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Politics and the Web

April 26th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Earlier this month, I had the opportunity to travel to London to attend Politics: Web 2.0: An International Conference, hosted by the New Political Communication Unit (NPCU), Department of Politics and International Relations, Royal Holloway, University of London.
The theme of the conference was summarized as follows:
Has there been a shift in political use of the […]

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Tags: collaboration and technology · politics and global justice · presentations

Politics Web 2.0 Conference

April 5th, 2008 · 5 Comments

Here is the abstract for an upcoming talk at the Politics: Web 2.0: An International Conference organized by the New Political Communication Unit, Department of Politics and International Relations, Royal Holloway, University of London. The conference is April 17 & 18.

Social Networks and the Politics of Nodocentrism
Ulises A. Mejias
As social networks are actualized by information […]

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Alternate Realities, Simulated Risks: Games, Politics, Action

March 27th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Below is an essay I wrote for an exhibition at the 2008 Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival, Ithaca College. I curated a collection of nonfiction video games and am giving a couple of talks on the topic (April 2 @ 4PM and April 6 at 1PM, in case you are interested). For a list of […]

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Networks and the quantification of sociality

July 9th, 2007 · 1 Comment

What follows is NOT intended to be a comprehensive review of the European Computing and Philosophy (ECAP) and the New Network Theory (NNT) conferences, which took place in the Netherlands this June (for good summaries of NNT, see the Masters of Media blog or Lilly Nguyen’s post). Instead, my intention is to briefly discuss some […]

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