Category Archives: Web Culture

Asian-American web culture defines “Asia” as an interest, not an identity

Posted on 23July2011 by HSHIEH

Four years ago, I helped out with building and moderating an “Asian social networking site” named Asian-Central, a start-up coming out of Stanford. The website was a Facebook-esque profile-based site–essentially what would result from the combination of Facebook and a … Continue reading →

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South Koreans are Sociable Social Networkers

Posted on 7June2011 by HSHIEH

It’s easy to overgeneralize East Asian cultures into a single culture. It is furthermore just as easy to overgeneralize East Asian internet cultures into a single web-culture. But when all generalizations on web-culture are dropped, it is easy to realize … Continue reading →

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