Sorin Adam Matei
Biographic Data
| ID | 348348 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sorin Adam Matei |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sorin Adam |
| FAMILY NAME | Matei |
| SIGNATURE | MATEI S A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Purdue University West Lafayette |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2247-8860 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 36 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Ethical reasoning in artificial intelligence: A cybersecurity perspective
Data storytelling is not storytelling with data: A framework for storytelling in science communication and data journalism
Storytelling teaches. All good storytelling is good teaching. Storytelling is a form of teaching and learning because it asks the readers or listeners to replace well-established explanations that are considered facts with new, unexpected ones. We always learn new things when listening to good stories. Good stories do so by violating expectations and surprising the listener or the reader. Surprise breeds suspense, which generates engagement, whic…
Social-collaborative determinants of content quality in online knowledge production systems: Comparing Wikipedia and Stack Overflow
A Research Agenda for the Study of Entropic Social Structural Evolution, Functional Roles, Adhocratic Leadership Styles, and Credibility in Online Organizations and Knowledge Markets
Transparency in Social Media: Tools, Methods and Algorithms for Mediating Online Interactions
Roles, Trust, and Reputation in Social Media Knowledge Markets: Theory and Methods
Wikipedia's “Neutral Point of View”: Settling Conflict through Ambiguity
This article discusses how one of the most important Wikipedia policies, the “neutral point of view” (NPOV), is appropriated and interpreted by the participants in the Wikipedia project. By analyzing a set of constitutive documents for the Wikipedian universe, including discussion about NPOV, the authors conclude that ambiguity is at the heart of the policy process on Wikipedia. The overarching conclusion is that ambiguity on Wikipedia is not ext…
The perils and promise of global transparency: Why the information revolution may not lead to security, democracy, or peace - by Kristin M. Lord
Journal Article Book Reviews Get access The perils and promise of global transparency: Why the information revolution may not lead to security, democracy, or peace Kristin M. Lord State University of New York Press, Albany, New York, 2006, $65 (hard), $21.95 (paper), pp. 198 Sorin Matei Sorin Matei 1Purdue University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Communication, Volume 57, Issue 4, December 200…
The Emergence of Clusters in the Global Telecommunications Network
Studies of international telecommunication networks in past years have found increases in density, centralization, and integration. More recent studies, however, have identified trends of decentralization and regionalization. The present research examines these structural changes in international telephone traffic among 110 countries between 1989 and 1999. It examines the competing theoretical models of core–periphery and cluster structures. The …
Visible Past: Learning and discovering in real and virtual space and time
Visible Past proposes a cross platform, scalable environment (Exploratorium) for collaborative social, geographic, and historical education and research. The Exploratorium will be deployed in a variety of settings, from Web to fully immersive virtual reality environments. Educational activities can be formal (classroom teaching) or informal (conducted in a museum or self–directed online learning setting). The specific goals of the Exploratorium c…
From Counterculture to Cyberculture: Virtual Community Discourse and the Dilemma of Modernity
Virtual communities are discussed as expressions of the modern tension between individuality and community, emphasizing the role that counterculture and its values played in shaping the virtual community project. This article analyzes postings to the WELL conferences and the online groups that served as incubators and testing ground for the term "virtual community," revealing how this concept was culturally shaped by the countercultural ideals of…
Cultural Cognitive Style and Web Design: Beyond a Behavioral Inquiry into Computer-Mediated Communication
Numerous studies have identified links among culture, user preferences, and Web site usability. Most of these studies were reports of findings from a behavioral perspective in explaining how cultural factors affect processes of Web-related content design and use. Based on the research of Vygotsky and Nisbett, the authors propose a broader model, referred to as “cultural cognition theory,” by which Web design, like other types of information produ…
Watts, the 1965 Los Angeles Riots, and the Communicative Construction of the Fear Epicenter of Los Angeles A previous version of this paper was presented at the American Sociological Annual Conference…
215 mental maps collected in 1998 indicate that Watts is Los Angeles' epicenter of fear. Spatial cluster analysis provides evidence that this fear is most closely associated with the 1965 "Watts" riots. The role played by television in constructing spatial fear is proposed as a possible explanation for the persistence of this collective memory. Analysis of phone survey data and of a set of mental maps indicates that the greatest fear of Watts is …
The Role of the Global Telecommunications Network in Bridging Economic and Political Divides, 1989 to 1999
This research explores the role of telecommunicative globalization in bridging world political and economic divides. Current approaches define globalization primarily in terms of increased density of network ties between nations, a perspective the present article extends into a more comprehensive framework. Exchange and balance theories are combined into a multitheoretical, multilevel model consisting of hypotheses regarding the mutuality, transi…
The Emergent Romanian Post-Communist Ethos From Nationalism to Privatism
More than ten years after the fall of communism, Romanians are far more concerned with personal goals than communal issues
The Internet in the Communication Infrastructure of Urban Residential Communities: Macro- or Mesolinkage?
