I decided to look beyond the fanastic events that can cause users of Facebook to create at deeper level of connection. After finishing my simple analysis of the Virginia Tech shooting, I decided to look at another event that would cause a great deal of stress to students, their first year at college I decided …
The theory was enhanced through the work of Robin Dunbar with the Dunbar number, which defines the “cognitive limit to the number of individuals with whom any one person can maintain stable relationships.” The number in humans is estimated to be around 150 (Dunbar, 1993). Dunbar’s research also deals with the significance of the size …
Social relations have often been developed in this model as a version of a mathematical theory that focuses on “a set of localically interconnected tautologies” with no real application towards “the theory of social relations” (Barnes, 1972, 5). This had led to a matrix-focused approach to the study of a given network, with an almost binary …
Barnes expands on what he refers to as an “orienting statement” to explore social network beyond the metaphor established by sociologists and anthropologists. He chooses to adapt Bott’s view of social network as a means of understanding “how the internal functioning of a group is affected not only by its relationship with the people and …
(Note: This story originally appeared in Speakeasy Magazine and was written by Megan Krause) If you don’t seem to be on beat with Pulse and you aren’t into the whole Toga thing, then Shane Tilton may be the man for you. Just like US presidential candidates, Ohio University student senate presidential candidates can run without …
One of my colleagues recently held a panel at the 2006 Broadcast Education Association conference. “The ‘Citizen Journalist’: The Challenges They Pose to Broadcast Educators” focused on the impact of “citizen journalism” on the mainstream media. This panel began a discussion led to ethics of citizen journalism and what influence the ethics code of journalists would have …
Note: This post was written for VICO 615: Seminar in Visual Communication – VisCom Studies at Ohio University as part of the Weekly Reading Notes assignments. This was posted in my original cyberstudies.blog.com site. I am keeping it here as part of the archive of my work as described in my “Ephemeral/Restart” post. In Wilson Lowrey’s article …
Access is one of the cornerstones of communication policies and regulations. There is two version of access that needs to be addressed for universal access to be available. Hardware availability and network connectivity comprise the first level of access, material access. Without these primary physical considerations, access to the online mediated public sphere is made …
Online bulletin boards systems have been around since the era of BBS, MUDs, the WELL project, and the USEnet system. Members within the bulletin board group construct their virtual space to fit the needs of the group. Symbols are used and maintained by the group. Communal social experiences are replayed through this symbols and are …
Note: This post was written for SOC 616: Sociological Theory at Ohio University as part of the Weekly Reading Notes assignments. This was posted in my original cyberstudies.blog.com site. I am keeping it here as part of the archive of my work as described in my “Ephemeral/Restart” post. Jurgen Habermas is one of the essential theorist in …