Blogging and Social Interactions
A great catch by Phil Wolff about the social characteristics of web logs:
Blogging Alone.
Stephen Dulaney applies Indicators of Social Capital to Web Logs.
Levels of giving (blog ecossystem) reflects people’s propensity to give to others when they themselves may not directly benefit. The economy of giving links.
Participation and engagement (What we do when we blog [...]
Using E-Mail to Count Connections
Using E-Mail to Count Connections ::: Is ” six degrees of separation” a myth or reality? A group of researchers at Columbia University are trying to establish how connected we really are. They plan on assembling a self-selected group of participants, and will then e-mail targeted individuals with the goal of reaching a group of [...]
