First Monday December 2014

Readers:

First Monday has just published the December 2014 (volume 19, number 12) issue at http://firstmonday.org/issue/current.

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

First Monday
Volume 19, Number 12 - 1 December 2014

Mediating the Black Pete discussion on Facebook: Slacktivism, flaming wars, and deliberation
by Karin van Es, Daniela van Geenen, and Thomas Boeschoten

Images of innovation in discourses of free and open source software
by George Dafermos and Michel J.G. van Eeten

The functions of buzzwords: A comparison of ‘Web 2.0’ and ‘telematics’
by Ole J. Mjøs, Hallvard Moe, and Vilde Schanke Sundet

Disconnect: A case study of short-term voluntary mobile phone non-use
by Sun Kyone Lee and James Everett Katz

Pricey privacy: Framing the economy of information in the digital age
by Federica Fornaciari

Contextualizing the power of social media: Technology, communication and the Libya Crisis
by Laura C. Morris

Challenging the commodification of public spheres: The hacker work ethic in a free media lab
by Steven Corbett

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With the contents of the December 2014 issue, First Monday has published, since May 1996, 1,425 papers in 223 issues, written by 1,963 different authors.

Thanks for your continuing interest in our work,

Edward J Valauskas
Chief Editor and Founder, First Monday