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Out of Print: Prosumption and the Triumph of New Media
(Reposted for Sociology Lens) President Obama recently gave a eulogy for the legendary news anchor, Walter Cronkite, on which occasion, he delivered the nation this message: We know that this is a...
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Cyborg Systems: Sociology’s Proper Unit of Analysis
(Reposted from Sociology Lens) The increasing centrality of the Internet in our daily lives has precipitated a spate of theorizing about how we – as humans and as a society – are changing (or not) due...
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Social Media: Documentation as Stratification
(Reposted from Sociology Lens) The new norms of exhibitionism and copious self-documentation have been regular talking points on Sociology Lens over the past year. Consider Nathan Jurgenson’s posts,...
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Facebook – Homepage for a Cyborg Planet
The cyborg is a technologically-enhanced human. While we recognize and even play off of the campy sci-fi/cyberpunk vision of a half-robot that is conjured up by the term “cyborg,” our vision of the...
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Dear Media: Bullying is Never Just “Cyber”
The term “cyberbullying” is frequently used to describe hurtful behaviors occurring via communication technologies. But why distinguish “cyber” bullying from other forms of bullying? Perhaps it is...
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Frictionless Sharing and the Digital Paparazzi
(Or: How we’ve come to be micro-celebrities online) (Co-Authored by Nathan Jurgenson) Facebook’s recent introduction of “frictionless sharing” is the newest development in a growing trend: data is...
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