I am extremely happy to announce the publication of “A Decade of Web 2.0: Reflections, Critical Perspectives, and Beyond”, a special issue of First Monday that I was privileged to co-edit with Dr. Anna L. Hoffmann. The issue includes an impressive set of…
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CFP for First Monday special issue: “A Decade of Web 2.0: Reflections, Critical Perspectives, and Beyond”
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Ohio State University Library Colloquium: “Is Library User Privacy still Paramount in the 2.0 Era?”
I've been invited by the Ohio State University Libraries to contribute to an ongoing campus-wide series of Conversations on Morality, Politics, and Society (COMPAS). This year's theme is "Public/Private", and I will be presenting today on the topic "Is Library User…
Pitt IRB Presentation: “Research Ethics in the 2.0 Era: New Challenges for Researchers and IRBs”
On Friday October 5, 2012, I will have the great pleasure of presenting my work on "Research Ethics in the 2.0 Era: New Challenges for Researchers and IRBs" for the University of Pittsburgh Institutional Review Board Educational Series. I've discussed…
SACHRP Presentation: Research Ethics in the 2.0 Era: Conceptual Gaps for Ethicists, Researchers, IRBs
On Wednesday, July 21, 2010, I will be presenting in front of the Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Human Research Protections (SACHRP), part of the Office for Human Research Protections in the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). My presentation will focus on how Web 2.0 tools, environments, and experiences are creating new conceptual gaps in our understanding of privacy, anonymity/identifiability, consent, and harm.
The Internet as Playground and Factory: A Conference on Digital Labor
When I edited a special volume of First Monday on "Critical Perspectives of Web 2.0" I was lucky to have included a contribution by Trebor Scholz, which made an already good collection of papers even better. Scholz's article, "Market Ideology…
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NSF Grant: Internet Research and Ethics 2.0
Congratulations to Elizabeth Buchanan and Charles Ess for being awarded an NSF grant to create a much-needed repository and advisory board to address the challenges that emerging Internet and Web 2.0 platforms are placing on research ethics. I'm thrilled to…
Web 2.0 Theses by Ippolita, Geert Lovink & Ned Rossiter
Geert Lovink, one of the premier theorists of new media and network culture, has posted a set of "Web 2.0 Theses," puncturing the ethos and mythology the surrounds Web 2.0 and contemporary internet fetishism. Here's my quick summary, but I…
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Universal Music Group on Tumblr: Social Marketing Gone Wrong
A few months ago I contributed to a news article about businesses increasingly participating in social media platforms for marketing and management of customer relations. Seems the recording industry behemoth Universal Music Group was listening, as they've recently joined the…
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Values and Pragmatic Action: The Challenges of Introducing Ethical Intelligence in Technical Design Communities
I've written a lot here about the need for companies to engage in value-conscious design of their products and services. This, admittedly, is no simple task. Ever since spending a few weeks thinking about this topic a few years ago,…
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