang article sets up to detect cross-cultural variations in ‘friending’ between a US-based service (Myspace) and a Taiwan one (Wretch).

Patient empowerment via online medicine represent a business opportunity for pharmaceutical companies. How to avoid the coming “eHealth divide” between those who have access to quality online information about available cures – and those who are prey of Big Pharma disinformation.

“Analytical Sociology at Work”, the Fourth Conference of the European Network of Analytical Sociologists (ENAS), will take place at the… read more Consider submitting your paper to "Analytical Sociology at Work" (deadline April 1, 2011)

What kind of social structures Web users contribute to put in place? And what do monkeys have to do with it? Text presented at the conference “Web Culture: New Modes of Knowledge, New Sociabilities”, Villa Gillet, Lyon (France), February 10th, 2011.

Slides de la cinquième séance du séminaire EHESS ‘Corps et TIC : approches socio-anthropologiques des usages numériques’ (vendredi 11 févr. 2011).

Wikileaks pizzas, Wikileaks condoms, Wikileaks dog tee-shirts… Merchandising dissent or just another way to support and fund the new public enemy number 1?