This paper presents the results of a literature review in regard to Social Media and participation. Besides that, to understand the meaning and impact of Social Media on elections, we show field results from the 2010 and 2011 elections in the Netherlands. There are several challenges when it comes to …

De snelle veranderingen binnen het medialandschap vragen om een regelmatige evaluatie van de interne communicatie in een bedrijf. Effectief intern communiceren wordt steeds meer een uitdaging; hoe zorg je dat collega's jouw bericht zien tussen al die mails van buitenaf, en hoe ga je om met sociale media …

Voor mensen die beroepshalve met communicatie en informatie te maken hebben, is het belangrijk om op de hoogte te zijn van de meest actuele en relevante ontwikkelingen op dat terrein. Het gaat hierbij niet alleen over social media of web 2.0 - ook het zoeken, beheren en publiceren van informatie is voor …

In this paper, we will argue that developments in social media in the past few years open up an opportunity space for developing "integration software". Such software supports company specific use cases, while the software expands on existing social media infrastructure through web API's. We have explored …

This publication gives an account of the Public Annotation of Cultural Heritage research project (PACE) conducted at the Crossmedialab. The project was carried out between 1 January 2008 and 31 December 2009, and was funded by the Ministry of Education, Culture, and Science. Three members of the Dutch …

This paper describes the participatory development process of a web-based communication system focusing on disease management, particularly infection control of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). These infections are becoming a major public health issue; they can have serious consequences …

Social media zijn momenteel het gesprek van de dag. In slechts enkele jaren tijd hebben social media sites als YouTube, Facebook en LinkedIn een miljoenenpubliek aan zich gebonden. En het aantal consumenten en bedrijven dat gebruik maakt van deze online platformen groeit nog steeds sterk. Hoewel er dagelijks …

Motivation -- Communication technologies providing location-based and social applications may stimulate social cohesion and community building in deprived neighbourhoods. This study investigates the expertise required to develop mobile, social and context-sensitive applications. Research approach …

Through the so-called Web 2.0 and so-called social media, the notion of sharing, community and participation have been thoroughly perverted . Using the World Wide Web has become synonymous with being tracked and data­ mined. The only resort to responsible social communication is to practice anti-social …

The web is widely used by museums as a low-barrier platform to inform people on activities in the museum and publish their collections online. It is not uncommon that this publishing consists of an simple web interface connected to a database that holds records with limited information about the artifacts; …