A common theme has emerged over the past couple of months. This theme has been discussed by opinion leaders, business leaders, celebrities, more celebrities and, more importantly, Wired Magazine. The argument is the death of/dying World Wide Web. The premise is that mobile and tablet computers have increased the number of applications (“apps”) available to …
My interest in researching online social networks, especially Facebook, comes from my interest in other writers such as Howard Rheingold, Pierre Levy, and Henry Jenkins and their work looking at symbolic interactionism within social networks. Rheingold’s methods always looked at the vortex between technology, culture and critical analysis. The “technologies of cooperation” described by Rheingold …