My First Year On The Rural Side of the Digital Divide

On November 7, 2015November 7, 2015 By Germaine HalegouaIn Commentary, Reflections, Writing

This post originally appeared on Cyborgology as part of its "Small Town Internet" issue. Since I was thinking about several SMC members' research while writing this, and worked on this post while co-writing with Jessa Lingel, I thought it apropos to post it here as well. There's a lot more to be said about rural …

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Location-based social media in Boston

On July 8, 2011 By Germaine HalegouaIn Commentary4 Comments

As part of the Social Media Collective this summer, I've been working on a couple of projects involving location-based social media, Foursquare in particular. For one of these projects I've been interviewing a range of Foursquare participants, as well as a variety of Boston area vendors who utilize Foursquare for their respective businesses. I've been …

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