The article refines the view that the Internet is increasingly incorporated in everyday life, concluding that the new medium has been partially integrated in the “communication infrastructure” of English-speaking Los Angeles neighborhoods. Here, Internet connectedness is associated with civic participation and indirectly contributes to “belonging” to a residential community. However, in predominantly Asian and Latino areas, the Internet is diseng…
The Internet in the Communication Infrastructure of Urban Residential Communities: Macro- or Mesolinkage
The article refines the view that the Internet is increasingly incorporated in everyday life, concluding that the new medium has been partially integrated in the “communication infrastructure” of English-speaking Los Angeles neighborhoods. Here, Internet connectedness is associated with civic participation and indirectly contributes to “belonging” to a residential community. However, in predominantly Asian and Latino areas, the Internet is diseng…
Fear and Misperception of Los Angeles Urban Space: A Spatial-Statistical Study of Communication-Shaped Mental Maps
Imagining urban space as being comfortable or fearful is studied as an effect of people's connections to their residential area communication infrastructure. Geographic Information System (GIS) modeling and spatial-statistical methods are used to process 215 mental maps obtained from respondents to a multilingual survey of seven ethnically marked residential communities of Los Angeles. Spatial-statistical analyses reveal that fear perceptions of …
‘Beepless in America’: The Social Impact of the Galaxy IV Pager Blackout
Popular conceptions of the ‘information society’ are useful in conveying the social significance of the revolution in information and communication technologies (ICTs). Nevertheless, the idea of an information society fails to provide insights about the role of ICTs in society, and can be misleading in focusing attention on too limited a view of information (Dutton 1999: 3–14)
Storytelling Neighborhood: Paths to Belonging in Diverse Urban Environments
This article develops and tests a communication infrastructure model of belonging among dwellers of urban residential environments. The concept of a communication infrastructure—a storytelling system set in its communication action context—is discussed. Storytelling neighborhood, the communication process through which neighborhood discussion transforms people from occupants of a house to members of a neighborhood, is proposed as an essential com…
Real and Virtual Social Ties: Connections in the Everyday Lives of Seven Ethnic Neighborhoods
The relationship between online and offline social ties is studied in seven Los Angeles ethnically marked residential areas. Contrary to visions proposing a zero-sum game between the two, the authors advance a "the more, the more" approach to online social ties. A higher level of belonging to real communities translates into a higher propensity for interaction online. This approach is informed by a social shaping of technology perspective, which …
Watts, the 1965 Los Angeles Riots, and the Communicative Construction of the Fear Epicenter of Los Angeles A previous version of this paper was presented at the American Sociological Annual Conference…
215 mental maps collected in 1998 indicate that Watts is Los Angeles' epicenter of fear. Spatial cluster analysis provides evidence that this fear is most closely associated with the 1965 "Watts" riots. The role played by television in constructing spatial fear is proposed as a possible explanation for the persistence of this collective memory. Analysis of phone survey data and of a set of mental maps indicates that the greatest fear of Watts is …
From Counterculture to Cyberculture: Virtual Community Discourse and the Dilemma of Modernity
Virtual communities are discussed as expressions of the modern tension between individuality and community, emphasizing the role that counterculture and its values played in shaping the virtual community project. This article analyzes postings to the WELL conferences and the online groups that served as incubators and testing ground for the term "virtual community," revealing how this concept was culturally shaped by the countercultural ideals of…
