The Social Science Research Council has released a new book titled “Structures of Participation in Digital Culture“, which you can download for free. From the introduction:
Structures of Participation in Digital Culture, edited by SSRC Program Director Joe Karaganis, explores digital technologies that are engines of cultural innovation, from the virtualization of group networks and [...]
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Mike Gotta of Collaborative Thinking lays out from interesting thoughts in a recent post about what it might take to make social networking services useful in a business context. I think he’s on the right track. What sets Orglines apart from other social networking systems is the recognition that people in organizations have [...]
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Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Orglines was formed in part from a desire to help organizations operate better by clarifying roles, responsibilities, and relationships carried by their members. To this end, Orglines adopts a precise view of the elemental building blocks from which organizational structures are built.
Org Charts are traditionally shown as trees with each node representing a unique [...]
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Phil Wolff of Skype Journal outlines a model of social networking capabilities using the OSI Basic Reference Model as an analogue.
I find it interesting that social meta-data (tags, comments, ratings) are left out. Have you seen other useful resources for understanding the underpinnings of social media?
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A lot of information on the web lacks contextual information we need in order to judge its truthiness. If someone says something to us, we know that person’s identity. Our knowledge of that person’s credibility and expertise on the subject is part of the context that helps us interpret what we hear. If [...]
“Activity streaming” and “life streaming” are terms used to describe an RSS aggregation technique used to gather and publish updates from all over the web that are relevant to a specific person.  Plaxo Pulse is a leading example, providing users with aggregated updates on all their contacts.
These activity streaming services currently allow you to source [...]