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Love – the Swiss way: sociologists want to "optimize the marriage market"
The current state of marriages is well below the social optimum, Swiss sociologists say. So they come up with a mathematical model to “reallocate partners” more efficiently via a shadowy “central agency”. Next thing you know, divorces are reduced by 21%, mixed couples become illegal and right-wing nuts triumph…
Revue espagnole d'analyse des réseaux prend s'oppose au "réductionnisme relationnel"
L’essor des méthodologies et des programmes de recherche centrés sur l’analyse des réseaux sociaux entraînerait « un certain réductionnisme relationnel »… read more Revue espagnole d'analyse des réseaux prend s'oppose au "réductionnisme relationnel"
Three CfP on CMC (fr) (eng)
Persistence and Change in Social Media Call for papers for the Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society (http://people.oii.ox.ac.uk/hogan/2009/09/call-for-papers-extended-bsts) Deadline: November… read more Three CfP on CMC (fr) (eng)
Google et au-delà : numéro spécial de la revue "Multitudes"
“Si Google nous oppresse, il s’agit d’une oppression douce et séduisante, que nous acceptons volontiers pour notre confort sur le… read more Google et au-delà : numéro spécial de la revue "Multitudes"
Publish. Or Perish. Or falsify.
In his pamphlet Enemies of Promise (2004) Lindsay Waters blamed present-day “eclipse of scholarship” on the academic rat-race called “Publish… read more Publish. Or Perish. Or falsify.
A crazy idea everybody's having: using Wikipedia for health information
Laurent, M., & Vickers, T. (2009). Seeking Health Information Online: Does Wikipedia Matter? Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association,… read more A crazy idea everybody's having: using Wikipedia for health information
Internet use among the poor: it's not funny and it doesn't mitigate inequalities
Robinson, L. (2009). A taste for the necessary. A Bourdieuian approach to digital inequality Information, Communication & Society, 12 (4),… read more Internet use among the poor: it's not funny and it doesn't mitigate inequalities
New paper shows social connectivity is not declining (not because of Internet, anyway)
Hua (Helen) Wang, & Barry Wellman (2009). Social Connectivity in America. Changes in Adult Friendship Network Size from 2002 to… read more New paper shows social connectivity is not declining (not because of Internet, anyway)
Wisconsin student twitters his way to PhD in biomedical engineering
First off this video: What is it all about? Just another day in the Twitter-crazed US media landscape: a high-profiled… read more Wisconsin student twitters his way to PhD in biomedical engineering
New discovery: actually Internet CURES cancer!!!
By Antonio A. Casilli (Centre Edgar-Morin, EHESS, Paris) After putting online a post that satirized an article claiming that electronic… read more New discovery: actually Internet CURES cancer!!!