A special project of the Internet Archive. ” (…) The GeoCities Animated Gif Search Engine was a special project of the Internet Archive done as part of our 20th Anniversary to highlight and celebrate fun aspects of the amazing history of the web as represented in the web archive and the Wayback Machine. GeoCities was … Continued
Emily van der Nagel, “From usernames to profiles: the development of pseudonymity in Internet communication”, Internet Histories, 2017, 1:4, pp. 312-331, DOI: 10.1080/24701475.2017.1389548 Abstract: This article traces the development of Internet communication by examining online names and pseudonyms. I argue that choosing a username, as the first interaction a person has with a platform, sets the tone for how communication … Continued
Ian Milligan, “Finding Community in the Ruins of GeoCities: Distantly Reading a Web Archive”, Bulletin of IEEE Technical Committee on Digital Libraries, Vol. 11, 2, October 2015. Abstract: This paper provides a brief overview of my work with the GeoCities web archive. Asking the question of “can we find community,” I use it as a … Continued
Jean Burgess, Joshua, YouTube: Online Video and Participatory Culture, Cambridge, Polity Press, 2009. “Burgess and Green show how, over its more than a decade of existence, YouTube’s dual logics of commerciality and community have persisted, generating new genres of popular culture, new professional identities and business models for the media industries, and giving rise to … Continued
Nancy Baym, Personal connections in the digital age, Cambridge, Polity Press, 2015. Content : 1. New forms of personal connection; 2. Making new media make sense; 3. Communication in digital spaces; 4. Communities and networks; 5. New relationships, new selves?; 6. Digital media in everyday relationships; Conclusion: The myth of cyberspace