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A series of Germans photographed with their World of Warcraft and Second Life avatars. “In Computerspielen laufen Tausende von Trollen, Elfen und Zauberern herum. Wer verbirgt sich eigentlich dahinter?”
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World of Warcraft Visa cards…
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Panoramic images of five of the medieval churches in Bergen, courtesy of the local paper. I was a tourist guide in Korskirken for three weeks the summer I was eighteen. Freezing in there.
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Norway is the European country with the highest proportion of the population on Facebook – over 170,000 Norwegians, or 3% of the population now have a Facebook profile.
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The Norwegian Press Union is skeptical to the way Norwegian journalists are exposing their relationships to their sources by friending them on Facebook (!)
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Problematic: Several Norwegian journalists are “facebook friends” with politicians. See, I don’t think journalists and politicians are ON Facebook in other countries?
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Gallup, a recognised Norwegian market research group, runs weekly lists of the most visited Norwegian websites. This doesn’t include US sites like google, facebook, Myspace, Yahoo etc.
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I wonder: would the reactions to the Facebook-“friendships” between journalists and politicians have been different if Facebook called these relationships e.g. “contacts” or “connections”?