Rachel Metz is the IT editor of MIT Technology Review.  She specifically reviews things related to web and social media.  For 5 years, Rachel has served as a reporter in the technology industry at the Associated Press.  She’s also written freelance for the New York Times about technology and crime.  Rachel isn’t just a reporter, …

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In a recent Wired article, Ryan Tate explains how Facebook users have eliminated their own right to democracy on the network.  Ryan Tate is a senior writer for Wired and enjoys journalism, technology, and culture.  He has even released a book, The 20% Doctrine: How Tinkering, Goofing Off, and breaking the Rules at Work Drive Success …

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The article, The Revolutions Were Tweeted: Information Flows During the 2011 Tunisian and Egyptian Revolutions, discusses the role Twitter played in the 2011 rebellions.  The authors, Gilad Lotan, Erhardt Graeff, Mike Ananny, Devin Gaffney, Ian Pearce and Danah Boyd researched and wrote the article.  In this article, the researchers gather public tweets for 2 weeks in January …

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Jakob Nielsen in a web usability consultant with a Ph. D. in human-computer interaction.  He attended the Tecnical University of Denmark.  Nielsen worked at Sun Microsystems where he focused on developing standards for web usability.  Nielsen currently writes a newsletter available for free called Alertbox. In How Users read on the Web, Nielsen mentions that …

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Henry Jenkins is a professor at USC, instructing Communication, Journalism, and Cinematic Arts.  Jenkins often researches and discusses the intersection of media and pop culture.  He has also authored 12 books on this topic.  Jenkins also works on projects such as the New Media Literacies, which prepares students working with new media. In a blog …

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