Notwithstanding the many challenges of designing urban environments, there is no doubt that False Creek is a magnificent achievement for the city of Vancouver.

A recent blog post by one of my favourite writers, Alexandra Samuel and an article in the New York Times about some research which suggests that teenagers who use the Internet at home . . .

A recent blog post by one of my favourite writers, Alexandra Samuel and an article in the New York Times about some research which suggests that teenagers who use the Internet at home . . .

Among its many errors of logic and argument, Nicholas Carr's book, The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains suggests that the plasticity of the brain . . .

Recently, I have been thinking about the material nature of digital culture, perhaps best exemplified by the Web and its intensely spatial nature.

Much has been made of the iPad’s possible influence on the future of reading and writing.

I have been thinking a great deal about social media these days not only because of their importance, but also because of their ubiquity.

Like I said at the end of the article, I am not trying to be negative.

Some non-profits are using Social Media for real results. They are raising the profiles of their charities as well as increasing the brand awareness of their work.

Heidi May has produced some important comments on the previous entries of Are Social Media, Social?

In the 1930’s radio was a crucial part of European and North American culture.

The previous sections of Are social media, social? have examined a variety of sometimes complex and often simple elements within the world of social media.

The Ties that Bind……the appearance of portable video in the late 1960's and early 1970's led to a variety of claims about the potential for community media.

The ties that bind connect people, families and communities but those ties remain limited and small in number however richly endowed they may appear to be within the context of discussions about social media.

Why and how does the mobile phone play a role in activism in Africa?

Social networking site is awarded patent for news feed activity stream,

Writing will survive, but it will survive in a debased form. It will lose its richness.