A classic information illusion arises on the net: the conflation of a click with a look with a read. It’s easy to track how many
Category: aa sociology of information
Notification and the Life Course
We’ve become so aware of our embeddedness in networks that it’s easy to forget that you have to learn how to be a node. Competent
Information, People, Machines, and Systems
Last week United Airlines (or more properly its stockholders) had an unfortunate information experience. It turns out to be pretty delicious stuff from a sociology
Notification and Disclosure
Sooner or later, the analysis of notification leads to a consideration of disclosure. The two terms blend into one another in dictionary and thesaurus but
The Theory of Notification
As you might know, I’m on sabbatical this year working on a book on the sociology of notification (alas, along with two other projects and
Children as Spies
I’m working today on my chapter about how we are socialized into our roles in information networks. It’s called “Learning to Be a Node.” The
Innoeduvation 