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BodySpaceSociety.eu intends to provide the academic community with a place for exchange and critical thinking about the way the body, spatial settings, and sociability play out in shaping the life of social actors. The main focus here is on online computer-mediated interactions and the cultural dimensions of the Internet. The blog offers regular updates about ongoing research activities and relevant events. It is mainly authored by Antonio A. Casilli, sociologist at the Edgar Morin Centre (EHESS/CNRS, Paris).
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- March 7, 2010
- 11:01 AM
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The sociology of Chatroulette
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by Antonio A. Casilli (Centre Edgar-Morin, Paris) [1]
By now, you might have heard about Chatroulette, if you are hip and tech-savvy if those two things at the sides of your face are your ears. By the way, I hope you did not click on the link. It’s not safe for work. And by that I [...]... Read more »
Peter M. Todd. (1997) Searching for the next best mate. In R. Conte, R. Hegselmann, and P. Terna (Eds.) Simulating social phenomena, Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 419-436. info:/
- December 20, 2009
- 04:46 PM
- 209 views
« How come it’s BLUE? » The origins of James Cameron’s Avatar
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Superheroes, virtual worlds and hindu gods: a visual genealogy of James Cameron's Avatar - based on my article "Les Avatars Bleus" (Communications, 2005). For those who don't speak French. Also, for those who simply can't be bothered to go through 30 pages of socio-babbling ;) ... Read more »
Antonio A. Casilli. (2005) [Blue Avatars, about three strategies of cultural borrowing at the heart of computer culture] Les avatars bleus, Autour de trois stratégies d’emprunt culturel au cœur de la cyberculture. Communications, 77(1), 183-209. info:/
- November 2, 2009
- 02:30 AM
- 230 views
Love – the Swiss way: sociologists want to “optimize the marriage market” (eng)
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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...... Read more »
Cao, N., Fragnière, E., Gauthier, J., Sapin, M., & Widmer, E. (2010) Optimizing the marriage market: An application of the linear assignment model. European Journal of Operational Research, 202(2), 547-553. DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2009.06.009
- July 8, 2009
- 02:51 AM
- 503 views
A crazy idea everybody’s having: using Wikipedia for health information (eng)
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Laurent, M., & Vickers, T. (2009). Seeking Health Information Online: Does Wikipedia Matter? Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 16 (4), 471-479 DOI: 10.1197/jamia.M3059
Back in the day, patients used to show up at doctors’ practices with a set of symptoms. Since the advent of the Internet, though, they show up with a set of [...]... Read more »
Laurent, M., & Vickers, T. (2009) Seeking Health Information Online: Does Wikipedia Matter?. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 16(4), 471-479. DOI: 10.1197/jamia.M3059
- June 27, 2009
- 01:33 PM
- 565 views
Internet use among the poor: it’s not funny and it doesn’t mitigate inequalities (eng)
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Robinson, L. (2009). A taste for the necessary. A Bourdieuian approach to digital inequality Information, Communication & Society, 12 (4), 488-507 DOI: 10.1080/13691180902857678
The “Diversity” issue of the journal Information, Communication and Society is out and it’s entirely devoted to the Communication and Information Technologies section of the American Sociological Association (CITASA). Laura Robinson’s remarkable article explores digital inequality among ........ Read more »
Robinson, L. (2009) A taste for the necessary. A Bourdieuian approach to digital inequality. Information, Communication , 12(4), 488-507. DOI: 10.1080/13691180902857678
- June 11, 2009
- 02:50 AM
- 506 views
New paper shows social connectivity is not declining (not because of Internet, anyway) (eng)
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Hua (Helen) Wang, & Barry Wellman (2009). Social Connectivity in America. Changes in Adult Friendship Network Size from 2002 to 2007 American Behavioral Scientist
The story so far, can be summarized as follows: since the beginning of the Web, a significant amount of researches has being focusing on the inverse correlation between online connectivity and [...]... Read more »
Hua (Helen) Wang, & Barry Wellman. (2009) Social Connectivity in America. Changes in Adult Friendship Network Size from 2002 to 2007. American Behavioral Scientist. DOI: http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman/publications/social-connectivity/social-connectivity.pdf
- May 4, 2009
- 01:27 AM
- 611 views
How to avoid common mistakes in agent-based model visualization (eng)
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Pretty interesting article just published in JASSS. If you happen to be involved in agent-based simulation design, you know how bad your model can be screwed up by poor visualization. Here are some guidelines you might find useful.
Visualizations are not only important for communicating your results to an audience (wether it is made of fellow-scientists [...]... Read more »
Kornhauser, Daniel and Wilensky, Uri and Rand, William. (2009) Design Guidelines for Agent Based Model Visualization. Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, 12(2). DOI: http://jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk/12/2/1.html
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