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From Memes to Infowars: How 75 Fascist Activists Were “Red-Pilled”

October 15, 2018 samplereality
White supremacists credit YouTube with being the single-most important media source in their radicalization.
Tagged alt-right, links, nazis, YouTube

From Memes to Infowars: How 75 Fascist Activists Were “Red-Pilled”

October 15, 2018 samplereality
White supremacists credit YouTube with being the single-most important media source in their radicalization.
Tagged alt-right, links, nazis, YouTube

Standard Patterns in Choice-Based Games

October 11, 2018 samplereality
A bit dated now, but still a good overview of the dynamic between interactive narrative structures and narrative motifs.
Tagged games, IF, interactivefiction, links

Standard Patterns in Choice-Based Games

October 11, 2018 samplereality
A bit dated now, but still a good overview of the dynamic between interactive narrative structures and narrative motifs.
Tagged games, IF, interactivefiction, links

“We’re Going to Have to Do Things That Are Unthinkable”: Masculinity/Games/Torture

October 11, 2018 samplereality
Fascinating reading of torture in videogames as masculine ritual and affect (and builds on my own work on virtual torture)
Tagged links, torture, videogames

“We’re Going to Have to Do Things That Are Unthinkable”: Masculinity/Games/Torture

October 11, 2018 samplereality
Fascinating reading of torture in videogames as masculine ritual and affect (and builds on my own work on virtual torture)
Tagged links, torture, videogames

Undum returns

October 10, 2018 samplereality
Undum, an interactive fiction platform that was never as widely adapted as it should’ve been, is now on Github, complete with all the documentation. Go write something!
Tagged hypertext, IF, links

Undum returns

October 10, 2018 samplereality
Undum, an interactive fiction platform that was never as widely adapted as it should’ve been, is now on Github, complete with all the documentation. Go write something!
Tagged hypertext, IF, links

Walmart’s Patent for a Biometric-Enhanced Cart

October 9, 2018 samplereality
Walmart just patented a procedure for capturing customer health data via shopping cart handles. No way this data could be misused, no-sir.
Tagged data, DIG101, links, surveillance

Walmart’s Patent for a Biometric-Enhanced Cart

October 9, 2018 samplereality
Walmart just patented a procedure for capturing customer health data via shopping cart handles. No way this data could be misused, no-sir.
Tagged data, DIG101, links, surveillance

Two popular conservative Twitter personalities were just outed as Russian trolls

September 25, 2018 samplereality
Revisiting this 2017 article after reading about Kathleen Hall Jamieson's new "Cyberwar" book.
Tagged DIG101, links, Russia, trolls

Two popular conservative Twitter personalities were just outed as Russian trolls

September 25, 2018 samplereality
Revisiting this 2017 article after reading about Kathleen Hall Jamieson's new "Cyberwar" book.
Tagged DIG101, links, Russia, trolls

Amazon Alexa Will Take Over Your Home – The Atlantic

September 22, 2018 samplereality
Will probably add this to my DIG 101 syllabus. And it would pair well with Bradbury’s “There Will Come Soft Rains.”
Tagged Alexa, DIG101, links, syllabus

Amazon Alexa Will Take Over Your Home – The Atlantic

September 22, 2018 samplereality
Will probably add this to my DIG 101 syllabus. And it would pair well with Bradbury’s “There Will Come Soft Rains.”
Tagged Alexa, DIG101, links, syllabus

21 of the Best Horror Books by Women

September 19, 2018 samplereality
I second many of the novels here, but will admit I was disappointed by The Grip of It.
Tagged fiction, horror, links

21 of the Best Horror Books by Women

September 19, 2018 samplereality
I second many of the novels here, but will admit I was disappointed by The Grip of It.
Tagged fiction, horror, links

First Monday Volume 23, Number 9

September 16, 2018 samplereality
The entire September 2018 issue of First Monday is devoted to emoji 💛🧡❤️💚💙💜
Tagged emoji, links, syllabus

