[Air-l] Towards a Social Science of Web 2.0 Conference (fwd)

[Barry Wellman]

FYI.

I've removed the attendee attachment form, so you'll have to chance
it on web or ask Sarah S-M.

 Barry Wellman
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 10:36:48 +0100
From: Sarah Shrive-Morrison <ssm500 at york.ac.uk>
To: ssm500 at york.ac.uk
Subject: Towards a Social Science of Web 2.0 Conference

Dear Colleagues,

This email contains information about the Towards a Social Science of Web
2.0 Conference  -  5 - 6 September 2007.

The Conference

We are pleased to announce that keynotes at the conference will include:

*	Andrew Keen, author of the recent book "The Cult of the Amateur"
<http://andrewkeen.typepad.com/> http://andrewkeen.typepad.com

*	Charles Leadbeater  www.charlesleadbeater.net
<http://www.charlesleadbeater.net/>

*	More keynotes will be announced in due course

This conference focuses on some significant developments in Internet culture
that have emerged in the last few years. Although these developments have
received widespread media coverage they have so far received little in the
way of sustained investigation by the social sciences in the UK. This
conference is intended to work toward the development of a social science of
what has come to be known as Web 2.0 – a much heralded transition in Web
media characterised by social practices of ‘generating’ and ‘browsing’,
‘tagging’ and ‘feeds’, ‘commenting’ and ‘noting’,‘reviewing’ and ‘rating’,
‘blogging’, ‘mashing-up’ and making ‘friends’ .

The conference is shaping up to be extremely exciting with over 50 papers
being offered from locations across the world including the US,  Australia,
Canada, Europe and South America as well as the UK.

Conference Wiki Link:

http://www.eu.socialtext.net/socsciweb2conf/index.cgi?towards_a_social_scien
ce_of_web_2_0

Registration

 If you would like to attend the "Towards a Social Science of Web 2.0"
conference , please complete the enclosed registration form.

Once we receive your completed registration form, we will send by return an
invitation to sign up to the Conference Wiki so that you can contribute to
discussions prior to the conference.  The Wiki also includes information
about accommodation, location of the conference and details on how best to
travel to York. Registration on the first day will be from 9.00 - 11.00 with
the first plenary beginning at 11.00am.

Regards
Sarah







Sarah Shrive-Morrison
ESRC e-society Research Programme Administrator
Department of Sociology
University of York
Heslington
York
YO10 5DD

t: +44(0)1904 433050
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Towards a Social Science of Web 2.0 Wiki
 <http://www.eu.socialtext.net/socsciweb2conf/index.cgi>
http://www.eu.socialtext.net/socsciweb2conf/index.cgi

e-Society website
 <http://www.york.ac.uk/res/e-society/projects.htm>
http://www.york.ac.uk/res/e-society/projects.htm

University of York
 <http://www.york.ac.uk/> www.york.ac.uk