Tag Archives: Research

MySpace Banning Sex Offenders: Online Predator Paranoia

Update: If you’re a parent looking for advice, you’ll probably find my next post more interesting. MySpace has removed profiles of 29’000 registered sex offenders from their site. In a statement, MySpace said: “We’re pleased that we’ve successfully identified and … Continue reading

Posted in Connected Life, Digital Youth, Technology | Tagged children, Citations, Cyberspace, Digital Youth, Education, Essay-Like, fear, Media, meganslaw, myspace, offenders, online, Online Culture, paranoia, Politics / World News, predators, Psychology / Sociology, registry, Research, safety, sex, sexoffenders, sexualpredators, Technology, teenagers, teens | 43 Comments

My Twitter Usage Answers

[fr]Voici les réponses que j’ai données à danah boyd (chercheuse dans le domaine des espaces numériques) suite au questionnaire sur Twitter qu’elle a envoyé à ses “Twitter-friends”. Le questionnaire est ouvert à tous si vous désirez lui envoyer vos réponses … Continue reading

Posted in Connected Life | Tagged Cyberspace, danahboyd, Online Culture, presence, privacy, Psychology / Sociology, questionnaire, questions, Research, Software and Tools, Theories, twitter, usage | 1 Comment

Teenagers and Skyblog: Cartigny Powerpoint Presentation

[fr]Une présentation que j’ai donnée en juin lors d’un colloque de recherche à Cartigny. La présentation powerpoint contient un “tour d’horizon” plutôt visuel de ce que j’ai pu rencontrer durant mes “promenades” sur la plate-forme Skyblog. Cela représente assez bien … Continue reading

Posted in Digital Youth, My work | Tagged Academic, blogs, cartigny, collection, Cyberspace, data, Education, material, photographs, powerpoint, présentation, Research, skyblog, teenagers, teenblogging, workshop | 1 Comment

Blog de recherche sur les blogs

La rentrée se passe bien. Sophie Birchler ouvre un weblog dans le cadre de son travail de recherche sur les adolescents et les blogs.

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Posted in Personal | Tagged adolescents, ados, Blogosphere Interest, blogs, Education, Life Updates, Offsite, recherche, Research, sophiebirchler, teens, Weblogs | 2 Comments

Maturité d’un journal intime

Une citation de Jennifer, dont l’anonymat s’est petit à  petit effrité, et qui vit un mélange grandissant entre “le monde de son journal” et “le monde qu’elle raconte dans son journal”.

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Posted in Stuff that doesn't fit | Tagged ados, anonymat, Blogosphere Interest, blogs, Citations, Cyberspace, diary, identité, identity, internet, intime, journal, Offsite, privacy, Psychology / Sociology, recherche, Research, teens | Leave a comment

EPFL Offers Blogs to All Its Students

A major engineering school in French-speaking Switzerland (Lausanne) has opened a blogging platform for all students and staff.

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Posted in My corner of the world | Tagged blog, Blogosphere Interest, epfl, lausanne, platform, poly, Research, student, switzerland, Weblog Technology | 8 Comments

Allaitement

Lorsque j’ai rencontré Aleika et Akirno, j’ai été très surprise que celle-ci allaite encore un bébé qui avait près d’une année. Dans mon esprit, l’allaitement convenait à  de tout petits bébés, quelques mois tout au plus. Au fil des semaines … Continue reading

Posted in Health | Tagged Health, Research, Theories, Website Reviews, Comments, and Linkage | 4 Comments

Crop Circles

Have you seen the movie Signs? Do, it’s a good one. A bit more scary than expected, though. Actually, I’m not here to tell you about the movie, but to throw you some tidbits on crop circles. Crop circles are … Continue reading

Posted in Stuff that doesn't fit | Tagged Cinema / Films, Research, Website Reviews, Comments, and Linkage | 4 Comments

Knowledge Management

Seth does a rather good job of explaining knowledge management to us, in two articles (more coming!) on the subject. What is Knowledge Management?Knowledge Management, Meta Data, and the Organization Knowledge management is an attempt to do with the collective … Continue reading

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Afghanistan

Like I had, you have probably heard of the sad plight of women in Afghanistan under the Taliban fundamentalist gouvernment. They are not allowed to study or work. They are not allowed outside unaccompanied. They are deprived many rights we … Continue reading

Posted in Travels | Tagged Research, Travels, Website Reviews, Comments, and Linkage | Leave a comment