First Monday Volume 23, Number 9

September 16, 2018 samplereality
The entire September 2018 issue of First Monday is devoted to emoji 💛🧡❤️💚💙💜
Tagged emoji, links, syllabus

GIFs as Disinformation Remedy (aka The GIF Curriculum)

September 16, 2018 samplereality
Explainer GIFs for link-averse media consumers…Perfect for my DIG 101, where we’re discussing animated GIFs next week and Internet conspiracies a few weeks later.
Tagged DIG101, GIFs, links, media_literacy, syllabus

GIFs as Disinformation Remedy (aka The GIF Curriculum)

September 16, 2018 samplereality
Explainer GIFs for link-averse media consumers…Perfect for my DIG 101, where we’re discussing animated GIFs next week and Internet conspiracies a few weeks later.
Tagged DIG101, GIFs, links, media_literacy, syllabus

THE MEANING OF COLORS by Molleindustria

September 13, 2018 samplereality
An MS Painterly send-up of conspiracy culture
Tagged conspiracies, DIG101, links, syllabus

THE MEANING OF COLORS by Molleindustria

September 13, 2018 samplereality
An MS Painterly send-up of conspiracy culture
Tagged conspiracies, DIG101, links, syllabus

All the Emoji

September 2, 2018 samplereality
A good Emoji resource, with hex codes FOR ALL THE EMOJI
Tagged emoji, javascript, links

All the Emoji

September 2, 2018 samplereality
A good Emoji resource, with hex codes FOR ALL THE EMOJI
Tagged emoji, javascript, links

The Nimble Tents Toolkit for Rapid Response Research

August 31, 2018 samplereality
Seriously thinking about making a rapid response research project part of my spring “Hacking, Remixing, and Design” seminar.
Tagged dig401, links, syllabus

The Nimble Tents Toolkit for Rapid Response Research

August 31, 2018 samplereality
Seriously thinking about making a rapid response research project part of my spring “Hacking, Remixing, and Design” seminar.
Tagged dig401, links, syllabus

Around the Antenna Tree: The Politics of Infrastructural Visibility

August 30, 2018 samplereality
We touched upon Lisa Park’s critique of the hypervisibility/weird invisibility of antenna trees yesterday in DIG 101. Wish we could have spent more time on it.
Tagged DIG101, infrastructure, links, syllabus

Around the Antenna Tree: The Politics of Infrastructural Visibility

August 30, 2018 samplereality
We touched upon Lisa Park’s critique of the hypervisibility/weird invisibility of antenna trees yesterday in DIG 101. Wish we could have spent more time on it.
Tagged DIG101, infrastructure, links, syllabus

AI Literacy: The basics of machine learning

August 23, 2018 samplereality
Just discovered this great AI primer from Liz Daly. Perfect for the syllabus.
Tagged AI, DIG101, links, syllabus

AI Literacy: The basics of machine learning

August 23, 2018 samplereality
Just discovered this great AI primer from Liz Daly. Perfect for the syllabus.
Tagged AI, DIG101, links, syllabus

Facebook is rating the trustworthiness of its users on a scale from zero to one

August 21, 2018 samplereality
Key quote: “It is unclear what other criteria Facebook measures to determine a user’s score, whether all users have a score, and in what ways they’re used.”
Tagged DIG101, facebook, links, syllabus

Facebook is rating the trustworthiness of its users on a scale from zero to one

August 21, 2018 samplereality
Key quote: “It is unclear what other criteria Facebook measures to determine a user’s score, whether all users have a score, and in what ways they’re used.”
Tagged DIG101, facebook, links, syllabus

Fabricationist DeWit Remakes the World

August 21, 2018 samplereality
A Twine game about rebooting the world after the apocalypse
Tagged games, IF, links, syllabus, Twine

Fabricationist DeWit Remakes the World

August 21, 2018 samplereality
A Twine game about rebooting the world after the apocalypse
Tagged games, IF, links, syllabus, Twine

