New media technologies change the ways in which knowledge is produced and communicated. Having arrived in the technological future we are facing the responsibility to redefine its social and cultural application. How this could be done will not only be discussed by Conrad Wolfram in his keynote lecture but moreover during the panel that follows. more...

In relation to recent events social networking sites have replaced traditional news coverage. Sociology professor Tiziana Terranova moderates this third conference session examining the 'radical' roles of tools like Twitter and Facebook as 'revolutionary' media. Are we dealing with a new force, a new social mechanism for the exchange of information, a new truth? Or is it just another case of 'the emperor's new clothes'? more...