Danah Boyd
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| Danah Boyd | |
 Boyd at the Web 2.0 Conference in 2005
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| Born | 1977 |
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| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Blogger, public speaker, writer |
| Known for | Sociality, identity and culture in social networks |
Danah Michele Boyd (or danah boyd, born Danah Michele Mattas in 1977), is an American academic, researcher, and blogger best known for media appearances where she speaks about social networking sites such as Friendster and MySpace. Since 2003, she and her research have been quoted on the subject of social networking in several different articles in media sources such as NPR,[1] Wired, MSNBC, USA Today, Newsweek[2] and The O'Reilly Factor.[3] She was also the subject of a major profile in The New York Times in 2003[4] and the Financial Times in 2006.[5]
[edit] Biography
Boyd grew up in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and attended Manheim Township High School from 1992–1996. According to her website, starting from childhood her name was "Danah Michele Mattas Beard", but after her mother's divorce, she chose her maternal grandfather's name, Boyd, as her own last name and eventually settled on giving her name as "danah boyd".[6]
She initially studied computer science at Brown University where she worked with Andy van Dam, and then pursued her Master's Degree in sociable media with Judith Donath at the MIT Media Lab. In 1999, she worked for the New York-based V-Day, first as a volunteer and then as paid staff. She eventually moved to San Francisco, California, where she became associated with individuals involved in creating the new Friendster service. She documented what she was observing via her blog, and this grew into a career.
She advanced to Ph.D. candidacy in the UC Berkeley School of Information in 2006,[7]. During the 2006-7 academic year, Boyd was a fellow at the Annenberg Center for Communication at the University of Southern California. She was a non-resident fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society for the 2007-8 academic year.[8]
Boyd has written over a dozen academic papers and op-ed pieces on various facets of online culture,[9] and has presented papers or been a speaker on the subject at major conferences such as SIGGRAPH, CHI, Etech and the AAAS annual meeting.
[edit] References
- ^ "Teens Create Their Own Space Online". NPR (2006-02-01). Retrieved on 2008-03-30.
- ^ “Walking a New Beat: Surfing MySpace.com Helps Cops Crack the Case”, Newsweek: P. 48, 2006-04-24
- ^ Boyd, Danah. "Press and Mainstream Media Appearances". danah.org. Retrieved on 2008-03-30.
- ^ Bowley, Graham (2003-11-23). "Decoding the New Cues in Online Society". The New York Times. Retrieved on 2008-03-30.
- ^ Bowley, Graham (2006-10-27). "The High Priestess of Internet Friendship". Financial Times. Retrieved on 2008-03-30.
- ^ Boyd, Danah. "What's in a Name?". danah.org. Retrieved on 2008-03-30.
- ^ Kopytoff, Verne (2004-04-25). "One-Stop Way to Read News, Blogs Online: RSS Allows Users to Get Free, Automatic Feeds". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved on 2008-03-30.
- ^ Boyd, Danah (2007-07-23). "Berkman Fellowship". Retrieved on 2007-07-23.
- ^ Shirky, Clay (2008-02-28). Here Comes Everybody. Penguin Group, 224-225. ISBN 978-1-59420-153-0.
[edit] External links
- Danah Boyd's homepage
- Danah Boyd's blog
- Boyd, Danah (2006-02-19). "Socializing Digitally". Vodafone Receiver. Retrieved on 2008-03-10.
- Boyd, Danah (2006-09-14). "A Discussion with Danah Boyd". Ibiblio Speaker Series. Retrieved on 2008-03-10.
- Boyd, Danah (2008-03-26). "An interview with Danah Boyd". Women of Web 2.0 Show. Retrieved on 2008-04-17.
