Hi all, I just thought I would repost the message below about the Poke 1.0 research symposium, because it sounds really interesting, the deadline for registering is next week, and I'm going. :) I noticed some recent interest in Facebook here and thought some people may have missed the original post. Cheers, Matt On 29 May 2007, at 9:03PM, air-l-request@listserv.aoir.org wrote:
Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 11:15:00 +0100 From: "Neil Selwyn" <N.Selwyn@ioe.ac.uk> Subject: [Air-l] Facebook research symposium - London Nov 15th To: <air-l@listserv.aoir.org> Message-ID: <0CA6909EDE335041AE76D94C1A828B7F0139C7A9@M2.ioead> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
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Poke 1.0 - a Facebook social research symposium
A half-day social research symposium organised by the London Knowledge Lab, University of London, UK
Thursday 15th November 2007
This social research symposium will allow academics who are researching the 'Facebook' social networking site to meet and exchange ideas. Researchers are welcome from the fields of sociology, media, communication & cultural studies, information science, education, politics, psychology, geography and any other sphere of 'internet research'. PhD and post-doctoral researchers are especially welcome, as are researchers considering Facebook as a potential area of research.
It is intended that there will be five or six research papers presented as well as plenty of time for discussion and face-to-face networking. Topics for discussion will include:
* Empirical studies of Facebook users and Facebook uses;
* Issues of ethics and access when researching Facebook;
* Other methodological issues when researching Facebook;
* The use of Facebook as a social research tool;
* The future of Facebook research - emerging trends and practices.
The symposium will be free of charge but spaces will be limited and allocated on an RSVP first-come-first-served basis. If you wish to attend then email Neil Selwyn (n.selwyn@ioe.ac.uk) to reserve a place by Friday 31st August 2007.
If you wish to present a research paper then email an outline abstract of 500 words to Neil Selwyn (n.selwyn@ioe.ac.uk) by Tuesday 31st July 2007. Accepted presenters will be informed by Friday August 31st 2007.
The symposium will take place between 13.00pm to 17.30 pm on Thursday 15th November 2007 in the London Knowledge Lab (located in the Bloomsbury/ Holburn area of central London).
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