The purported aim of the revision is to prevent internet crimes and scams by placing the onus on the owner of a computer to which a seditious posting is traced or a website on which a seditious posting has been published to prove that they are not responsible for it.
The state argued that tracking down those responsible and bringing them to book had been near impossible due to the common use of pseudonyms and fake identities online.
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This study published in 2002 really hits home after watching the Mike Wesch videos last week, particularly his presentation concerning villages in New Guinea. At the very top of the report, it clearly states "that the more time people spend using the Internet, the more they lose contact with their social environment. This effect is noticeable even with just 2-5 Internet hours per week, and it rises substantially for those spending more than 10 hours per week." And this was in 2002, prior to the growth of twitter, facebook, and iPhone. Not only are we constantly plugged in at home, we can take our Internet with use now.
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Here is an interesting article on the impact the Internet has had on college students. The study looks specifically at what type of impact Internet use has on student social behavior.
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Good article! What I found interesting was the correlation between user demographics being the same online as it is offline, i.e. more males checking political communication online AND offline. I think it shows the transition from offline media use, or more traditional modes to online and often an accumulation of both. A bit off topic but it makes me think about how we're becoming masters of mult-tasking, allowing us to be in tune to several different media - whether it be traditional TV, radio etc, and switching gears to reading news online, watching videos online, listening online. As I type this, I'm researching papers and watching TV and feel like I'm in tune to both. Researching how people are now becoming the ultimate multi-taskers would be interesting. However, because we are becoming such great multi-taskers, are we almost giving ourselves a sort of "ADD" in which, in the future, we'll have a hard time concentrating on ONE thing for a certain amount of time. I find it hard to concentrate often on a project or paper with multiple messages going on, emails coming in, texts, Facebook notifications, etc. and frequently break to do all things at once = a ton of white noise!
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I think we can all relate to this wall of digital "white noise" as university students within the information management sector. It seems as though there is a fine line between multi-tasking and organized distraction. I often find myself dividing my time between school work, personal correspondence, and managing my Ebay account, but this doesn't necessarily mean I'm being more efficient. Earl Miller, a neuroscientist at MIT, has actually proven that the human brain "can't focus on more than one thing at a time" (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95256794).
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Great article @ ABC. I was doing some research for my group project for the unit about e-books, brain, order, etc. and have become extremely interested in the impact of technology on our brain. As much as we may like to think we are great multi-taskers, it seems that our ability to toggle between multiple tasks on computers has hindered our ability to focus on long-winded tasks.
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I found the correlation between downloading and other online activities to be pretty interesting. It make sense in a practical way, I suppose, since if you're online long enough to engage in regular message board discussions or blogging, you will likely find other activities to do at the same time such as downloading (which does not require your constant attention) or say listening to internet radio. On a kind of a related note, I once had a talk with a committee that was exploring ways to crack down on illegal downloading on campus. One of the methods they discussed using was tracking bandwith activity, and one of the concerns with this was unintentionally catching up people who were using high bandwith for legitimate activities such as streaming videos.
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"Specifically concerning news habits, the majority of students said they preferred to consult online sources over offline sources for news and information because of the convenience." I definitely agree with this too. I always use the internet for news because I find it so much easier than watching the news on tv which is so inundated with useless information now, and often what I consider scare tactics (it always seems like that in an election year). As well as the phrase they used, "The more, the more". I find this to be true in all internet users. The more they use one system, or are active in one way, the more likely it is that they are active in another.
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Facebook for First-Graders? The Social Media Giant Looks to Welcome Kids Under 13 | Hea... - 5 views
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How young is too young? Are kids today really not interacting in person if they're busy building an online network?? My internet use wasn't policed when I was a kid, but then you couldn't do much via AOL dial-up! What happens when parents aren't as technologically adept as their kids?
