Posted on 19 August 2009 by keidra
So for the past few months here at The Learned Fangirl, we’d been mulling over inviting guest bloggers to join us and chime in on social media/political economy/cultural studies/fangirl issues that were important to them. We decided to ask around and rounded up a small group of friends and like-minded compatriots to share their thoughts. [...]
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Posted on 19 August 2009 by Rosepixie
After the horrible nightmare that was Loyola professor Dr. David Myers’ study in the City of Heroes online community, I started thinking about the ethical challenges that face researchers wanting to do studies using virtual environments – massively-multiplayer games, forums, social networking spaces like Facebook or Twitter, even blogs. They are very tempting environments for [...]
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