CFP: Seniors and Technologies: Issues of inclusion and exclusion

August 31, 2015/0 Comments/in ACT Scroll, CFP /by ACT

Special Issue of the Canadian Journal of Communication

‘Not notable enough’: Kim Sawchuk’s lecture at GUSEGG

July 20, 2015/0 Comments/in ACT Scroll, ACTipedia, Events, Project updates, Resources /by ACT

Kim Sawchuk on digital ageism, discursive action research, and the case of Wikipedia. Watch the video of her lecture held at the Graz International Summer School Seggau 2015

Seminars: Older people, ICTs and case studies

July 13, 2015/0 Comments/in ACT Scroll, Events, News, Resources, Webinar /by ACT

Three seminars offered by ACT member Loredana Ivan at IN3-UOC

‘Grannie’s on Facebook’ presented in Bournemouth, UK

July 9, 2015/0 Comments/in ACT Scroll, Events, Grannies on the Net, Project updates /by ACT

Presentation by ACT researchers Loredana Ivan and Shannon Hebblethwaite.

ACT research featured on CBC radio

June 10, 2015/0 Comments/in ACT Scroll, Media watch, News /by Constance Lafontaine

Shannon Hebblethwaite of Concordia University was interviewed on CBC Homerun. She spoke about “Grannies on the Net,” a research project led by Hebblethwaite and Loredana Ivan of the National University of Political Studies and Public Administration.

Mireia Fernández-Ardèvol at the 4th Conference on Elderly and New Technologies: Technology on the go

May 20, 2015/0 Comments/in ACT Scroll, Events /by Constance Lafontaine

Miriea Fernández-Ardèvol participated in the 4th Conference on Elderly and New Technologies, organized by Jaume I University, between the 13th and 15th of May 2015 in the city of Castelló, Spain. The special topic of this edition of the conference is Technology on the go, which focuses on gadgets such as tablets, smatphones, wearables …; ubiquitous and personal connectivity; Internet […]

Perpetuating exclusion in Wikipedia

May 11, 2015/0 Comments/in ACT Scroll, ACTipedia, In focus /by ACT

Wikipedia has become an indispensable source of online information for students and researchers because of its ease of use as well as its reputation as a user-generated encyclopaedia of shared knowledge. But is it? Our research suggests a much more complicated and twisted tale. Wikipedia is a space of negotiation, contestation and struggles over inclusion and exclusion into “encyclopedic” knowledge.

“Old in the Game: Age and Aging in Hip-Hop” Video of Murray Forman speaking at the University of Graz

May 8, 2015/0 Comments/in ACT Scroll, Events, News /by Constance Lafontaine

Murray Forman, ACT researcher and Associate Professor in Media and Screen Studies at Northeastern University presented on his research on March 17 at ACT partner institution the University of Graz. While hip-hop is commonly associated in many mainstream contexts with youth practices and tastes, it has been a long time indeed since it could easily be […]