critical perspectives on web 2.0

my short essay, "history, hype, and hope: an afterward," has been published in this month's issue of first monday. yeah!

the origins of this collaboration was a panel called "critical perspectives on web 2.0: surveillance, discipline, labor," organized by michael zimmer for the association of internet researchers conference in vancouver, canada in october 2007. our panel was well received and well attended ...



... so we decided to approach first monday about a special issue. they agreed; we worked hard to prepare our papers for publication; and yesterday, on the first monday of the month, first monday published our efforts:

Special issue: Critical Perspectives on Web 2.0
edited by Michael Zimmer

Preface: Critical Perspectives on Web 2.0
by Michael Zimmer

Market Ideology and the Myths of Web 2.0
by Trebor Scholz

Web 2.0: An argument against convergence
by Matthew Allen

Interactivity is Evil! A critical investigation of Web 2.0
by Kylie Jarrett

Loser Generated Content: From Participation to Exploitation
by Søren Mørk Petersen

The Externalities of Search 2.0: The Emerging Privacy Threats when the Drive for the Perfect Search Engine meets Web 2.0
by Michael Zimmer

Online Social Networking as Participatory Surveillance
by Anders Albrechtslund

History, Hype, and Hope: An Afterward
by David Silver

since 1996 (!), first monday has been churning out goodness each month, and it's a delight to be a contributor to this journal. it's also a delight to publish with a free and open-access journal that is online, which, among other things, allowed me to embed a youtube video into my essay.


thanks to michael for organizing us, to my fellow contributors for making the special issue special, and to first monday for doing what they've been doing for over ten years.