The 2nd International Symposium in Media Informatics - "Cow Paths: Agency in Social Software" will be held in November 16-17, 2006, B-IT, Bonn, Germany.
placing such an emphasis on technological potentials at the expense of their social conditions not only can be misleading but also can be detrimental to the development of new media, including the potential of today’s online news
Since his appointment as head of KM solutions at the BBC, he has jumpstarted collaboration and knowledge sharing among employees on a budget that would make most software vendors squirm.
It is argued that the transformations the Web is subject to are not driven by new technologies but by a fundamental mind shift that encourages individuals to take part in developing new structures and content. The evolving services and technologies encour
Web has to develop new features that "express the social properties of information which specify what it is, where its from and how trustworthy it is."