All Outputs (4)

Community as commodity (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Kreps, D., & Pearson, E. (2008, July). Community as commodity. Presented at IFIP WG 9.5 International Working Conference on Virtuality and Society: Massive Virtual Communities, Leuphana University, Luneburg, Germany

Despite utopian claims that the internet generally and Social Networking Sites (SNS) (including multi-user virtual environments, or MUVE) in particular herald a challenge to the dominance of capitalist ideologies in technological societies, there is... Read More about Community as commodity.

My Facebook profile: Copy, resemblance, or simulacrum? (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Kreps, D. (2008, June). My Facebook profile: Copy, resemblance, or simulacrum?. Presented at 16th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland

This paper offers a theoretical reading of the phenomenon and experience of the social networking site, Facebook, through an exploration of how loyally a Facebook profile can represent the essence of an individual, and whether such Platonic notions o... Read More about My Facebook profile: Copy, resemblance, or simulacrum?.

Combating e-discrimination in the North West - final report (2008)
Report
Kreps, D., & Wheeler, P. (2008). Combating e-discrimination in the North West - final report

The Combating eDiscimination in the North West project examined over 100 websites advertising job opportunities both regionally and nationally, and found the vast majority to be largely inaccessible. Professional standards, such as using valid W3C co... Read More about Combating e-discrimination in the North West - final report.

User testing is not a luxury (2008)
Journal Article
Wheeler, P., & Kreps, D. (2008). User testing is not a luxury. Electronic Markets, 18(4), 324-332. https://doi.org/10.1080/10196780802420703

Companies need to address Web Accessibility with more than just professional standards of code writing, and adherence to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. With funding from the European Social Fund a team at Salford University, led by the au... Read More about User testing is not a luxury.