First Monday is a peer reviewed online-journal (since 1996), dedicated to internet studies. Here’s the TOC of the newest issue (13/3):
| Preface: Critical Perspectives on Web 2.0 | HTML |
| Michael Zimmer |
| Market Ideology and the Myths of Web 2.0 | Abstract HTML |
| Trebor Scholz |
| Web 2.0: An argument against convergence | Abstract HTML |
| Matthew Allen |
| Interactivity is Evil! A critical investigation of Web 2.0 | Abstract HTML |
| Kylie Jarrett |
| Loser Generated Content: From Participation to Exploitation | Abstract HTML |
| Søren Mørk Petersen |
| The Externalities of Search 2.0: The Emerging Privacy Threats when the Drive for the Perfect Search Engine meets Web 2.0 | Abstract HTML |
| Michael Zimmer |
| Online Social Networking as Participatory Surveillance | Abstract HTML |
| Anders Albrechtslund |
| History, Hype, and Hope: An Afterward | HTML |
| David Silver |
Themes seem to be the ‘usual suspects’ (crowdsourcing, cybercapitalism, privacy, surveillance); anyway, it’s always important to keep a critical view and the contributors are great, so I’m excited to read this issue. I’m especially curious why interactivity should be “evil” . . .