The Center for Research on Information Technology & Organizations

 June 2009 | CRITO 

Director's Letter

CRITO researchers are studying various forms of Web 2.0. In this newsletter, we will look at the impacts of technology and youth when it comes to Social Networking Sites, Mobile Instant Messaging, and the relationship between online music sampling and blogging. Read letter...

Music Blogs as Consumer-
Generated Media

With the emergence of Web 2.0, studies have found that consumer-generated media is the most trusted form of advertising among other consumers. Jui Ramaprasad and Sanjeev Dewan examine how music blogging influences music sampling and the consumer choice of what types of music to sample. Full story...



Online Social Networking
Amongst Undergrads

As social-networking sites (SNS) have become a global phenomenon, Alladi Venkatesh and his students gain an understanding of how they are being used amongst undergraduates. Full story...

Evolving Mobile Instant Messaging Practices

Don Patterson has been conducting interesting research in the area of Instant Messaging, particularly in the shift from desktops to mobile devices. Full story...

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