announcing the new Goldsmiths MA/MSc in Creating Social Media : http://www.gold.ac.uk/pg/ma-creating-social-media/ "What does social media look like after recent events in Japan, North Africa and the UK? What will you create? This unique theory/practice programme combines computing and cultural studies to provide you with the practical and critical skills to shape the future of social media. The MA/MSc is a collaborative theory/practice programme across the Department of Computing and the Centre for Cultural Studies, and is part of the newly launched Centre for Creative and Social Technologies. Based on global examples, you will explore the technological and intellectual questions that have risen to prominence with the social web. You will critique existing approaches and tools, and plan, develop, hack and implement ground-breaking applications and campaigns. You will not only analyse: you will create. New social media platforms, at their best, develop new online forms of connecting, relating, sharing and competing. Effective and innovative social media creation, therefore, involves deep theoretical and practical knowledge of both software development and social processes." feel free to pass on my details as first point of contact. many thanks dan Dr. Dan McQuillan Lecturer in Creative & Social Computing Goldsmiths, university of London http://www.gold.ac.uk/computing/staff/d-mcquillan/ MA/MSc developers blog: http://macreatingsocialmedia.wordpress.com/