How will digital reading affect human thinking and concentration? The UNESCO’s second World Forum on Culture and Cultural Industries will discuss "The Book Tomorrow, the Future of the Written Word” (FOCUS 2011 from 6-8 June Monza, Italy). The event will offer great opportunities to network and discuss. http://www.unesco.org/new/en/media-services/single-view/news/debating_the_fu... Monica Murero PS - Aoir Member? Vote by TODAY at aoirvote11@gmail.com http://aoir.org/2011/05/13/monica-murero-candidate-for-vice-president/ Vice-Presidency Candidate ------------ Monica Murero , Ph.D. AoIR Exec, 2003-2009; AoIR Treasurer, 2005-2009 AoIR Honorific Lifetime Member Director E-Life International Institute Associate Professor in Politics of e-Government and in Sociology of New Technology University Federico II, Italy Consultant, World Health Organization LinkedIN: http://it.linkedin.com/pub/monica-murero-ph-d/16/52/606 Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/monica_murero or @monica_murero E-MAIL murero.monica at gmail.com WEBSITE: www.elifeinternational.org and welcoming Barry Wellman's invitation...Recent Academic Work (Books and Presentations): Murero M., (dec 2010) Digital Literacy: Introduction to Social Media. Libreria universitaria.it. Milano, Italy. Murero M., (forthcoming, 2011). Social Media: Theory and Praxis. Carocci, Italy. Murero M. (2011). Web Empowerment For The Cultural Heritage Organizations: Towards A Pragmatic Framework, chapter in Katz J.E., LaBar W., and Lynch E., (2011) Creativity and technology: social media, mobiles & museums, MuseumsEtc. Book's preview: http://museumsetc.com/products/technology-and-creativity Murero M. (Sept. 2011) Alice gets sick in Facebookland. Paper to be presented at the international conference Medicine 2.0, University of Stanford, USA. Murero M. (Sept. 2011). Alice in Social Media Land: Privacy, Security and Geo-Surveillance in Tomorrow’s Internet-Saturated Society. Paper to be presented at The Symposium A Decade in Internet Time. Oxford Internet Institute, Oxford University, UK. Inviato da iPad