Quartz says it all: The world’s most popular messaging apps are mirror images of each other. WhatsApp, purchased by Facebook on Wednesday for $19
Authenticity, Representation: Lecture Notes
“Why don’t you just leave those poor people alone?” Hawkfeather wrote. “You won’t be happy until they are all running around with cell phones sticking
The End of Asymmetric Information?
One profound yet uncelebrated byproduct of the digital revolution is the mitigation of information asymmetry. Information asymmetry, in simple terms,
Should We Care About Online Anonymity?
It doesn't take a tech junkie to know that the government, large corporations, and data mining firms track everything that we, the users, do on the
Chaos and Creativity: Lecture Notes
Throughtout the term, we've talked about Anonymous, whether in terms of lulz, hackers/griefers, and the issue of social relations and anonymity. Wesch
The Gaze: Quit Looking at me like that
The Anthropological Gaze is discussed by Hoesterey in "The Adventures of Mark and Olly" both in the Reality TV/Pop anthropology gaze of a camera lens