First Monday May 2012

Readers:

First Monday has just published the May 2012 (volume 17, number 5) issue
at http://firstmonday.org/issue/current.

This issue marks the 16th birthday of First Monday, which appeared
originally on the first Monday of May 1996. With the contents of the May
2012 issue, First Monday has published 1,191 papers in 192 issues, written
by 1,570 different authors.

The following papers are included in this month's issue:

First Monday
Volume 17, number 5 - 7 May 2012

A market for unbiased private data: Paying individuals according to their
privacy attitudes
by Christina Aperjis and Bernardo A. Huberman

Digital inclusion and data profiling
by Seeta Peña Gangadharan

Sharing as “frands”: Personified branding strategies on social networks
sites in China
by Hua Wang, Jingbo Meng, and Fan Dong

Enhancing user involvement with digital cultural heritage: The usage of
social tagging and storytelling
by Harry van Vliet and Erik Hekman

Understanding the Net neutrality debate: Listening to stakeholders
by Alexander Ly, Bertrum H. MacDonald, and Sandra Toze

The Internet, selective learning, and the rise of issue specialists
by S. Mo Jang and Yong Jin Park

The bandwagon effect on participation in and use of a social networking site
by W. Wayne Fu, Jaelen Teo, and Seraphina Seng

New media and identity among fans of a Norwegian football club
by Roy Krøvel

Thanks for your continuing interest in our work,

Edward J Valauskas
Chief Editor and Founder, First Monday