This is the home page for the Towards a Social Science of Web 2.0 Conference

5 and 6 September 2007

This event focuses on some significant developments in Internet culture that have emerged in the last few years. Although these developments have received widespread media coverage they have so far received little in the way of sustained investigation by the social sciences. This event is intended to work toward the development of a social science of what has come to be known as Web 2.0 – a much heralded transition in Web media characterised by social practices of ‘generating’ and ‘browsing’, ‘tagging’ and ‘feeds’, ‘commenting’ and ‘noting’,‘reviewing’ and ‘rating’, ‘blogging’, ‘mashing-up’ and making ‘friends’ .

Announcements

Links to Blogs that covered the conference
Keynote Speakers
People - Attendee List
In the News - click to visit the Conference Blog
To view the conference Poster, please click on the file on the left called "Web 21.pdf"

Programme

View the conference programme

Information for Presenters

View a page highlighting presenting information

Social Events

We will be hosting a drinks reception and conference dinner on the evening of the 5th September. This will be located within the National Science Learning Centre, so there is no need to travel far after the conference finishes on the first evening!

Conference Sponsors

SIRU
iCS
e-Society
The British HCI Group

Registration Form

If you would like to attend the conference, please download the registration form: Attendee form.doc and return to us.
If you tick accommodation on the form, we will then reserve this for you.

Venue, Location and Transport

National Science Learning Centre

Transport

Accommodation

En-suite accommodation has been reserved in Alcuin College on the University of York campus. The National Science Learning Centre is within 5 minutes walk from the accommodation. http://www.york.ac.uk/univ/coll/alcuin/accommodation.html

The rooms will be available for check in from 2pm on the day of arrival and must be vacated by 09:30am on the day of departure. Keys need to be collected from Alcuin Porters reception (nslcsiteplan.pdf map attached). Breakfast will be served between 07:30 & 08:30am the following morning in Quarks restaurant – your bedroom keys will give you access between 07:30 and 10:15am

If you would like to self-book your accommodation, there are a number of options in the City of York (see below).

Further Information about York

Information for visitors to the University of York campus: http://www.york.ac.uk/np/visitors.htm
The following link takes you to the official York tourism website: http://www.york-tourism.co.uk/

If you need any help with the Conference WIKI, please contact Antonia Luther-Jones (alj504@york.ac.uk)

Conference Organising Team

Antonia Luther-Jones
ESRC e-Society Communications and Events Manager
Email: alj504@york.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)1904 434561

Sarah Shrive-Morrison
ESRC e-society Research Programme Administrator
Email: ssm500@york.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 1904 433050

Professor Roger Burrows
ESRC e-Society Programme Co-Ordinator
Email: rjb7@york.ac.uk
Tel: +44(0)1904 433048