How “algorithmic feeds conflate identity with diagnosis”
The same audio processing features in Zoom that eliminate echoes and background noise might also be eliminating high and low frequency audio cues that foster empathy between people.
This piece by @itstheshadsy is going onto my Intro to a Digital Studies syllabus. It’s a doubleheader of media archaeology and simulation studies.
"We are paying attention to ourselves in an odd way"—yes! This idea from @lmsacasas is something I haven't been able to put my finger on until now about teaching through video.
Bookmarking Jessica Balanzategui's piece for the next iteration of my Death in the Digital Age course
A loose and overlapping catalog of the kinds of agency choice-based games can give their players
One of the must-read articles about designing structure on choice-based interactive fiction
A loose and overlapping catalog of the kinds of agency choice-based games can give their players
One of the must-read articles about designing structure on choice-based interactive fiction
I don't agree with every rule here by a long shot. These are more like "things to think about" when creating a certain kind of interactive fiction game.
I don't agree with every rule here by a long shot. These are more like "things to think about" when creating a certain kind of interactive fiction game.
This would make a great introduction the materiality and labor in a class about digital culture and infrastructure
This would make a great introduction the materiality and labor in a class about digital culture and infrastructure
Worth including on my Gender and a Technology syllabus
Worth including on my Gender and a Technology syllabus
A counter to the "red pill" theory of YouTube radicalization
A counter to the "red pill" theory of YouTube radicalization
Worth including at the beginning of the semester in an e-lit class
Worth including at the beginning of the semester in an e-lit class
A great overview of some must-play new and newish interactive fiction, including Twine, ChoiceScript, and other platforms.
A great overview of some must-play new and newish interactive fiction, including Twine, ChoiceScript, and other platforms.
“Facebook needs to shut down” says one content moderator.
“Facebook needs to shut down” says one content moderator.
The traps that discussions about AI ethics fall into. Especially appreciate "the rule of law" trap, wherein we assume laws about AI will inherently be ethical.
The traps that discussions about AI ethics fall into. Especially appreciate "the rule of law" trap, wherein we assume laws about AI will inherently be ethical.
Perfect timing for this NYT article on contemporary mediums. Just yesterday in DIG 215 we were talking about the Fox sisters and their "spiritual telegraph" to the afterlife.
Perfect timing for this NYT article on contemporary mediums. Just yesterday in DIG 215 we were talking about the Fox sisters and their "spiritual telegraph" to the afterlife.
Pretty thorough review of Shoshana Zuboff’s new book. Key idea is the “extraction imperative” that drives Google, Facebook, etc.
Pretty thorough review of Shoshana Zuboff’s new book. Key idea is the “extraction imperative” that drives Google, Facebook, etc.
Possible Twine game to include on my Death in the Digital Age syllabus, with shades of Bradbury’s “There Will Come Soft Rains”
Possible Twine game to include on my Death in the Digital Age syllabus, with shades of Bradbury’s “There Will Come Soft Rains”
Terrific/terrifying post by Mike Caulfield showing that the same principles that underwrote the Fyre Festival apply to disinformation and conspiracy theories
Terrific/terrifying post by Mike Caulfield showing that the same principles that underwrote the Fyre Festival apply to disinformation and conspiracy theories
Maybe I should add “deep painting” to the glitching and databending section of my “Hacking, Remixing, and Design” seminar...
Maybe I should add “deep painting” to the glitching and databending section of my “Hacking, Remixing, and Design” seminar...
Short experimental fiction with a fresh take on the AI trolley problem.
Short experimental fiction with a fresh take on the AI trolley problem.
Adding this to future syllabuses, to be paired with Lauren Michele Jackson's digital blackface article in Teen Vogue.
Adding this to future syllabuses, to be paired with Lauren Michele Jackson's digital blackface article in Teen Vogue.
Adding to my Death in the Digital Age class, where we’re already discussing demons and exorcism in the 21st century
Adding to my Death in the Digital Age class, where we’re already discussing demons and exorcism in the 21st century
Yeah, I think I’m stealing this for my spring Hacking, Remixing, and Design course.
Yeah, I think I’m stealing this for my spring Hacking, Remixing, and Design course.
Terrific look at where horror has been in the past 100 years, and what the genre looks like now.
Terrific look at where horror has been in the past 100 years, and what the genre looks like now.
Adding this to my “Death in the Digital Age” syllabus for the spring.
Adding this to my “Death in the Digital Age” syllabus for the spring.
Will probably add this to my DIG 101 syllabus. And it would pair well with Bradbury’s “There Will Come Soft Rains.”
Will probably add this to my DIG 101 syllabus. And it would pair well with Bradbury’s “There Will Come Soft Rains.”
The entire September 2018 issue of First Monday is devoted to emoji 💛🧡❤️💚💙💜
The entire September 2018 issue of First Monday is devoted to emoji 💛🧡❤️💚💙💜
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.
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.
An MS Painterly send-up of conspiracy culture
An MS Painterly send-up of conspiracy culture
Seriously thinking about making a rapid response research project part of my spring “Hacking, Remixing, and Design” seminar.
Seriously thinking about making a rapid response research project part of my spring “Hacking, Remixing, and Design” seminar.
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.
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.
Just discovered this great AI primer from Liz Daly. Perfect for the syllabus.
Just discovered this great AI primer from Liz Daly. Perfect for the syllabus.
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.”
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.”
A Twine game about rebooting the world after the apocalypse
A Twine game about rebooting the world after the apocalypse
Added to my to-play Twine list
Added to my to-play Twine list
Gotta pull this out whenever we talk about infrastructure in class.
Gotta pull this out whenever we talk about infrastructure in class.
Going to revisit this next semester for my Death in the Digital Age course
Going to revisit this next semester for my Death in the Digital Age course
A birds-eye view of the state of the field, plus a good assortment of links to digital literature old and new.
A birds-eye view of the state of the field, plus a good assortment of links to digital literature old and new.
Nintendo sees emulation only through the lens of IP, sadly. What about preservation, access, or pedagogy?
Nintendo sees emulation only through the lens of IP, sadly. What about preservation, access, or pedagogy?
A great critique of that awful earnest bromide "Teach the controversy" from Michiko Kakutani
A great critique of that awful earnest bromide "Teach the controversy" from Michiko Kakutani
As usual, @shannonmattern's new course on maps as media looks awesome. Gorgeous design, but even better, wonderful pedagogy.
As usual, @shannonmattern's new course on maps as media looks awesome. Gorgeous design, but even better, wonderful pedagogy.
Some great resources here for teaching the intersectionality of "Get Out"
Some great resources here for teaching the intersectionality of "Get Out"
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.
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.
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.
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.
Facebook’s People You May Know “mines information users don’t have control over to make connections they may not want it to make.”
Facebook’s People You May Know “mines information users don’t have control over to make connections they may not want it to make.”
Dark Content is a video series on the dark web about people who perform commercial content moderation on the open web.
Dark Content is a video series on the dark web about people who perform commercial content moderation on the open web.
Excellent digital forensics work on QAnon. Surprise! Most QAnon posters also post on videogames and Men’s Rights.
“algorithms can often exacerbate underlying societal problems”
Paige Morgan's engagement with Tsing's theory of nonscalability is worth including in my DIG 401 (Hacking, Remixing, and Design) class.
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.
Worth including on my DIG 101 syllabus, where I will have a whole section on conspiracies.
A good look at how affordances of platforms could enable a kind of crackpot hermeneutics.
A Buzzfeed piece on the way fringe political groups hijack social media platforms.
Fantastic report from Data & Society on the ways the media inadvertently amplifies the messaging of hate groups