Category: social capital

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Scratch the surface of any vandal and you find a “regular” Wikipedia user

A database of the most vandalised Wikipedia articles has been released on the Wiki-research mailing list: a useful portrayal of the cultural interests (and cultural biases) of the entire community.

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This week in Anomie (Sunday Sociological Song)

How would you talk about sociologically-meaningful topics… in music? A Sunday Sociological Song to illustrate Durkheim’s notion of anomie.

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Summer readings, cultural revolutions, destructive designs

My interest in the topic of the Chinese Cultural Revolution was jump-started by Tsinghua sociologist Guo Yuhua. In the summer… read more Summer readings, cultural revolutions, destructive designs

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Running experiments on Twitter? Don't forget the bug

There’s nothing that error analysis wouldn’t fix. But I prefer to sit here and ponder the epistemological ramifications of the way bugs are impacting the traditional way we make science…

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Friendship on Facebook: an ethno-computational approach (Sunbelt XXX presentation)

Very happy to put online our powerpoint presentation – just delivered at Sunbelt international conference, world’s biggest conference on social… read more Friendship on Facebook: an ethno-computational approach (Sunbelt XXX presentation)

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Autonomie et coopération dans les communautés pro-ana en ligne

Powerpoint de l’intervention d’Antonio Casilli à l’Institut Télécom ParisTech (14 juin 2010) : “Entre autonomie et coopération. Le cas des communautés pro-ana”.

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Droit, Internet, autonomie et communautés « pro-ana »: deux séminaires à Paris

Allez, je me remets au blog après une période d’interruption due au fait que j’ai cherché à travailler un peu… read more Droit, Internet, autonomie et communautés « pro-ana »: deux séminaires à Paris

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Studying pro-ana communities in the social web (LSE seminar and references)

So here’s the powerpoint presentation of yesterday’s LSE seminar. I want to thank the students and faculty of the Institute… read more Studying pro-ana communities in the social web (LSE seminar and references)

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Mobile Phones in Advertising : Good intentions and Lingerie

This month, for Les Vases Communicants, we welcome Gaby David (LHIVIC, EHESS). You can find Antonio A. Casilli’s post on… read more Mobile Phones in Advertising : Good intentions and Lingerie

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My seminar at the London School of Economics confirmed

So my seminar on pro-ana websites at the Institute of Social Psychology of the London School of Economics will not… read more My seminar at the London School of Economics confirmed