People don’t trust company blogs. What you should do about it.

People don’t trust company blogs. What you should do about it.: “This result comes from a survey we did in Q2 of 2008. Have a look at the data yourself. Not only do blogs rank below newspapers and portals, they rank below wikis, direct mail, company email, and message board posts. Only 16% of online [...]

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Micro Persuasion: Social Networking Demographics: Boomers Jump In, Gen Y Plateaus

Micro Persuasion: Social Networking Demographics: Boomers Jump In, Gen Y Plateaus
Rubel calls attention to an Accenture study which shows the social technology adoption rate is plateauing for GenY. Is this a sign they’re losing interest or that they’re already connected enough?

All the world wide web’s a stage | Pearson

Pearson discusses performance and identity formation on social networking sites.

The Future of Reputation

The Future of Reputation
Professionally produced and written e-book about reputation on the Internet.

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Is the internet weakening our social ties?

Does the Internet weaken our social ties? Not according to research conducted by Pew in 2004. Based on the work of Barry Wellman this study shows that those who are active in a face-to-face setting are more likely to actively use the Internet to maintain their relationships.
Wellman argues that the Internet promotes “networked individualism” which [...]

Wordlings in a web 2.0 world | Carolyne Lee

It’s easy for business people to be dragged into managerial speak. The jargon of an industry sucks us in to talking in the lingo of our “ist”. But all too often it’s a language that becomes, as Carolyne Lee, describes it, “turgid”. Words and phrases are emptied of meaning. Passion vanishes, swallowed by the carefully [...]

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Academic research

What is a Journal?
http://www.pcc.edu/library/research/what_journal.html

Distinguishing Scholarly Journals from Other Periodicals
http://copia.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/research/skill20.html

What is a refereed journal?
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/lsx/tutorial/section2.html
 
With thanks to Cynthia for providing these links.

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