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MySpace users often from immigrant, Latino and Hispanic families, the teens not part of the "dominant high school popularity paradigm...ostracised...as geeks, freaks, or queers." Facebook users "are in honors classes, looking forward to the prom"...
A month ago, the military banned MySpace but not Facebook. This was a very interesting move because the division in the military reflects the division in high schools. Soldiers are on MySpace; officers are on Facebook.
From the shoreline of Caesarea on Israel's north coast, it's just a few fin kicks and a short descent below the sun-glazed surface of the Mediterranean until you reach the sunken ruins of the harbor that made this one of the great cities of antiquity.
Modern liberal societies have weak collective identities. Postmodern elites, especially in Europe, feel that they have evolved beyond identities defined by religion and nation. But if our societies cannot assert positive liberal values, they may be challe
...to strive for a structureless group is as useful, and as deceptive, as to aim at an "objective" news story, "value-free" social science, or a "free" economy. A "laissez faire" group is about as realistic as a "laissez faire" society; the idea becomes a
We...live inside a matrix...[its] hegemonic power...only strengthened since [911]. Lies...repeated until... accepted as truth...by a bloated, myopic...bureaucracy...stench of pork is everywhere...
"what makes this board game work?", to "how can we give our players more control of our online games?", to "how do we make decisions in our company?", and of course "how did we collectively make such a mess of decision making in America?".
Alacrity, noun. From the Latin alacritas meaning promptitude. Similar in meaning to its synonyms Velocity and Celerity, all three mean quickness in action or movement. Alacrity stresses promptness in response to a suggestion or command, cheerful and eager
I'm an associate professor at the University of Bergen, and I do research on how people tell stories online. I've been a research blogger since October 2000, and I'm currently writing a book on blogging for Polity Press. I've been head of my department fo