The Emergent Romanian Post-Communist Ethos From Nationalism to Privatism
More than ten years after the fall of communism, Romanians are far more concerned with personal goals than communal issues
Real and Virtual Social Ties: Connections in the Everyday Lives of Seven Ethnic Neighborhoods
The relationship between online and offline social ties is studied in seven Los Angeles ethnically marked residential areas. Contrary to visions proposing a zero-sum game between the two, the authors advance a "the more, the more" approach to online social ties. A higher level of belonging to real communities translates into a higher propensity for interaction online. This approach is informed by a social shaping of technology perspective, which …
Wikipedia's “Neutral Point of View”: Settling Conflict through Ambiguity
This article discusses how one of the most important Wikipedia policies, the “neutral point of view” (NPOV), is appropriated and interpreted by the participants in the Wikipedia project. By analyzing a set of constitutive documents for the Wikipedian universe, including discussion about NPOV, the authors conclude that ambiguity is at the heart of the policy process on Wikipedia. The overarching conclusion is that ambiguity on Wikipedia is not ext…
Cultural Cognitive Style and Web Design: Beyond a Behavioral Inquiry into Computer-Mediated Communication
Numerous studies have identified links among culture, user preferences, and Web site usability. Most of these studies were reports of findings from a behavioral perspective in explaining how cultural factors affect processes of Web-related content design and use. Based on the research of Vygotsky and Nisbett, the authors propose a broader model, referred to as “cultural cognition theory,” by which Web design, like other types of information produ…
Fear and Misperception of Los Angeles Urban Space: A Spatial-Statistical Study of Communication-Shaped Mental Maps
Imagining urban space as being comfortable or fearful is studied as an effect of people's connections to their residential area communication infrastructure. Geographic Information System (GIS) modeling and spatial-statistical methods are used to process 215 mental maps obtained from respondents to a multilingual survey of seven ethnically marked residential communities of Los Angeles. Spatial-statistical analyses reveal that fear perceptions of …
‘Beepless in America’: The Social Impact of the Galaxy IV Pager Blackout
Popular conceptions of the ‘information society’ are useful in conveying the social significance of the revolution in information and communication technologies (ICTs). Nevertheless, the idea of an information society fails to provide insights about the role of ICTs in society, and can be misleading in focusing attention on too limited a view of information (Dutton 1999: 3–14)
Storytelling Neighborhood: Paths to Belonging in Diverse Urban Environments
This article develops and tests a communication infrastructure model of belonging among dwellers of urban residential environments. The concept of a communication infrastructure—a storytelling system set in its communication action context—is discussed. Storytelling neighborhood, the communication process through which neighborhood discussion transforms people from occupants of a house to members of a neighborhood, is proposed as an essential com…
Real and Virtual Social Ties: Connections in the Everyday Lives of Seven Ethnic Neighborhoods
The relationship between online and offline social ties is studied in seven Los Angeles ethnically marked residential areas. Contrary to visions proposing a zero-sum game between the two, the authors advance a "the more, the more" approach to online social ties. A higher level of belonging to real communities translates into a higher propensity for interaction online. This approach is informed by a social shaping of technology perspective, which …
The Internet in the Communication Infrastructure of Urban Residential Communities: Macro- or Mesolinkage?
