Author Archives: lutzid
News, News, News
This blog has been terribly neglected in the last few months (apologies!) but I have some exciting news to share: I received my doctorate from the University of St. Gallen in February 2016 and was fortunate enough to be one of … Continue reading
Twitter’s image problem
I often see people praising Twitter for its usefulness, coolness and relevance – ironically mostly on Twitter itself. In the context of science, for example, Twitter can make conferences more enjoyable and interactive, allows for self-promotion and is an excellent tool to stay … Continue reading
Connected Life 2015 – A Storify Conference Review
Here’s the link to my first Storify: sfy.co/q0Uh0 This is a summary of a very good conference I attended today. Enjoy the read – and the nice pictures!
Towards a Computer Science Publication Model in the Social Sciences
In the next series of posts I argue how the publication system of my research area – Internet research with a background in media and communication as well as management – could profit from becoming more like the publication system … Continue reading
The Ghettoization of Facebook
(Disclaimer: I first wanted to name this post “Applying dynamics of urban sociology to the Internet”… I think “The Ghettoization of Facebook” is much sexier, though) Can we analyze the digital sphere with the same concepts that have proved helpful in … Continue reading
#ICA14: The Digital Divide and Big Data
At this year’s ICA conference in Seattle (pretty nice city, btw!) I laid a strong focus on the digital divide. Not only did I attend the pre-conference on 20 years of digital divide research (http://www.icahdq.org/conf/2014/aroundtheworldcfp.asp) and present a paper there; I … Continue reading
Self-disclosure and the “art” of not losing friends on SNS
Reading a little bit of self-disclosure and privacy literature recently, I asked myself (and you, readers!): What’s the best way for not losing friends on Facebook? Thinking very strategically, I should probably thoroughly analyze my social network (using social network analysis) … Continue reading
No Alarms and No Surprises (Please!)
Yesterday I had an interesting conversation about the effects of social media – and Facebook in particular – on how we experience reencounters. My conversation partner, who is not on Facebook, told me the story of how she stumbled upon … Continue reading
Social (Media) Ties – It’s Complex Multiplex
Reading social media studies and social network (analysis) literature I am regularly surprised at how unidimensional the operationalization of social connections is. Ties are often just treated as present or absent – but not as a “channel” for interaction flows … Continue reading
WhatsApp with Facebook? The Ramifications of the New Teen Social Media Logic
The teen mass exodus from Facebook has been widely covered in the media (e.g. http://yhoo.it/1bokTvo). It’s real and the numbers don’t lie. Many teens today don’t care much about Facebook – not nearly as much as the teens of 5 … Continue reading
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