[ecrea] Facebook: a network, a research tool, a world? One day symposium

> **Facebook: a network, a research tool, a 
> world?** One day symposium, 24 October 2008, 
> Liverpool John Moores University, UK Hosted by 
> the MA programme in Internet and Communication 
> Studies, School of Media, Critical and Creative 
> Arts http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/MCA/91704.htm 
> Facebook is one of the faster growing sites for 
> social networking. Its popularity increases 
> every day, and so do the hopes, the concerns and 
> the controversies that surround it. This event 
> brings together researchers in Social Sciences, 
> Humanities and Education, who study Facebook and 
> its effect on our life and work. The symposium 
> will explore issues of trust, deception and 
> negotiation of identity; the use of Facebook for 
> student support and learning; the use of 
> Facebook as a research tool; and many more. 
> Confirmed speakers: Fiona Frank, Department of 
> Continuing Education, Lancaster University and 
> Department of History, University of Strathclyde 
> Monica Whitty, School of Social Sciences, 
> Nottingham Trent University Tristram Hooley, 
> CRAC and Jane Wellens, University of Leicester 
> On-line research methods training programme Jane 
> Secker, LASSIE project, London School of 
> Economics We welcome additional contributions in 
> the form of short papers. Please submit your 
> proposals to (a.kuntsman /at/ ljmu.ac.uk) by August the 
> 31st 2008. For more details please check our 
> website http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/MCA/91704.htm

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Nico Carpentier (Phd)
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Vrije Universiteit Brussel - Free University of Brussels
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