Monday, April 20, 2009

A couple of recent articles

Hoofnagle, C. (2009) "How policy makers, journalists and consumers should talk differently about Google and privacy." First Monday, 14 (4).
http://www.uic.edu/htbin/cgiwrap/
bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/
viewArticle/2326/2156

Nice quote from conclusion: "We must get beyond notions of good and evil when thinking about Google."

The Journal of virtual worlds research, 2 (1) focuses on Pedagogy, Education and Innovation in Virtual Worlds. https://journals.tdl.org/jvwr/issue/view/71/showToc
Particularly relevant to the information world is:
Mon, L. (2009) "Questions and Answers in a Virtual World : Educators and Librarians as Information Providers in Second Life." Journal of virtual worlds research, 2 (1). https://journals.tdl.org/jvwr/article/view/398
"This peer reviewed research study explores the varying roles that educators and librarians fulfill in Second Life, examining techniques they have evolved for teaching, providing information, and answering questions within a virtual world. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 12 educators and librarians ..."
Photo by Sheila Webber: Duck family, Amsterdam, April 2009

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