FYI. I've removed the attendee attachment form, so you'll have to chance it on web or ask Sarah S-M. Barry Wellman _____________________________________________________________________ Barry Wellman S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology NetLab Director Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto 455 Spadina Avenue Toronto Canada M5S 2G8 fax:+1-416-978-7162 wellman at chass.utoronto.ca http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman For fun -- updating songs, movies and history: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php Elvis wouldn't be singing Return to Sender now _____________________________________________________________________ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 10:36:48 +0100 From: Sarah Shrive-Morrison <ssm500@york.ac.uk> To: ssm500@york.ac.uk Subject: Towards a Social Science of Web 2.0 Conference Dear Colleagues, This email contains information about the Towards a Social Science of Web 2.0 Conference - 5 - 6 September 2007. The Conference We are pleased to announce that keynotes at the conference will include: * Andrew Keen, author of the recent book "The Cult of the Amateur" <http://andrewkeen.typepad.com/> http://andrewkeen.typepad.com * Charles Leadbeater www.charlesleadbeater.net <http://www.charlesleadbeater.net/> * More keynotes will be announced in due course This conference focuses on some significant developments in Internet culture that have emerged in the last few years. Although these developments have received widespread media coverage they have so far received little in the way of sustained investigation by the social sciences in the UK. This conference is intended to work toward the development of a social science of what has come to be known as Web 2.0 – a much heralded transition in Web media characterised by social practices of ‘generating’ and ‘browsing’, ‘tagging’ and ‘feeds’, ‘commenting’ and ‘noting’,‘reviewing’ and ‘rating’, ‘blogging’, ‘mashing-up’ and making ‘friends’ . The conference is shaping up to be extremely exciting with over 50 papers being offered from locations across the world including the US, Australia, Canada, Europe and South America as well as the UK. Conference Wiki Link: http://www.eu.socialtext.net/socsciweb2conf/index.cgi?towards_a_social_scien ce_of_web_2_0 Registration If you would like to attend the "Towards a Social Science of Web 2.0" conference , please complete the enclosed registration form. Once we receive your completed registration form, we will send by return an invitation to sign up to the Conference Wiki so that you can contribute to discussions prior to the conference. The Wiki also includes information about accommodation, location of the conference and details on how best to travel to York. Registration on the first day will be from 9.00 - 11.00 with the first plenary beginning at 11.00am. Regards Sarah Sarah Shrive-Morrison ESRC e-society Research Programme Administrator Department of Sociology University of York Heslington York YO10 5DD t: +44(0)1904 433050 f: +44(0)1904 433043 e: <mailto:ssm500@york.ac.uk> ssm500@york.ac.uk Towards a Social Science of Web 2.0 Wiki <http://www.eu.socialtext.net/socsciweb2conf/index.cgi> http://www.eu.socialtext.net/socsciweb2conf/index.cgi e-Society website <http://www.york.ac.uk/res/e-society/projects.htm> http://www.york.ac.uk/res/e-society/projects.htm University of York <http://www.york.ac.uk/> www.york.ac.uk