A discussion of the benefits of the social Web wouldn't be complete without a mention of an emerging risk: that the technology of personalization is becoming so sophisticated that this giant digital space is getting carved up into a myriad little echo chambers. In other words, as the New York Times put it, "on the Web, we often see what we like, and like what we see." Eli Pariser, board president … [Read more...] about The social Web’s echo chambers
Archives for June 2011
‘Top 5 things parents should know about youth online’: Study
You know how realtors say it's all about "location, location, location"? That may be useful in the online context too, but what I'm hearing in a little video interview with Jane Burns, CEO of Australia's new Cooperative Research Center for Youth, Technology & Wellbeing (second one down on this page), is "conversation, conversation, conversation." See if you hear that too; here's a … [Read more...] about ‘Top 5 things parents should know about youth online’: Study
Making calls online is taking off in US: Study
Using the Internet to talk on the phone has really started to take off, the Pew Internet & American Life Project reports. A quarter of US adults Internet users have made phone calls online now (19% of all US adults), up from 8% (and 6%) in 2007. Now, 5% of US Internet users make calls online "on any given day," Pew says, up from 2% in 2007. This was the first year in Pew's ongoing study of Net … [Read more...] about Making calls online is taking off in US: Study