Category: social capital
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.
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.
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
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…
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)
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”.
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
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)
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
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