SFB/FK-427 Medien und kulturelle Kommunikation

Cow Paths: Agency in Social Software

2nd International Symposion in Media Informatics

November 16-17, 2006, B-IT Bonn, Germany

Organizers

  • SFB/FK 427 "Media and Cultural Communication"
  • SFB/FK 615 "Medienumbrüche"
  • Bonn-Aachen International Center for Information Technology (B-IT)
  • European Network of Excellence "PROLEARN"

Symposium Theme

Social software - often connected to older forms of computer mediated communication (CMC) and newer discussion about online communities - can be defined as software that supports activities in digital social networks. The use of new digital media tools such as Blogs, Wikis, tagging and other communicative or multimedia assets create new challenges for interdisciplinary research in media informatics. What are the effects when media get agency in digital networks? How can we trace and understand collective processes on the internet? What are the roles of visualisation and social software on change processes in organisations? Are there new models of labour, new processes and new forms of organisations possible? Will users be empowered or will lack of data protection and privacy set free new genies? Will social software help facilitate new forms of democracy, digital rights, and overcome the digital divide? Or will the hunt for digital reputation lead to cow paths where only cows walk by?

The second international symposium on perspectives in media informatics is organized jointly by the two leading collaborative research centers for media "Media and Cultural Communication" and "Medienumbrüche", the Bonn-Aachen International Center for Information Technology B-IT, and the Network of Excellence on technology enhanced professional learning PROLEARN. It brings together researchers and practitioners from a variety of disciplines to discuss current trends and emergent issues of sociality in digital networks in a mixture of invited talks and round table events. The event will be accomplished by online activities and practical exercises in social software.

For further information, please visit: http://www.medien-informatik.eu

Fees

  • Normal 250,- € online / 300,- €on-site
  • Student 100,- € online / 150 € on-site

[Online Registration ends on November 11, 2006]

Symposium Chairs

  • Ralf Klamma (RWTH Aachen University, SFB/FK 427)
  • Volker Wulf (University of Siegen, SFB/FK 615)

Organizing Committee

  • Erika Linz (B-IT Bonn)
  • Marc Spaniol (RWTH Aachen University, SFB/FK 427)
  • Michael Veith (Universty of Siegen, SFB/FK 615)

Technical Organizer

  • Reinhard Linde (RWTH Aachen University)

Contact

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