[Air-L] Reminder: IR.11 call for panelists: On the Philosophy of Facebook

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By the time IR rolls around, Facebook will be just a generalist  
hotspot and the early adopters will have all moved over to Google  
Buzz. ;)

On Feb 12, 2010, at 2:00 PM, Michael Zimmer wrote:

> A reminder for anyone interested to joining this panel proposal...
> -mz
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>> From: Michael Zimmer <zimmerm at uwm.edu>
>> Date: January 27, 2010 1:05:02 PM EST
>> To: AoIR-L <air-l at listserv.aoir.org>
>> Subject: [Air-L] IR.11 call for panelists: On the Philosophy of  
>> Facebook
>>
>> Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg has built his social networking empire  
>> on the belief that "information wants to be shared", a particular  
>> philosophy of information that directly impacts the values built  
>> into the design of Facebook, ranging from its user interface,  
>> privacy policies, terms of service, and method of governance.
>>
>> I am proposing a panel for IR.10 (Gothenburg, Sweden, Oct 21-23,  
>> 2010) titled "On the Philosophy of Facebook". This panel will  
>> explore the philosophy of Facebook and its broader implications for  
>> norms of privacy, identity, governance, sociability, and online  
>> life generally.
>>
>> Ideal papers will provide philosophical, conceptual, and/or  
>> critical insights into Facebook and social networking generally.
>>
>> If interested in joining this panel, please email me  
>> (zimmerm at uwm.edu) a 250-500 word abstract, and a brief biography,  
>> by February 13.
>>
>> Best,
>> Michael Zimmer
>>
>> -- 
>> Michael Zimmer, PhD
>> Assistant Professor, School of Information Studies
>> Associate, Center for Information Policy Research
>> University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
>> e: zimmerm at uwm.edu
>> w: www.michaelzimmer.org
>>
>>
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