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I think this is not a good trend, although FB will probably make it happen anyway. It is already pretty obvious that today's teens do not know how to interact socially in a proper manner - they text constantly even while standing next to each other because they prefer to send messages and avoid f2f interaction; they construct sentences in a twitter-like manner. Kids need to form friendships and interact socially face-to-face, not just virtually. They need to speak to others live, know how to write coherent sentences, and not spend so many hours glued to their technical devices. Parents need to impose more guidelines. Librarians can help by assisting in finding age-appropriate websites for children. We don't need to take away the technology, but we do need to help teens and children use it in a better way.
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I guess the logic is that kids under 13 are using the site anyway, by lying about their age or getting someone older to create an account for them, so perhaps the best course of action is to create a space specifically for them--with more restrictions and stricter privacy settings. I hope that this pre-teen space is diligently patrolled, and content vetted thoroughly before it gets posted online (sort of like having a forum moderator approve all posts before they appear on the site). I'm not sure if this is feasible....I suppose it depends on how many pre-teens sign on to this thing.
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I. don't. like. this. My 12-year old wants a FB account simply because all his friends have one and not for any other reason. It just adds one more layer of policing that schools and parents have to be on top of. I am one of the lucky few parents whose kids are pretty good at self-policing their screen time, but I know that's rare. There are plenty of fun, age-appropriate sites for kids that age -- Pottermore comes to mind... my kids both signed up for accounts there and spend time doing the things tweens like to do, i.e. dueling their friends and socking away Galleons in their Gringotts bank accounts. If they spend a hour on Pottermore, then they know they have to go outside and shoot hoops for an hour. I am a little shocked, actually, that FB thinks tweens are a shoe-in market, since usually that demographic wants NOTHING to do with what their parents do... has FB really cracked the generation gap??
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While I don't condone kids spending all their time on the internet, interacting with their friends through IM, I do understand the need for Facebook to create a space for kids under 13. Kids *are* using it anyway, so it only stands to reason (in my opinion) that FB do the responsible thing and police them. My step-sons both have accounts on FB. The oldest is now 13, so he's legitimate, but the youngest is 11 and he wanted one because his brother had one. He also so he could keep in touch with us (he's in Kansas, we're in NJ), so his step-father set up the account and monitors it. I would be a lot happier with him being in a policed-by-moderators environment so I didn't have to rely on his step-dad to do it. I think that there's an upside to the possible changes to FB, as long as it can be properly implemented and policed. I'm just an optimist, what can I say? And yes, I also believe that FB has possibly put a little crack in the generation gap.
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The biggest question for me is how will the children under 13 who desire to have a facebook account react when they learn that to do it, the account must be connected to their parents account? At some point every child does something that they do not want their parents to know about..... would that be a deterrent? Would they continue to lie about their ages and use the other tips and tricks to fool the system? Back when I was 14-15 I had a "LiveJournal" account, that I willingly gave my mother access too. I had nothing to hide. But I lost several friends who felt betrayed that my mom was able to then see their posts through my account. I trusted my mom, but my friends didn't. Its a tricky web of social norms, relationships and technology.
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I think this an inevitable situation because it's so easy to circumvent the system by just modifying the birth year. Facebook is probably just trying to protect themselves from future legal actions by letting the parents be responsible for accounts of their kids. I still don't like this but let's face the reality, Internet is so big and difficult to be policed.
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Amanda, I think most young teenagers have accounts in online communities that they're not supposed to be on until they're a little older (those little boxes asking you whether you're over a certain age are pretty much ignored completely). I don't like the idea of young teenagers being on Facebook but my reason is more along the same lines as the first complaints about Facebook expanding: Facebook was awesome because it was a way for those in college to meet, look at each other's pictures and bios, and organize parties. Of course, it's turned into something much bigger but I'm still selfish about it: it's like I'm on vacation and I don't want to have to deal with the loud little kids jumping in the pool.
