Social networks and object-centered sociality
| Von roger @ 04:47 | [ Blogging ] |
Great post by Jyri Engeström:
Why some social network services work and others don't — Or: the case for object-centered sociality
Update (15.5.2005):
Experience-based social networks by Amy
Why some social network services work and others don't — Or: the case for object-centered sociality
Approaching sociality as object-centered is to suggest that when it becomes easy to create digital instances of the object, the online services for networking on, through, and around that object will emerge too. Social network theory fails to recognise such real-world dynamics because its notion of sociality is limited to just people.Via Smart Mobs and Many2Many
For a much more elaborate academic argument about object-centered sociality, see the chapter on 'Objectual Practice' by Karin Knorr Cetina in The practice turn in contemporary theory, edited by Theodor R. Schatzki, Karin Knorr Cetina, and Eike von Savigny (London 2001: Routledge.)
Update (15.5.2005):
Experience-based social networks by Amy
