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Life After Google

by jiyanwei • November 24, 2007

Over a decade ago when I was a senior at Hawken School I can remember listening to a conversation between Dr. Carr, our headmaster at the time, and our IT manager (whose name I can’t remember). The year was 1996 and Google had yet to reach omnipotence. As a matter of fact, Netscape and Yahoo! […]


Putting Web 2.0 in Perspective

by jiyanwei • November 4, 2007

Originally published in The Journal of New Media & Culture (Winter 2007) At a recent conference, I overheard one communications professional ask another, “What is our Web 2.0 strategy?” I wondered what exactly they meant by a Web 2.0 strategy, despite my background and experience with the Web and new media, and, soon after, decided […]


The articulation of power in social media

by jiyanwei • June 20, 2007

The New Communications Review just published a piece I authored a while back entitled, “The Articulation of Power in Social Media.”  The piece is actually an adaptation of my dissertation, which I hope has actually becoming readable thanks to the work of Nina Shariff from v-Fluence.  I am happy with this version of it, which […]