Parser Parer

August 21, 2018 samplereality
A tool to shrink recognized commands in Inform in order to create limited parser games. Good for games about power and agency.
Tagged code, games, IF, Inform, links

Parser Parer

August 21, 2018 samplereality
A tool to shrink recognized commands in Inform in order to create limited parser games. Good for games about power and agency.
Tagged code, games, IF, Inform, links

All Those Parties We Didn’t Cry At (Redux)

August 21, 2018 samplereality
Added to my to-play Twine list
Tagged IF, links, syllabus, Twine

All Those Parties We Didn’t Cry At (Redux)

August 21, 2018 samplereality
Added to my to-play Twine list
Tagged IF, links, syllabus, Twine

twitter.com

August 20, 2018 samplereality
Gotta pull this out whenever we talk about infrastructure in class.
Tagged DIG101, links, syllabus

twitter.com

August 20, 2018 samplereality
Gotta pull this out whenever we talk about infrastructure in class.
Tagged DIG101, links, syllabus

Battery death is the new horror film staple · kottke.org

August 18, 2018 samplereality
Going to revisit this next semester for my Death in the Digital Age course
Tagged dig215, digitaldeath, links, syllabus

Battery death is the new horror film staple · kottke.org

August 18, 2018 samplereality
Going to revisit this next semester for my Death in the Digital Age course
Tagged dig215, digitaldeath, links, syllabus

“10 Gaps for Digital Literature” – Serge Bouchardon #ELO18 Keynote

August 17, 2018 samplereality
A birds-eye view of the state of the field, plus a good assortment of links to digital literature old and new.
Tagged DIG220, elit, links, syllabus

“10 Gaps for Digital Literature” – Serge Bouchardon #ELO18 Keynote

August 17, 2018 samplereality
A birds-eye view of the state of the field, plus a good assortment of links to digital literature old and new.
Tagged DIG220, elit, links, syllabus

Nintendo’s Offensive, Tragic, and Totally Legal Erasure of ROM Sites

August 13, 2018 samplereality
Nintendo sees emulation only through the lens of IP, sadly. What about preservation, access, or pedagogy?
Tagged fms321, links, syllabus, videogames

Nintendo’s Offensive, Tragic, and Totally Legal Erasure of ROM Sites

August 13, 2018 samplereality
Nintendo sees emulation only through the lens of IP, sadly. What about preservation, access, or pedagogy?
Tagged fms321, links, syllabus, videogames

The death of truth: how we gave up on facts and ended up with Trump

August 12, 2018 samplereality
A great critique of that awful earnest bromide "Teach the controversy" from Michiko Kakutani
Tagged links, syllabus, truth

The death of truth: how we gave up on facts and ended up with Trump

August 12, 2018 samplereality
A great critique of that awful earnest bromide "Teach the controversy" from Michiko Kakutani
Tagged links, syllabus, truth

Maps as Media – Fall 2018

August 12, 2018 samplereality
As usual, @shannonmattern's new course on maps as media looks awesome. Gorgeous design, but even better, wonderful pedagogy.
Tagged digitalhumanities, links, maps, syllabus

Maps as Media – Fall 2018

August 12, 2018 samplereality
As usual, @shannonmattern's new course on maps as media looks awesome. Gorgeous design, but even better, wonderful pedagogy.
Tagged digitalhumanities, links, maps, syllabus

Horror Blackademics: The Get Out (2017) Syllabus

August 11, 2018 samplereality
Some great resources here for teaching the intersectionality of "Get Out"
Tagged horror, intersectionality, links, syllabus

Horror Blackademics: The Get Out (2017) Syllabus

August 11, 2018 samplereality
Some great resources here for teaching the intersectionality of "Get Out"
Tagged horror, intersectionality, links, syllabus

Why Reddit’s face-swapping celebrity porn craze is a harbinger of dystopia

August 10, 2018 samplereality
There are a lot of deep fake articles out there, but I think this is the one I'll use in Intro to Digital Studies this year.
Tagged conspiracy, deepfake, DIG101, links, syllabus, truth