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Just off the top of my head, I would say that 1st grade is definitely too young for a Facebook page. This article reminds me of one I read not too long ago about a mother who punished her daughter for posting pictures of herself pretending to drink by making her post new pictures of herself holding a sign warning against such behavior. The punishment photos went viral and served to teach the daughter a valuable lesson about putting compromising information on the internet.
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Related Bibliography « Social Informatics Blog - 3 views
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Barak, A., and J. Suler. (2008) Reflections on the psychology and social science of cyberspace. In A. Barak (Ed.), Psychological aspects of cyberspace: Theory, research, applications. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
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I find this post, (http://socialinformaticsblog.com/2012/05/15/ontology-of-students-in-interdisciplinary-programs/) very similar to this article that I've read before describing what a User Experience Design (UXD) is, (http://uxmag.com/articles/hi-im-a-ux-developer-youre-a-what). Being a graduate student studying UXD, I find it difficult sometimes to explain to people what my field entails just like how a Social Informatics student would feel. It's very unfortunate how some interdisciplinary studies just don't get the same acknowledgement as with other disciplines!
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The goal is to give an overview of publications in the field that may be relevant for reflexion and future studies.
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Patton, J.W. (2000). Protecting privacy in public? Surveillance technologies and the value of public places.” Ethics and Information Technology 2:181-187
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This blog was created by Indiana University students and faculty who were interested in Social Informatics. On top of providing information on current events, conferences, and a pretty good bibliography, they also write their own entries about related topics in social informatics. Some of the posts seem more geared toward moderate to experts in social informatics, but there are a lot of great posts incorporating theory, literature in the field, personal opinion, and current events.
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I posted this blog above, Maranda, before I could see anyone else's posts... sorry about that! Great minds think alike :)
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How will mobile technology help in healthcare? Look to developing nations | SmartPlanet - 3 views
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harness mobile communications as a means of reforming the healthcare system’s dominant focus on reactive care and treatment, encouraging a shift to preventive strategies
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Mobile technology, in the form of mobile phones, can help address healthcare issues, not only in developing countries but countries like the US too
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Interesting! it's great to see that this mode of information-sharing has such potential. Text messages are quick, easy, and cheap; they might be ideal for medication or appointment reminders.
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Carrie, this article discusses using the smart phone apps and their ability to access the Internet to help those who don't have access to a face-to-face doctor. One of my articles this week mentioned an even more advanced way of long-distance healthcare: pacemakers hooked up to the Internet allows for a doctor to remotely restart a patient's heart if it stops working. These are things that only a decade ago might have seemed completely impossible yet here they are being used in a relatively wide-spread way.
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I can't wait for this service to be widely available and EFFECTIVE for everyone! I wouldn't have to sacrifice adjusting my work hours or taking a day off to get a doctor's appointment! I also wouldn't have to wait for hours in the clinic's lobby for getting a 5-10 mins consultation.
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Downloadable Gun Parts, Personalized Bioterror: the Downside of Innovation | PBS NewsHo... - 2 views
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This was the second part of a series looking at how technological innovations are changing humanity. The first part was devoted to how amazing things were being achieved. This part, which can be viewed or read as a transcript, shows the bad things that can happen. For example, many pacemakers are connected to the Internet and can therefore be manipulated by hackers.
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I'm honestly interested in why you highlighted the second program, the one about negative aspects of technology rather than the first?
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I'd like to say there was this huge insightful reason but it was mainly because I found this part of the program to be more interesting to read. I looked for a way to post both programs together but, since I could only pick one, I went with the one talking about internet trolls going around trying to give people seizures and unplugging people's pacemakers through their computers. Anyway, there already seemed to be a few articles and resources posted here about the positives of medical technologies.
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Thanks for that! It just struck me as I was looking at them that people seem to look at the downside of technological change - but I suppose that's explained by the old newspaper slogan, "if it bleeds, it leads". aa
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Duolingo Wants To Translate The Internet By Helping You Learn Another Language | WebPro... - 2 views
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Duolingo's premise is quite simple. How do you get people to translate the web for free? Their answer is to turn it into an experience that is part game, part language instruction, and all ambitious crowdsourcing.
