This week’s serial superlatives in things economic — each day the “events of recent days” were “the most stunning thing to happen since the thirties”
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
Sociology of Information Gaffes
Much has been made of VP candidate Joe Biden’s capacity to put his fut in his mouth. In this morning’s paper, reporter John Broder (“Hanging
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 