July 2012
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Jul 16th
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Working from home: leisure gain or leisure loss? →
Cameron, S. & Fox, M. (2011). Working from home: leisure gain or leisure loss? In Cameron, S. (ed.) Handbook on the Economics of Leisure: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd: 128-152.  Google Books link. What I say about it in the work & leisure chapter: when the world can be your workplace, and when a customer is now able to enter your shop at any time of day or night, if can impact life-work...
Jul 9th
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Strategic identities in cyberspace →
Talamo, A. & Ligorio, B. (2001, Feb). Strategic identities in cyberspace. CyberPsychology and Behavior, 4(1): 109-22. abstract only. I leaned on this paper in my Masters in Social Psychology, focussing on the ways that kids use online systems in a similar way as offline systems to develop their sense of self. abstract: This paper aims at describing, according to the recent advances in...
Jul 7th
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EU Kids Online →
Livingstone, S., Hadon, L, Gorzif, A & Olafsson, K. (2011). EU Kids Online. London School of Economics and Political Science. full text pdf Six years on from a first report about how kids in the UK  use the web (some harrowing accounts about their not-so-critical consumption of content - intel on this is covered here by a long-time-ago-self: notes from the project director’s keynote...
Jul 7th
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Cyberchondria: Studies of the Escalation of... →
White, R. W. & Horvitz, E. (2008). Cyberchondria: Studies of the Escalation of Medical Concerns in Web Search. Microsoft Research. full text pdf abstract: The World Wide Web provides an abundant source of medical information. This information can assist people who are not healthcare professionals to better understand health and illness, and to provide them with feasible explanations for...
Jul 6th
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“The experience of losing our ‘net connection becomes more & more like...”
– Sparrow, B., Liu, J., and Wegner, D. M. (2011, 5 Aug). Google Effects on Memory: Cognitive Consequences of Having Information at Our Fingertips. Science, 333(6043): 776-778. abstract only, tho I have access via LSE. The advent of the Internet, with sophisticated algorithmic search engines, has made...
Jul 6th
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“…a thirst for instant gratification and quick fixes and a lack of patience...”
– Imagining the Internet, a 2012 report from Elon University and the Pew Internet and American Life Project. a kind-of abstract of the relevant attention section Teens-to-20s to benefit and suffer due to ‘always-on’ lives. From their amazing ability to juggle many tasks to their thirst...
Jul 6th
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“What counts most is what is most scarce now, namely attention.”
– Goldhaber, M. (1997). Attention economy and the Net. First Monday, 2(4). full text pdf abstract: If the Web and the Net can be viewed as spaces in which we will increasingly live our lives, the economic laws we will live under have to be natural to this new space. These laws turn out to be quite...
Jul 6th
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falling in love online: the difference between...
Two more papers from Monica Whitty, both of which are over a decade old, but are still v interes to consider, particularly as the rules of the game in even the leanest of media (text-only) are still the same as the richest (f2f). First: what relationships mean Whitty, M. & Gavin, J. (2001). Age/Sex/Location: Uncovering the Social Cues in the Development of Online...
Jul 3rd
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cyber-infidelity. some research.
Monica Whitty (@cyberpsy on twitter) is a prolific online relationship researcher. But rather than overwhelm this blog with post after post after post summarising her extensive work on cyber-infidelity, I thought I’d consolidate her work here. Read on for links, notes and quotes from three papers, including what kinds of relationships people develop online, why they cheat, and what online...
Jul 2nd
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LoveGeist: Love Landscape (a 2009 report for...
Whitty, M., Buchanan, T. & Watson, A. (2009). LoveGeist: Love Landscape. Match International. full text pdf note and quote: We found that 43.3% of men and 61.9% of women had become fussier about who they date over the last year. I wonder to what extent this is because of the process of dating via technology. As Bernie Hogan says in the OII report Me, My Spouse and the Internet,  in the past...
Jul 2nd
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From 1966: Sex differences in dating aspirations &...
Coombs, R. H. & Kenkel, W.F. (1966). Sex differences in dating aspirations and satisfaction with computer-selected partners. Journal of Marriage & Family, Vol 1: 62-66. firewall. Abstract: The structural-functional views of Talcott Parsons are used as the rationale for predicting sex differences in dating aspirations and partner satisfaction. Blind dates were arranged for 300 male and 300...
Jul 2nd
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Looking for Love in so many Places:...
Whitty, M. & Buchanan, T. (2009). Looking for Love in so many Places: Characteristics of Online Daters and Speed Daters. Interpersona 3(2). full text pdf abstract: This study examined the characteristics of individuals who are more likely to engage in speed dating and online dating, and the types of people who are more likely to prefer these forms of dating. Older individuals and those who...
Jul 2nd
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