Open Participants 2019, The Network
BowTick?
BowTick?
95 Posts from February 2019
Open Participants 2019, The Network
Reality is overrated
Reality is overrated
Announcements, Netnarr in 2019
Presentation of Selfies in Everyday Internet Life: #netnarr Week 6
Alan Levine on The selfie. Do we need to define it? If you like these things, it was the Oxford Dictionary’s word of the year in 2013.
Open Participants 2019, The Network
The Network Effect of Kindness
dogtrax on Kindness flickr photo by David Lee King shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-SA) license I was driving to school yesterday and I caught this piece on NPR about social media effect — but on how kindness can also spread. We focus so much on the dark side of the social networking effect on us in terms of negativity that it is good to remember that we also respond to the positives of our networks — that one person doing a […]
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Open Participants 2019, The Network
A pal is a cow named Jolt (x2)
A pal is a cow named Jolt (x2)
Kean University 2019, The Network
Following the Crumbs Can Be Crummy…
This post is late because of a certain snarky blog poster’s birthday this weekend #24on24 Anyway…. Hey~ This week, we explored the nature of truth in online spaces. Often, online, false news or misinformation spreads more rapidly and much further than facts or more honest news or truthful reporting of information. With this being the case, how is one to navigate online spaces and make decisions about the truth or “fakeness” of a source? Can there be any fake or real […]
Kean University 2019, The Network
field guide attempt 0.1
masooch94 on Alright, so I’m less lost on how to go about working on this field guide collection of resources… but I’m not sure how helpful I’m gonna be regarding finding said resources to use regarding the darkness of the internet. I can barely find my glasses in the morning. And half the time they’re on my face. BUT. We’ll give it the ol’ grad school try. One thing that really stuck out to me this week was the “eating spiders in […]
Kean University 2019, The Network
There Is No “NO” Button…
This post may be late because it’s a certain snarky blog poster’s birthday on Sunday, the 24th…. Hello~ Welcome back to the hellscape ^.^ This week, we’re exploring the circumstances that led to a post-truth Internet and the creation of a platform that is responsible now, more than ever, for spreading more “fake” content than real. Strap in! There Are Only “Okay” Buttons In this day and age, I think it’s a given for most of us to believe that […]
Kean University 2019, The Network
Real or Fake? Or…is the Fake Real? Is the Real Real? HELP!
lillians02 on “A world suffused with deepfakes and other artificially generated photographic images won’t be one in which “fake” images are routinely believed to be real, but one in which “real” images are routinely believed to be take-simply because in the wake of the Inversion. Who’ll be able to tell the difference?” -Max Read This was a … Continue reading Real or Fake? Or…is the Fake Real? Is the Real Real? HELP! →
Kean University 2019, The Network
nothing is real but, like, *shrug*
masooch94 on The first thing that I think of when I look back on what middle school taught me about finding appropriate sources is that you should only trust sites on “.edu” and “.gov” domains. ( Now, consider the fact that Present Day Me views both the education and governmental systems to be largely working against the general public, and you can see a bit of a conundrum here. Basically, the whole world is fake. No system is helping you 100%. Time […]
Open Participants 2019, The Network
Cousin Alfred? Is that you?
Cousin Alfred? Is that you?
Kean University 2019, The Network
When Did the Social Network Become Less About Being Social?
Should we start regulating social media?The Forbes article "Do We Really Need to Start Regulating Social Media?", by Andrew Arnold, discusses the concerns people have over laws that regulate social media. The article explores multiple perspectives, such as the importance of regulating to prevent large companies from controlling the information accessible. However, those against regulating social media suggest it won't do any good, only stifle the exchange of ideas.I think the concern boils down to too much of anything isn't […]
Kean University 2019, The Network
When Did the Social Network Become Less About Being Social?
Should we start regulating social media?The Forbes article "Do We Really Need to Start Regulating Social Media?", by Andrew Arnold, discusses the concerns people have over laws that regulate social media. The article explores multiple perspectives, such as the importance of regulating to prevent large companies from controlling the information accessible. However, those against regulating social media suggest it won't do any good, only stifle the exchange of ideas.I think the concern boils down to too much of anything isn't […]
Kean University 2019, The Network
Reclaiming the Fourth Estate-Week 4
During last week's class, we talked about "speaking truth to power"-speaking your truth...taking a risk...knowing your truth may not be the popular opinion...standing for something.I think we may have lost this. I'm overgeneralizing for sure; there are most definitely people who speak their truth. But I'm talking about as a whole. We're afraid or hesitant to speak our truth and fear retribution. But who is it we fear? And why?As we were talking about this, I kept thinking back to […]