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I have a friend who wangled an invitation to Duolingo, and she loves it. If I wasn't at library school, and had a life, I'd play with it too. Here's a TED talk about Duolingo and CAPTCHA http://www.ted.com/talks/luis_von_ahn_massive_scale_online_collaboration.html
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Yeah, I managed to get on the program. It's fun; feels like I'm playing a game.
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Here is an interesting online, scholarly journal devoted to information technology and society. The journal comes out of Stanford and is free. The range of issues includes what gives when Internet use increases --TV and sleep, apparently -- as well as looking at the type of impact the digital divide has on a number of different countries.
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First Monday - 6 views
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Open access journal devoted to entire scope of matters related to the Internet. A quick look shows articles on privacy, inclusion, data collection, open source, censorship and many other topics that could be considered part of social informatics research.
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This is a fantastic journal. I use it a LOT and so do students when they are doing research for their projects.
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I love this journal, Karen, and have used it a lot in past research projects. Thanks for putting it back in my brain waves!
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First Monday is such a great blog!! It has been a great asset to me in several classes in the past, I'm glad someone brought it up here!
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It's actually not a blog -- it's an online (legit) journal. It's a place you all should really check out as you pursue your final projects.
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I have always been ify about open access journals because sometimes they are not refereed very well... or at all. Also, many open access journals have contributors to books and articles pay a fee for having their articles hosted online--of course they have to make their money somewhere but often it is hard for scientists/professors to take that money out of their budget depending on the cost. (could also be my publishing bias). That being said, First Monday seems to have a fairly thorough peer review process according to its policies, so I will definitely check it out.
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I'm near the end of my degree and nearly all of my profs have included readings from the First Monday site. This is definitely a source I'll be scouring for final project ideas!
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It's one of the best journals out in the open access world. I actually don't know much about this "business model" but it would be great if more journals would use it.
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Stumbled upon this report, published January 2012, from the USC Annenberg School of Comm. Some great statistics and information about the users and non-users of technology and the Internet.
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What you will find is that there are many centers doing research on the impact of social/digital media, and they are very good resources for primary info
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I should, however, note that I would like to know more about their survey and how they administered it. From a methods point of view it's always a good practice to learn more.
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"online behavior changes relentlessly, and users and nonusers develop attitudes and actions that are constantly in flux as technology emerges, and then thrives or withers." This really reminds me of a documentary I watched on trends (mainly youth) and how things changed so often that they were unsure if the media or the children that were really setting the trends. As new trends "emerge" others "wither". Out internet behaviors seems to follow the same patterns as all our other social patterns.
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This is a really interesting report...it left me with even more questions, though.Particularly interested in the finding that social media had limited credibility among the study participants despite increased use. I wondered what the definition of credibility was in this case...I had before not thought of FB as credible or not credible, unless this is somehow tied to privacy issues.
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From their website: "The Center for Democracy and Technology is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit public policy organization and the leading Internet freedom organization working at the critical edge of policy innovation." This group has a great collection of resources on a variety of pertinent topics such as Digital Copyright, Security and Surveillance and Free Expression. Each topic includes current News and Events and also Research and Analysis.
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From Brookings, this 2011 YouTube video on internet privacy and security takes a different view point, that if people are unwilling to share their information online, parts of our information economy could collapse. (Video is approx. 5 mins)
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I particularly like how he points out the different definitions of data ownership and how data is shared
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FarmVille: The Garden in the Machine | In Media Res - 4 views
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Here's an interesting article about the social mechanics of Farmville and how it mimics the ideals of "gift economy" often demonstrated by non-western, "primitive" cultures, such as those of native Papua New Guineans.
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The in-text link to the article: " The High-Tech Gift Economy" is also worth a read. It compares the proliferation of shareware and open source software to the political movement of anarcho-communism.
