Directorate Advanced Research Computing (ARC) Durham University, Durham University
Dr Mariann Hardey part of the Directorate for ARC, an academic at the University of Durham and Lecturer in Marketing for Durham University Business School. Her work is best viewed through the lens of social media and digital technology.
One of the first to occupy Facebook, before there were friends, and to tweet on Twitter before there were Followers, Mariann is made up in unequal parts with a sociologist's mind, a literary heart, and the unfolding soul of an intrepid adventurer across the borders of digital content. She writes with a degree of intensity on her acclaimed blog properfacebooketiquette.com that has been featured at the Edinburgh Book Festival, and prefers squares to static webpages on her website mariannhardey.com.
Mariann is particularly attune to research, projects and student's who like her hold an interest in technology, computing and digital.
Three things we can all learn from people who don't use smartphones or social media
Sep 25, 2018 18:02 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Many of us spend hours every day tethered to our devices, pawing at the screen to see if it will deliver a few more likes or emails, monitoring the world and honing our online presence. Social networking platforms such as...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight