Special Issue "Theorizing the Web 2012"

Guest Editor
Dr. Zeynep Tufekci
Department of Sociology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 216 Lenoir Drive, CB #3360, 100 Manning Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3360, USA
E-Mail: zeynep@unc.edu
Phone: +1 919 962 0599
Interests: Social Theory, Social Media, Technology

Guest Editor
Mr. PJ Rey
University of Maryland, 2112 Art-Sociology Building, College Park, MD 20742, USA
E-Mail: pjrey.socy@gmail.com
Phone: +1 301 405 6392

Guest Editor
Mr. Nathan Jurgenson
University of Maryland, 2112 Art-Sociology Building, College Park, MD 20742, USA
E-Mail: nathanjurgenson@gmail.com
Phone: +1 301 405 6392

Dear Colleagues,

Technology has always been social and society has always been technological. This fact has become increasingly difficult to ignore following the recent explosion of collaborative and user-generated content—what is now generally referred to as “social media” or “Web 2.0.” The social Web has the potential to change and/or reinforce some of our most fundamental social relationships, including those with others, ourselves, our bodies and our experience with reality itself. Given the increasing importance of the social Web that is now enmeshed with virtually every aspect of our lives, there is a growing need for theoretical concepts to help us explain the implication of the Web for our everyday lives. This special issue is a companion piece to the Theorizing the Web conference, April 14^th, 2012. Like the conference, the goal of the special issue is to generate conversation between researchers from a range of disciplines, including sociology, communications, philosophy, anthropology, economics, English, history, political science, information science, the arts, and more.

Mr. Nathan Jurgenson
Mr. PJ Rey
Dr. Zeynep Tufekci
Guest Editors

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• augmented reality
• code
• cyborgs
• design
• documentation
• digital dualism
• identity
• the Internet
• privacy
• publicity
• social media
• social movements
• surveillance
• technology
• theory
• visibility
• web 2.0