FIRSTMONDAY
2010
13 years 8 months ago
2010
In recent years, new socially-oriented Web technologies have been portrayed as placing the learner at the centre of networks of knowledge and expertise, potentially leading to new...
FIRSTMONDAY
2010
13 years 8 months ago
2010
FIRSTMONDAY
2010
13 years 8 months ago
2010
Online Social Networks (OSNs) have been the subject of a great deal of study in recent years. The majority of this study has used simple models, such as node-and-edge graphs, to d...
FIRSTMONDAY
2010
13 years 8 months ago
2010
Traditional "realistic" theories of social action, whether based on the individual gain heuristics of capitalism or the collective class struggles of communism, cannot e...
FIRSTMONDAY
2010
13 years 8 months ago
2010
Abstract. Gullibility is the principal cause of bubbles. Investors and the general public get snared by a "beautiful illusion" and throw caution to the wind. Attempts to ...
FIRSTMONDAY
2010
13 years 10 months ago
2010
It is widely believed that persistence in most endeavors is key to their success. By its very nature, persistence enhances both the quality of an outcome and its probability of su...
FIRSTMONDAY
2010
13 years 10 months ago
2010
Computer games have increasingly been the focus of user-led innovations in the form of game mods. This paper examines how different kinds of socio-technical affordances serve to o...