Why Reddit’s face-swapping celebrity porn craze is a harbinger of dystopia

August 10, 2018 samplereality
There are a lot of deep fake articles out there, but I think this is the one I'll use in Intro to Digital Studies this year.
Tagged conspiracy, deepfake, DIG101, links, syllabus, truth

Microsoft’s Undersea Data Center

August 9, 2018 samplereality
You can easily apply Holt and Vonderau’s critique of the discourse around data centers in “Where the Internet Lives” to Microsoft’s discourse about its undersea data center.
Tagged DIG101, links, syllabus

Microsoft’s Undersea Data Center

August 9, 2018 samplereality
You can easily apply Holt and Vonderau’s critique of the discourse around data centers in “Where the Internet Lives” to Microsoft’s discourse about its undersea data center.
Tagged DIG101, links, syllabus

PYMK: A Controversial Facebook Feature’s 10-Year History

August 8, 2018 samplereality
Facebook’s People You May Know “mines information users don’t have control over to make connections they may not want it to make.”
Tagged DIG101, links, surveillance, syllabus

PYMK: A Controversial Facebook Feature’s 10-Year History

August 8, 2018 samplereality
Facebook’s People You May Know “mines information users don’t have control over to make connections they may not want it to make.”
Tagged DIG101, links, surveillance, syllabus

Watch an Art Work About the Dark Web, on the Dark Web | The New Yorker

August 8, 2018 samplereality
Dark Content is a video series on the dark web about people who perform commercial content moderation on the open web.
Tagged DIG101, links, syllabus

Watch an Art Work About the Dark Web, on the Dark Web | The New Yorker

August 8, 2018 samplereality
Dark Content is a video series on the dark web about people who perform commercial content moderation on the open web.
Tagged DIG101, links, syllabus

xkcd: Free Speech

August 8, 2018 samplereality
Every once in a while it's worth resurfacing this xkcd explainer of free speech.
Tagged comics, freespeech, links, xkcd

Who are QAnon supporters? The QAnon subreddit, analyzed with data. – Vox

August 8, 2018 samplereality
Excellent digital forensics work on QAnon. Surprise! Most QAnon posters also post on videogames and Men’s Rights.
Tagged conspiracy, DIG101, links, syllabus

What HBR Gets Wrong About Algorithms and Bias · fast.ai

August 7, 2018 samplereality
“algorithms can often exacerbate underlying societal problems”
Tagged DIG101, links, syllabus

The consequences of framing digital humanities tools as easy to use | hc:20283 | Humanities CORE

August 7, 2018 samplereality
Paige Morgan's engagement with Tsing's theory of nonscalability is worth including in my DIG 401 (Hacking, Remixing, and Design) class.
Tagged dig401, digitalhumanities, hacking, links, syllabus

How journalists should not cover an online conspiracy theory | Opinion | The Guardian

August 7, 2018 samplereality
Another great piece by Whitney Phillips, one of the best thinkers about toxic media. A critique of they way the news has covered QAnon conspiracists.
Tagged DIG101, links, syllabus

This is why Alex Jones has been able to get away with exploiting social media – The Washington Post

August 6, 2018August 22, 2018 samplereality
Worth including on my DIG 101 syllabus, where I will have a whole section on conspiracies.
Tagged conspiracy, DIG101, links, syllabus

Unintended Consequences to Google Context Cards on Conspiracy Videos?

August 2, 2018August 22, 2018 samplereality
A good look at how affordances of platforms could enable a kind of crackpot hermeneutics.
Tagged conspiracy, DIG101, links, syllabus

Yelp, The Red Hen, And How All Tech Platforms Are Now Pawns In The Culture War

June 26, 2018 samplereality
A Buzzfeed piece on the way fringe political groups hijack social media platforms.
Tagged DIG101, links, syllabus

The Oxygen of Amplification | Data & Society

May 23, 2018 samplereality
Fantastic report from Data & Society on the ways the media inadvertently amplifies the messaging of hate groups
Tagged conspiracy, DIG101, links, syllabus

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