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Cafe Scientifique: Designing Online Communities 10/21

Tuesday, October 21, 2008, 7 p.m., Bryant-Lake Bowl
$5 - $10: pay what you can

Computer science researcher and engineer Joseph Konstan studies the behavior of people as they participate in online communities like MySpace and Facebook. His research is uncovering how human socialization is affected by online communication and how further behavioral science research can help design Internet communities that facilitate positive dialogues about social issues.

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