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Jovan Maud

Microsoft Research, Social Media Collective Postdoc Opening « Social Media Co... - 0 views

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    In case you're interested in the sorts of jobs on offer for anthropologists of social media. This one is at Microsoft. You can also see the sorts of projects that researchers are already working on.
Etienne Mahler

Interviewing For The 'World's Toughest Job' - Digg - 2 views

  • Wait until the end. This takes a turn and you're going to want to call home afterward.
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    In one way this is just another viral video. In another, I would say it is a nice example of how emotions can be transferred via the web. It is an fake-interview via some skype-like software in which people are being pranked. At the end though, it shows very well how emotions might be carried not only within the video but also to the viewer.
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    Yes, and it's also a piece of viral marketing, showing how companies are getting better and better at using this format to elicit and manipulate emotions. Which is not to take anything away from the power of webcams to transfer emotions.
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