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AoIR: Search 2.0: Web 2.0, Personal Information Flows, and the Drive for the Perfect Search Engine
Saturday, October 20th, 2007Following up on my Web 2.0 panel at 4S, I just returned from another quick trip to Canada — this time Vancouver — for the annual conference of the Association of Internet Researchers, where I organized a similar panel titled “Critical Perspectives on Web 2.0: Surveillance, Discipline, Labor.” I again had the pleasure of presenting […]
Paper: The Value Implications of the “Google Paradigm” for Organizing, Distributing and Accessing Information
Saturday, October 8th, 2005I am presenting this paper today at the 6th International and Interdisciplinary Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers (AOIR). The panel is titled “Search Engines - Their Politics; Their Logics”:
The Value Implications of the “Google Paradigm” for Organizing, Distributing and Accessing Information
Given the status search engines have gained as the dominant knowledge tool for […]
CFP: The Social, Political, Economic and Cultural Dimensions of Search Engines
Tuesday, February 8th, 2005Received this CFP today from Eszter Hargittai:
Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication
Special Issue on
The Social, Political, Economic and Cultural Dimensionsof Search Engines
Guest Editor:Eszter HargittaiNorthwestern University
Search engines are some of the most commonly accessed Web sites online. Millions of people turn to search engines daily to find information about news, health concerns, products, government […]
Search Engines – Their Politics; Their Logics
Sunday, February 6th, 2005I’m part of a panel submission to the 6th International and Interdisciplinary Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers (AOIR). The panel is titled “Search Engines - Their Politics; Their Logics”:
Search engines today seem to afford the only access point to the webspace that continually increases in both size and complexity. This panel undertakes a […]




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