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#uksnow: webscience weather watch (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Kreps, D., & Fletcher, G. (2010, October). #uksnow: webscience weather watch. Presented at Internet Research 11.0, Gothenburg, Sweden

Exploring "Events" as an Information Systems Research Methodology (2009)
Book Chapter
Greenhill, A., & Fletcher, G. (2009). Exploring "Events" as an Information Systems Research Methodology. In Cross-Disciplinary Advances in Human Computer Interaction: User Modeling, Social Computing, and Adaptive Interfaces (108-121). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-142-1.ch007

In this article we build upon existing research and commentary from a variety of disciplinary sources, including information systems, organisational and management studies, and the social sciences that focus upon the meaning, significance and impact... Read More about Exploring "Events" as an Information Systems Research Methodology.

Exploring "Events" as an Information Systems Research Methodology (2009)
Book Chapter
Greenhill, A., & Fletcher, G. (2009). Exploring "Events" as an Information Systems Research Methodology. In Human Computer Interaction: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications. IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/9781878289919.ch123

In this article we build upon existing research and commentary from a variety of disciplinary sources, including information systems, organisational and management studies, and the social sciences that focus upon the meaning, significance and impact... Read More about Exploring "Events" as an Information Systems Research Methodology.

Blog/shop: it is authentic so don't worry^^^ (2009)
Journal Article
Fletcher, G., & Greenhill, A. (2009). Blog/shop: it is authentic so don't worry^^^. Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society, 7(1), 39-53. https://doi.org/10.1108/14779960910938089

Purpose – The popularity and persistence of Blogshops raises ethical issues regarding the presentation of the female teenage owners’ “self” to others and the relationship they maintain with buyers and other owners. Design/methodology/approach – Thi... Read More about Blog/shop: it is authentic so don't worry^^^.

The Polysemy of Human-Computer Interaction (2009)
Book Chapter
Greenhill, A., & Fletcher, G. (2009). The Polysemy of Human-Computer Interaction. In P. Saariluoma, & H. Isomaki (Eds.), Future Interaction Design II (175-190). London: Springer

This chapter provides exemplars of the influence of digital artifacts upon cultural experiences. We argue that the associations between people and artifacts, and specifically digital artifacts, is an increasingly dense, interwoven, and pivotal aspect... Read More about The Polysemy of Human-Computer Interaction.

Going offline: An exploratory cultural artifact analysis of an internet dating site’s development trajectories (2007)
Journal Article
Fletcher, G., & Light, B. (2007). Going offline: An exploratory cultural artifact analysis of an internet dating site’s development trajectories. International Journal of Information Management, 27(6), 422-431

In this study we develop a theorization of an Internet dating site as a cultural artifact. The site, Gaydar, is targeted at gay men. We argue that contemporary received representations of their sexuality figure heavily in the site’s focus by providi... Read More about Going offline: An exploratory cultural artifact analysis of an internet dating site’s development trajectories.

The object and the event: The power in things (2007)
Presentation / Conference
Fletcher, G., & Greenhill, A. (2007, July). The object and the event: The power in things. Presented at Critical Management Studies, University of Manchester

This paper examines information and communications technology artefacts as a subset of the broader range of cultural items that surround and pervade contemporary experiences of the everyday. Within this context the paper utilises the critical perspec... Read More about The object and the event: The power in things.

Exploring ‘events’ as an information systems research methodology (2007)
Journal Article
Fletcher, G., & Greenhill, A. (2007). Exploring ‘events’ as an information systems research methodology. International Journal of Technology and Human Interaction, 3(1), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.4018/jthi.2007010101

This paper builds upon existing research and commentary from a variety of disciplinary sources including Information Systems, Organisational and Management Studies, and the Social Sciences that focus upon the meaning, significance and impact of ‘even... Read More about Exploring ‘events’ as an information systems research methodology.

