Comments on Notebooks - Los Cuadernos de Julia: The Circle Club - What Is Social Media For

Hi Julie yes Paul is a big Zizek fan; I've seen hi...

2009-06-28T14:26:18.347+01:00

Hi Julie yes Paul is a big Zizek fan; I've seen him speak a couple of times and read some of his work.

"Social pornography" as he uses it is not sexual but metaphoric: as with porn, so with emotional interaction, facilitated with the mediating technologies of TV (Big Brother) and the internet. As I recall, he wrote a short Guardian piece on this topic (yep, he gets around

Hello James, Very nice to see you here, and than...

2009-06-26T20:15:01.648+01:00

Hello James,

Very nice to see you here, and thanks for your comment. I've come to know Paul through the Zizek tours to England he organises. I don't remember him mentioning "social pornography" this time, but the question I'd ask is - what exactly is meant? YouPorn and various similar websites perfectly epitomise "social pornography" - but the term

Did Paul talk about "social pornography"? - he som...

2009-06-24T22:36:24.670+01:00

Did Paul talk about "social pornography"? - he sometimes does. And did Gary talk about the communities he works with? - he often does.

I know both.

I think you're correct to note how the term is facile and meaningless; meaning, in fact, different things to different people.

I'm not sure if any conclusive 'meaning' is possible beyond

Hi Elena, By the look of things, it's more diffi...

2009-06-13T20:06:25.069+01:00

Hi Elena,

By the look of things, it's more difficult to meet me in town for a coffee than to get to an event like this one! :-) With this one, I found out by chance, but there's Social Media Cafe that meets regularly. Basically, check out their website and come down! The next meeting is in early July,

Julia, hi! Is it difficult to get registered an at...

2009-06-13T18:56:36.235+01:00

Julia, hi! Is it difficult to get registered an attend those events? I would love to. BTW, I'm still hoping to meet for a coffee one day in town :) Elena