Hi all,

A year ago I wrote a thesis on Astorians.net and WLA. I passed the class but heard nothing from my professors, so was less than confident in it. (Also, I wanted their comments to clean it up before I showed it to anyone).

My co worker, who recently enrolled in my same program, said my thesis was used as an example of what kind of thesis they would want to write. Very honored - and very conscious that I never shared the final product with those of you who generously…

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Hi All,

 

My thesis is over and written - and was received well at the presentation. Thank you all soooo much for helping me out with this - without your support and input, it would have been quite impossible.

 

With gratitude

Tam

 

 

Hi all,

 

As I mentioned, my Thesis is about how social media websites (such as WLA) help people discover and interact more with the physical neighborhood. Most of the research I am coming across seem to divide the two - offline and online, and the interaction here with astorians is a pretty unique thing.

 

Here is my survey - its only 10 questions, mainly click, with room for you to put whatever comments you like:…

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Hi all,



So after several awful choices of thesis, I finally decided to go with something I was actually interested in - social websites in astoria and how they foster neighborhood connections.(Im in grad school at Columbia getting my masters in Information Management, and a proud Astorian for about 13 years now - gosh where does the time go!)



My teachers say Im the first person to come up with a legitimate reason to use message board and website posts in a… Continue