The article refines the view that the Internet is increasingly incorporated in everyday life, concluding that the new medium has been partially integrated in the “communication infrastructure” of English-speaking Los Angeles neighborhoods. Here, Internet connectedness is associated with civic participation and indirectly contributes to “belonging” to a residential community. However, in predominantly Asian and Latino areas, the Internet is diseng…
The Internet in the Communication Infrastructure of Urban Residential Communities: Macro- or Mesolinkage
The article refines the view that the Internet is increasingly incorporated in everyday life, concluding that the new medium has been partially integrated in the “communication infrastructure” of English-speaking Los Angeles neighborhoods. Here, Internet connectedness is associated with civic participation and indirectly contributes to “belonging” to a residential community. However, in predominantly Asian and Latino areas, the Internet is diseng…
The Role of the Global Telecommunications Network in Bridging Economic and Political Divides, 1989 to 1999
This research explores the role of telecommunicative globalization in bridging world political and economic divides. Current approaches define globalization primarily in terms of increased density of network ties between nations, a perspective the present article extends into a more comprehensive framework. Exchange and balance theories are combined into a multitheoretical, multilevel model consisting of hypotheses regarding the mutuality, transi…
The Emergent Romanian Post-Communist Ethos From Nationalism to Privatism
More than ten years after the fall of communism, Romanians are far more concerned with personal goals than communal issues
Cultural Cognitive Style and Web Design: Beyond a Behavioral Inquiry into Computer-Mediated Communication
Numerous studies have identified links among culture, user preferences, and Web site usability. Most of these studies were reports of findings from a behavioral perspective in explaining how cultural factors affect processes of Web-related content design and use. Based on the research of Vygotsky and Nisbett, the authors propose a broader model, referred to as “cultural cognition theory,” by which Web design, like other types of information produ…
Watts, the 1965 Los Angeles Riots, and the Communicative Construction of the Fear Epicenter of Los Angeles A previous version of this paper was presented at the American Sociological Annual Conference…
215 mental maps collected in 1998 indicate that Watts is Los Angeles' epicenter of fear. Spatial cluster analysis provides evidence that this fear is most closely associated with the 1965 "Watts" riots. The role played by television in constructing spatial fear is proposed as a possible explanation for the persistence of this collective memory. Analysis of phone survey data and of a set of mental maps indicates that the greatest fear of Watts is …
From Counterculture to Cyberculture: Virtual Community Discourse and the Dilemma of Modernity
Virtual communities are discussed as expressions of the modern tension between individuality and community, emphasizing the role that counterculture and its values played in shaping the virtual community project. This article analyzes postings to the WELL conferences and the online groups that served as incubators and testing ground for the term "virtual community," revealing how this concept was culturally shaped by the countercultural ideals of…
The perils and promise of global transparency: Why the information revolution may not lead to security, democracy, or peace - by Kristin M. Lord
Journal Article Book Reviews Get access The perils and promise of global transparency: Why the information revolution may not lead to security, democracy, or peace Kristin M. Lord State University of New York Press, Albany, New York, 2006, $65 (hard), $21.95 (paper), pp. 198 Sorin Matei Sorin Matei 1Purdue University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Communication, Volume 57, Issue 4, December 200…
The Emergence of Clusters in the Global Telecommunications Network
Studies of international telecommunication networks in past years have found increases in density, centralization, and integration. More recent studies, however, have identified trends of decentralization and regionalization. The present research examines these structural changes in international telephone traffic among 110 countries between 1989 and 1999. It examines the competing theoretical models of core–periphery and cluster structures. The …
Visible Past: Learning and discovering in real and virtual space and time
Visible Past proposes a cross platform, scalable environment (Exploratorium) for collaborative social, geographic, and historical education and research. The Exploratorium will be deployed in a variety of settings, from Web to fully immersive virtual reality environments. Educational activities can be formal (classroom teaching) or informal (conducted in a museum or self–directed online learning setting). The specific goals of the Exploratorium c…
Wikipedia's “Neutral Point of View”: Settling Conflict through Ambiguity
This article discusses how one of the most important Wikipedia policies, the “neutral point of view” (NPOV), is appropriated and interpreted by the participants in the Wikipedia project. By analyzing a set of constitutive documents for the Wikipedian universe, including discussion about NPOV, the authors conclude that ambiguity is at the heart of the policy process on Wikipedia. The overarching conclusion is that ambiguity on Wikipedia is not ext…
Roles, Trust, and Reputation in Social Media Knowledge Markets: Theory and Methods
A Research Agenda for the Study of Entropic Social Structural Evolution, Functional Roles, Adhocratic Leadership Styles, and Credibility in Online Organizations and Knowledge Markets
Transparency in Social Media: Tools, Methods and Algorithms for Mediating Online Interactions
Social-collaborative determinants of content quality in online knowledge production systems: Comparing Wikipedia and Stack Overflow
Data storytelling is not storytelling with data: A framework for storytelling in science communication and data journalism
Storytelling teaches. All good storytelling is good teaching. Storytelling is a form of teaching and learning because it asks the readers or listeners to replace well-established explanations that are considered facts with new, unexpected ones. We always learn new things when listening to good stories. Good stories do so by violating expectations and surprising the listener or the reader. Surprise breeds suspense, which generates engagement, whic…
Ethical reasoning in artificial intelligence: A cybersecurity perspective
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