[Air-L] Special issue of First Monday: “A Decade of Web 2.0: Reflections, Critical Perspectives, and Beyond”
Michael T Zimmer
zimmerm at uwm.edu
Sat Jun 11 07:22:10 PDT 2016
Dear colleagues:
Very happy to announce the publication of âA Decade of Web 2.0: Reflections, Critical Perspectives, and Beyondâ, a special issue of First Monday, co-editted by Michael Zimmer and Anna L. Hoffmann.
http://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/issue/view/482
The issue includes an impressive set of diverse contributions revisiting the topic of critical engagement with Web 2.0:
âWeb 2.0 User-knowledge and the Limits of Individual and Collective Powerâ by Nicholas Proferes
âMany (to platform) to many: Web 2.0 application infrastructuresâ by Jack Jamieson
âConstructing and Enforcing âAuthenticâ Identity Online: Facebook, Real Names, and Non-Normative Identitiesâ by Oliver Haimson and Anna Lauren Hoffmann
âRethinking Social Change: The Promises of Web 2.0 for the Marginalizedâ by David Nemer
âThe Domestication of Online Activismâ by Mathias Klang and Nora Madison
âThe Rise of Speculative Devices: Hooking Up with the Bots of Ashley Madisonâ by Ben Light
âRead Only: The Persistence of Lurking in Web 2.0â³ by Scott Kushner
âDIY Videos on YouTube: Identity and Possibility in the Age of Algorithmsâ by Chris Wolf
âShare Wars: Sharing, Theft, and the Everyday Production of Web 2.0 on DeviantArtâ by Dan Perkel
âThe Blogosphere and Its Problems: Web 2.0 Undermining Civicâ by Alex Halavais
We are particularly indebted to our external reviewers who, through a double-blind review process, shaped this special issue in important ways. Their efforts helped ensure that the discussions presented in the following were both rigorous and relevant to contemporary thinking around online platforms and practices. Congrats to everyone involved!
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Michael Zimmer, PhD
Associate Professor and PhD Program Director, School of Information Studies
Director, Center for Information Policy Research
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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