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This article summarizes some of the key elements of what the concept of "user experience" entails. It also shows that far from being a simple passing fad, it is a the heart of a change in the way relationships between producers and consumers are conceived of.

Collection of essays on the evolution of literary studies in the digital age, with theoretical and methodological reflexions on the relationships between nicts and the evolution of the reading/writing/editing practices.

How people’s trust, personal relationships, and civic and political involvement are connected to their use of social network sites and other technologies.

"Nuclear Boy needs to poop". Educational animation for children or piece of pro-nuclear propaganda?

The New York Times's blog Well features an interesting piece on Desktop medicine. Are we really facing the rise of a new brand of medicine, or just living a new phase of the screen-based one?

Tomoko Tamari interviews Antonio A. Casilli on his article ‘A History of Virulence: The Body and Computer Culture in the 1980s’ in Body & Society 16.4 (Dec 2010).

The Digital World Research Centre (DWRC) aims to develop and apply a process of user-centred innovation in digital media technology, based on the interplay of user, design, business and technology research.

The Small Media Initiative invites submission of abstracts for its 2011 Small Media Symposium to be held at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London on 8 – 9 April 2011.

Amid the silly videos and spam are the roots of a new reading and writing culture, says Clay Shirky.

" Since discovering the net in 1993, the things I’ve spent my time thinking through, working on, and writing about have varied widely. I have been a producer, programmer, professor, designer, author, consultant... "