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Oh dear. I wasted many an hour on Farmville back when it was big...way more than I'd like to admit. That's a neat connection between the digital farm and the real world--and how people's obsession over the game (though I don't know if it's still the case...I deactivated my Farm because it was, well, eating up my entire life!) speaks to something deeper, like the desire for community.
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There are some failures in the analysis made in the "High Tech Gift Economy". Thinking that the internet was created by the military is a bit of a canard: in my opinion it was the most inventive misuse of military money by a university. Also there is a conception that the 'net runs on the love of pixies and nerds, where in reality it runs on commercial networks successfully making money. I'd much prefer pixie net, but it just ain't so :(
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I remember playing farmville and cafeville for a few months. They were catchy, but I felt they were a bit off. The idea of being chained to the computer so my crops would not spoil or my food would not overcook was draining, so I finally gave them up. Plus, the more I read about Zygna, the less I liked them as a company. Here is an blog post about how farmville and the like induce anxiety by design. http://consumerist.com/2010/12/game-developer-says-farmville-is-designed-to-be-negative-and-draining.html
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That's really interesting Jorge: I used to play civilization, but it doesn't help me relax, it just winds me up for hours, in much the same way. Then I discovered Osmos, and have a game that actually feels calm and meditative, bizarrely enough. I had enough of those damn smirking pigs, that's for sure: no wonder the birds are angry.
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I never got into Farmville myself, but I do remember my news feed on Facebook being overrun with notifications that friends wanted to share their crops and farm animals with me. I got the feeling there was a mob mentality to the game and I was personally turned off by the idea of buying into a product simply because many of my friends did so. The game shows how much our lives can be affected by technology when a "game" dictates how we schedule much of our time just to ensure our imaginary crops don't wither before we can harvest them.
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Anton, I agree, Civ would keep me up for hours and hours, but I would argue that Civ is different from the farmville model because it is not oriented towards a repetitive (and time based) requirement that one has to come back to the computer a certain time later to click on stuff. Even the social aspect of farmville is a kind of pressure to get more friends into the game just to unlock more stuff, rather than to share in a community effort or a competition.
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You should definitely look at Jesse Schell's lecture (I think maybe next week?) I put it as optional but do take a look.
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I do not understand the appeal of Farmville or any other of the 'games' on FB. I guess I also don't understand some people's obsession with their FB or Twitter accounts. If I want to keep in touch with my friends and family, I text or phone them directly - I feel more connected by having direct interactions with them versus reading their wall or sending them a 'gift' for their fake farm. I feel relieved that I no longer have a FB account, and stay in close contact with those people that I really want to keep in contact with. I don't think the 'social' aspect of FB is a substitute for F2F interactions with people you actually like instead of Like.
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Jorge, that's an interesting blog post, and does point out one of the big reasons why I stopped playing. It was fun for a bit, watching my crops grow, and even uplifting when my facebook friends helped out my crops or sent me gifts without my ever asking, but the planting schedules and need for "x" amount of friends in order to expand made it get old pretty quickly. And I refused to spend real money it.
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I am sadly one of the people who is currently in the middle of an obsession with a Facebook game. I was able to get away without ever touching Farmville but then they introduced a Hunger Games-based Facebook game... which is basically Farmville with Hunger Games characters. So, yeah, I know how many hours can be wasted on such games. It's really sad; I try to keep my feed as free from my posts about it as possible for my friends' sakes. I remember there was an article in the NYT a while ago about the fact that these games can be just as much of an addiction as more nefarious-seeming things. I didn't think it was possible but then again... I've also spent quite a lot of time collecting hundreds of items that I will probably never use for a mediocre game. :(
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The social impact of technology « Digital Social Innovation - 1 views
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Pew Internet’s recent Social Impact of Technology series has uncovered a number of really interesting findings into the impact social networking sites have on people’s political activity and their interaction with voluntary groups or organisations in the US.