Towards A More Participatory Culture: Enterprise Q&A
Thu, Jan 19th 2012 8:11a Mike Gotta In October of 2011, AIIM (the Association for Information & Imaging Management, a non-profit research, community and educational association), published a survey-based report that examined social business and Enterprise 2.0 trends. I had the good fortune to hear about the results first-hand when I co-presented with AIIM’s President, John Mancini, on a social networking panel at the Gilbane Conference held in Boston last November. John summarized the work and results of the study. One of th [read] Keywords: collaboration
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Abstract: Social Capital (Key Ideas)
Sat, Dec 31st 2011 1:11p Mike Gotta Field, J. (2008). Social Capital (2nd ed.). Routledge.
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John Field is Director of the Division of Academic Innovation and Continuing Education at the University of Stirling. His book, Social Capital, is part of a complimentary collection of essays to the series, Key Sociologists. The author continues to focus on the topic of social capital as it apples to lifelong learning. In this publication, Field adopts a social networking centric view of social capital. The connections people es [read] Keywords: collaboration
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Abstract: Social Capital: Its Origins and Applications in Modern Sociology
Thu, Dec 29th 2011 2:11p Mike Gotta Source:
Portes, A. (1998). Social Capital: Its Origins and Applications in Modern Sociology. Annual Reviews.
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Portes is professor of sociology at Princeton University. His primary focus is on economic sociology with an emphasis on immigration and urbanization. In this paper, Portes examines the origins of social capital, concentrating mostly on the works of Bourdieu, Loury, and Coleman. Portes concludes that there is a level of enthusiasm for the concept of social capital that is unli [read] Keywords: collaboration
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Youth & Privacy: Research Shows That They Do Care
Thu, Dec 22nd 2011 11:11a Mike Gotta There’s an unfortunate myth that persists when it comes to youth and privac (at least in my opinion, based on research and findings I've read). While it’s fashionable to make broad claims that “youth don’t care about privacy”, there are credible studies that have been conducted by reputable researchers that show that youth do indeed care about privacy. Such findings do not mean that youth do not make the same careless mistakes that we all do and it's not too difficult to find exampl [read] Keywords: policies
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