A GENEALOGY OF BADGES: Inherited meaning and monstrous moral hybrids

Volume: 15, Issue: 3, Pages: 354 - 373
Published: Mar 13, 2012
Abstract
The use of badges on the web, particularly on community sites, has become very popular, and these badges are becoming both more easily carried from one site to another and more valuable in the process. But badges are not new; the metaphor of the online badge draws on centuries of use in the offline world. And the use of badges online has the potential of bringing with it the echo of these earlier uses and the values that they were imbued with....
Paper Details
Title
A GENEALOGY OF BADGES: Inherited meaning and monstrous moral hybrids
Published Date
Mar 13, 2012
Volume
15
Issue
3
Pages
354 - 373
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