Internet as a Diversion, Relaxing on the Web, a report

Posted by Celia Walter | 25 Sep, 2009

From the Summary:

Three-quarters of online economic users–those Americans who use the internet to keep up with news about the economic recession or their own personal finances–go online to relax and take their minds off of the recession, according to an April 2009 survey by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project.

Listening to music and watching online videos are among the most common of the activities we evaluated; roughly half of all online economic users have done each of these activities to relax. Approximately one-third of online economic users have played online games or chatted with friends (on a social networking site, listserv or other online group), while an additional 22% have taken their minds off of their economic or financial circumstances by creating or posting content online.

Young Americans in particular go online in great numbers to relax by watching videos, listening to music, playing games or chatting with friends.

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Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project

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Panorama archives.BBC

Posted by Celia Walter | 3 Jul, 2009
Panorama: documentaries archive
This site is maintained by the BBC Panorama programme. It provides free access to information from the leading Panorama documentary series which focuses upon political issues, social welfare and social policy in the UK. It includes access to some programme transcripts, plus links to film clips and full versions of more recent programmes ( generally those dating from 2007 onwards) some of which can be viewed on demand in full via the BBC iplayer service. Technical and copyright information is displayed on the website. From Intute.ac.uk
http://news.bbc.co.uk/panorama/hi/default.stm

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Social informatics: 2 sites from Intute.ac.uk

Posted by Celia Walter | 8 Jan, 2009
Social informatics
Social informatics is a comprehensive guide to research in the field of the interaction between society and information-communication technologies (ICT). It is provided by the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. There is an annotated bibliography of resources, which include journals, and lists of relevant professional associations, research centres and study programs. The webpage aims to be both an introductory guide to ICT research as well as serve advanced users. There is news and event information and an online forum.
http://www.social-informatics.org/

Social Informatics Resources
Social Informatics Resources is a wiki managed by Per Arne Godejord, Nesna University College, Norway. It aims to provide a guide to research resources and teaching materials for lecturers and students in social informatics and includes "video lectures, sound lectures, slideshare lectures, text based lectures, relevant search pages from Google, suggestions for curriculum and a guide to lecture SI". A student page has been established for "thoughts, comments and resources" contributed by students and others who wish to participate. The references are mainly in Norwegian. There are links to other social informatics wikis.
http://samfinfo.pbwiki.com/

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