First Monday April 2013

Readers:

First Monday has just published the April 2013 (volume 18, number 4) issue
at http://firstmonday.org/issue/current.

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

First Monday
Volume 18, number 4 - 1 April 2013

Responsibilities of the state: Rethinking the case and possibilities for
public support of journalism
by Mike Ananny and Daniel Kreiss

The role of authenticity in electoral social media campaigns
by Gabrielle Grow and Janelle Ward

An emerging digital divide in urban school children’s information
literacy: Challenging equity in the Norwegian school system
by Ove Edvard Hatlevik and Greta Björk Gudmundsdottir

Exploring ways in which social networkers contribute to online groups: A
case study of one Facebook group’s discussion of Australian broadcaster
Channel 9 during the 2010 Winter Olympic Games
by Olan Kees Martin Scott, Ryan Bradshaw, and Paul Larkin

Synthesizing sponsorships: Toward a lens of composite sponsorship on
social network sites
by Kaitlin Marks-Dubbs

Learning environments and rapidly evolving handheld technologies
by J. Evans Ochola, James R. Stachowiak, John Achrazoglou, and David B. Bills

Scientists’ use of social media: The case of researchers at the University
of the Philippines Los Baños
by Florante Cruz and Serlie B. Jamias

Book review: Daniel Trottier. Social media as surveillance: Rethinking
visibility in a converging world (Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate, 2012).
reviewed by Yijun Gao

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With the contents of the April 2013 issue, First Monday has published,
since May 1996, 1,263 papers in 203 issues, written by 1,688 different
authors.

Thanks for your continuing interest in our work.

Edward J Valauskas
Chief Editor and Founder, First Monday

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