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UNC Social Software Symposium

UNC Social Software Symposium. Fred Stutzman and Gary Marchionini Presentation to CRADLE March 20, 2007 http://ibiblio.org/sss. UNC SSS. Dates: December 8 & 9, 2007 Location: Freedom Forum Conference Room Website: http://ibiblio.org/sss In conjunction with the Henderson Lecture.

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UNC Social Software Symposium

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  1. UNC Social SoftwareSymposium • Fred Stutzman and Gary Marchionini • Presentation to CRADLE • March 20, 2007 • http://ibiblio.org/sss

  2. UNC SSS • Dates: December 8 & 9, 2007 • Location: Freedom Forum Conference Room • Website: http://ibiblio.org/sss • In conjunction with the Henderson Lecture

  3. Organizers • Gary Marchionini • Fred Stutzman • Paul Jones • Terrell Russell • Jacob Kramer-Duffield • Carolyn Hank • Laura Sheble • Songphan Choemprayong • Jackson Fox • Kristina Spurgin • Jung Sun Oh

  4. CFP/Organizing Process • Dates set • Experts invited • CFP sent in October to mailing lists (AIR-L, etc) and posted to blogs. • 28 student abstracts received (20 admit)

  5. Expert Attendees • David Weinberger, Berkman Center, Folksonomy • Thomas Vander Wal, Consultant, Folksonomy • Nicole Ellison, Michigan State University, Social Software • Cliff Lampe, Michigan State University, Social Software • Janna Anderson, Elon University and Pew Internet and American Life Project, Social Software

  6. Attendee Profile

  7. SSS Wiki • The symposium was organized via wiki (Mediawiki) • Explore: http://ibiblio.org/sss

  8. Henderson Lecture • David Weinberger on “Everything is Miscellaneous” • Presented Thu, Dec 7 (Day 0)

  9. Event Walkthrough • Link to schedule: http://www.ibiblio.org/sss/index.php/Schedule_and_Outline

  10. Social Tagging Themes • Tagging and identity • Tags as connective paths • Motivations for tagging? • Do we need hierarchies? • Every tag is sacred • Contexts and metacontexts in tags • Is tagging too democratic?

  11. Social Networks Themes • Do we lose diversity by playing in homogenous spaces? Non-western? • How do we characterize identity claims? • What about context? What can be migrated forth? • Methodology - the participant-observer question • Do we need to define the ethics of SNS research

  12. Social Networks Themes • What are the affordances and restriction of SNS? • Intentionality drives SNS use. • What does community mean in a SNS environment? • Transient artifacts in SNS - our traces. What is the role of place in SNS? In 2016 what will we need to understand? • Who is paying for the SNS use? What is our data worth? • Faceted identity, what are we claiming with a profile?

  13. Outstanding RQ’s • Social Networks: • What are the social motivations of creating and maintaining online identity? • How do young children use SNS and what role do their parents play? • What is the effect of culture on the degree of personal information disclosure in SNS? • Gender differences - is social software going to be the killer app that tips the web into a mostly female tool? • Will SNS make it more likely that we won't have to bowl alone? • How do SNS participants exit, or "move away" from a communite (i.e. Facebook, Myspace)? What rituals/practices do they perform (forwarding and address, providing notice)? • How do we evaluate usability in SNS? • Who should keep the data? Where should they keep it? Who gets to see it? • How is multifaceted identity supported/not supported in SNS? How can it be supported/expressed?

  14. Outstanding RQ’s • Social Tagging: • How do we define effectiveness of tags? • What do people use tags for? • Tagging of non-text objects (pictures, videos, sound) similar to textual information? • Are the motivations for tagging personal or social? Is it system dependent? • How quickly do the meanings of tags decay? • How would the availability of a large controlled vocabulary affect willingness to tag? • What types of tags are being applied? Are they of different genre? Are they being assigned for different purposes? • Tagging as labeling? Does this enforce binaries, stereotypes, norms? On enrich identities? Open up spaces for moving further? Or nail us down?

  15. Thanks • Gary for sponsoring • All organizers, volunteers (Paul, Carolyn, Terrell, Jacob, Laura, Jung Sun, Songphan, Jackson, Kristina) • All faculty and students who attended

  16. Next Steps • ASIST 2008 Social Software Summit • In conjunction with the IA Summit • April 2008, Miami FL

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