All Blog Posts Tagged 'fads' (3)

Micro-Blogging - Faster Tweetie-Pie Kill Kill

In previous blogs on the sociology of fads I have sardonically focussed on the micro-blogging technology Twitter to demonstrate the claim/blame matrix, where new popular phenomenon ar… Continue

Added by Stuart Cosgrove on April 16, 2009 at 10:30pm — 1 Comment

The Frenzy of Fads - 3

In The Frenzy of Fads 1 I listed seven dynamics in the popular euphoria of fads and argued that prevalent forms of social media were fads, and corresponded to the following typologies: • Fads… Continue

Added by Stuart Cosgrove on February 24, 2009 at 11:23am — 3 Comments

The Frenzy of Fads - Part 1

One of my favorite subjects is the euphoria of fads. As an academic, broadcaster and writer for the NME, The Face etc I have always written about those fascinating particles of pop culture that flare up and then recede. (Anyone interested in a longer study of a fad might like… Continue

Added by Stuart Cosgrove on January 31, 2009 at 7:00pm — 5 Comments

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