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How social metadata expands the attention

economy: new media and gifting


Jörgen Skågeby
Dept. of Journalism, Media and Communication, Stockholm University,
Sweden
jorgen.skageby@jmk.su.se


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With the increasing convergence of information, social and physical space, social
metadata takes on even more interesting dimensions
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