Fight club: culture, conflict and everyday life amongst an online 'community' (2006)
Journal Article
Fletcher, G., Campbell, J., & Greenhill, A. (2006). Fight club: culture, conflict and everyday life amongst an online 'community'. International Journal of Web Based Communities, 2(4), 474-489. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJWBC.2006.011771

This paper examines a specific online community and the degree to which participants' association is constituted and reinforced through conflict. We sample the existing literature regarding online communities in an historical sense and critique the p... Read More about Fight club: culture, conflict and everyday life amongst an online 'community'.

We like… cultural traits in cyberculture (2006)
Book Chapter
Fletcher, G., & Greenhill, A. (2006). We like… cultural traits in cyberculture. In K. Morgan, C. Brebbia, & J. Spector (Eds.), The internet society II: advances in education, commerce & governance (235-244). Southampton, England / Boston,USA: WIT Press

An index of fame: critical identifications of fame in the 'social laboratory' (2004)
Journal Article
Fletcher, G. (2004). An index of fame: critical identifications of fame in the 'social laboratory'

This paper discusses the presentation of fame that can be identified through popular search terms. These terms reveal how the rapidly shifting interest in individual identities of ‘fame’ are cast against a continuous sequence of expected and unexpect... Read More about An index of fame: critical identifications of fame in the 'social laboratory'.

Cargo Cults in Java (2004)
Other
Fletcher, G. (2004). Cargo Cults in Java. [Conference Proceedings]

This paper is a personal account of my experience of teaching Java programming to undergraduate and postgraduate students. These students enter their respective subjects with no previous Java programming knowledge. However, the undergraduate students... Read More about Cargo Cults in Java.

The social construction of electronic space (1996)
Journal Article
Fletcher, G., & Greenhill, A. (1996). The social construction of electronic space. Social Semiotics, 6(2), 179-198. https://doi.org/10.1080/10350339609384472

Computer‐mediated communication is a phenomenon of post‐industrial society. As a consequence of the interactivity and persistent textual nature of this form of communication, new spaces of sociality are constructed which can be analysed and interpret... Read More about The social construction of electronic space.

Academic referencing of Internet-based resources (1995)
Journal Article
Fletcher, G., & Greenhill, A. (1995). Academic referencing of Internet-based resources. Aslib Proceedings, 47(11/12), 245-252. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb051402

Despite the rapid growth of the Internet during 1994 and 1995 no adequate or consistent method of referencing material from this source has been developed. Failure to address this issue will result in Internet resources not being awarded full recogni... Read More about Academic referencing of Internet-based resources.

Academic referencing of Internet-based resources (1995)
Journal Article
Fletcher, G., & Greenhill, A. (1995). Academic referencing of Internet-based resources. Australian Library Journal, 44(4), 177-187. https://doi.org/10.1080/00049670.1995.10755721

The rapid growth of the Internet has outstripped conventions for citing material from that source. Distinguishing material as a [computer file] does not provide sufficient information about the platform necessary for reading it. The URL provides usef... Read More about Academic referencing of Internet-based resources.

Conflict and identity shape shifting in an online financial community
Journal Article
Campbell, J., Fletcher, G., & Greenhill, A. Conflict and identity shape shifting in an online financial community. Information Systems Journal, 19, 461-478. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2575.2008.00301.x

This paper challenges traditional explorations of online communities that have relied upon assumptions of trust and social cohesion. In the analysis presented here, conflict becomes more than just dysfunctional communication and provides an alternat... Read More about Conflict and identity shape shifting in an online financial community.

Gay men, Gaydar and the commodification of difference
Journal Article
Light, B., Fletcher, G., & Adam, A. Gay men, Gaydar and the commodification of difference. Information Technology and People, 21(3), 300-314. https://doi.org/10.1108/09593840810896046

Purpose To investigate ICT mediated inclusion and exclusion in terms of sexuality through a study of a commercial social networking website for gay men Design/methodology/approach The paper uses an approach based on technological inscription and t... Read More about Gay men, Gaydar and the commodification of difference.