LINKS

My research in the news

• On April 11 2007, a Dutch article about Habbo Hotel has appeared in De Pers, mentioning part of my research. To read it, click here.
• Also in April, Freenovation published an interview with me, based on my scenario study. This article also is in Dutch. To read it; click here.

Websites

• Scenario study website. Website of my scenario study about future user roles in the media and entertainment domain.
• Erasmus University Rotterdam - the university where my PhD research is accomodated
• TNO - website of the the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research, my workplace
• Freeband - the national research programme that funds B@Home, the project my PhD research is a part of
• B@Home
• Music Lessons - a project of the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm and World Internet Institute, Uppsala, Sweden, concerned with broadband technologies transforming business models and challenging regulatory frameworks, drawing lessons from the music industry. A bit similar to B@Home
• PEW Internet and American Life Project - The Pew Internet & American Life Project produces reports that explore the impact of the internet on families, communities, work and home, daily life, education, health care, and civic and political life. See also their link page for useful links
• SCP - Social and Cultural Planning office of the Netherlands, among others keeping track of how the Dutch spend their time
• Website of PhD student Stefan Verhaegh. Stefan is one of the PhD students involved in the TGG community, (Technologie, Gedrag en Gebruik or Technology, Behaviour and Use) a knowledge exchange group of the University of Twente and the Erasmus University Rotterdam. Stefan is writing his PhD thesis about user driven innovation.
• Website of PhD student Bibi van den Berg. Bibi is also involved in the TGG community and is writing her PhD thesis about ambient intelligence and identity. Her web page (www.situatedself.org) is still under construction, but will be updated soon.
• The personal page of Miriam van de Kamp, a PhD student that is writing her thesis about: 'International cultural industries in local contexts: the case of the music and film industry in the Netherlands'.
• Master Media and Journalism, the website of my former Masters programme.
• Website of Jono Lentz, 3d artist in the Netherlands
• If you are interested in my other projects (non-scientific), take a look at my other website, mijkeslot.nl.

Literature (small selection of interesting literature in my research area)

• Berker, T., Hartmann, M., Punie, Y., Ward, K.J., eds., (2006) Domestication of media and technology Berkshire: Open University Press

• Castells, M. (2001) The Internet Galaxy. Reflections on the Internet business and society New York: Oxford University Press

• Croteau, D., Hoynes, W. (1997) Media/Society. Industries, images and audiences Thousand Oaks, London, New Delhi: Pine Forge Press

• Frissen, V. (2004) "De domesticatie van de digitale wereld" (Dutch)

• Lie, M. and Sørensen, K (1996) Making technology our own? Domesticating technology into everyday life Oslo: Scandinavian University Press

• Oudshoorn, N. and Pinch, T., eds. (2003) How users matter. The co-construction of users and technology Cambridge, Massachussetts, London, England: The MIT Press

• Punie, Y., (2003), ‘Een theoretische en empirische benadering van adoptie, gebruik en betekenis van informatie- en communicatietechnologie in het dagelijkse leven’ In: Carpentier, N., Pauwels, C., Oost, O. van, Het on(be)grijpbare publiek: een communicatiewetenschappelijke exploratie van publieksonderzoek, Brussel: VUBPress pp. 175-200

• Silverstone, R. and Hirsch, E. (1992), Consuming technologies. Media and information in domestic spaces. London and New York: Routledge

Other activities

• October 2008, Guest lecture at Erasmus University Rotterdam, seminar Media and Public, Master Media and Journalism
• COST workshop Digital Television Revisited Corvinus University Budapest, May 15 2008
• November 2007- January 2008: teaching a research workshop at the Master Media and Journalism, Erasmus University Rotterdam
• Picnic'07 Amsterdam September 25
• Short lecture at the faculty introduction of History and Culture at the Erasmus University Rotterdam, entitled 'Van Lodewijk XIV tot Internetgebruikers'
• COST conference 'The good, the bad and the unexpected' Moscow, May 23-25 2007
• Didactics course at the Erasmus University Rotterdam, February - March 2007
• Iadis Web Communities Conference, Salamanca, February 18-20 2007
• KNAW workshop Amsterdam - "Media research in 2020" January 24, 2007
• WTMC Workshop 'User-producer relations in technology' May 17-18, 2006
• ECP symposium 'Digital content for consumers' The Hague May 10, 2006
• Super TUesday, symposium about broadband communication at the Technical University of Eindhoven, April 4, 2006
• "Wie is wie in de Nederlandse game industrie?" (Who is who in the Dutch game industry), a meeting in Off Corso Rotterdam March 28, 2006
• Seminar "Het nieuwe uitgeven" (The new publishing) Mediaplaza Utrecht, February 2006
• CICT Conference, Kopenhagen December 2005 (presenting a paper)
• TWA network meeting "Technology + Creativity = Business", Technical University Delft, November 2005
• ITS Conference, Porto September 2005 (co-author of a presented paper)
• Creative Capital Conference, Amsterdam 2005