The first case study investigates how Black Facebook users have used alternative spellings to avoid detection by content moderation algorithms. The second case study investigates how users of Gobo, a social media browsing tool, have used tactics to minimize the influence of content curation algorithms on their social media feeds.
Attacking climate change, one human story at a time
Professor Jim Paradis’ course arms students with the rhetorical weaponry to fight global warming.
Heather Hendershot: The truth about Trump’s uncle and what it means for his presidency
His uncle’s life story tells us nothing about the president’s knowledge of the coronavirus, but it does show us why he’s failing. Via Washington Post.
Justin Reich’s thread: “The #1 question is ‘how will you support your most struggling students?’”
“A growing body of evidence suggests that online learning works least well for our most vulnerable learners.”
Podcast: Shawna Kidman, “The Infrastructure of the U.S. Comic Book Industry and the Long History of Superheroes in Hollywood”
“The best way to understand the immense influence of this relatively small business is through a political economic analysis.”
Design, power, and justice
In new book “Design Justice,” Associate Professor Sasha Costanza-Chock examines how to make technology work for more people in society.
Podcast and video: Marina Bers, “Coding in Early Childhood: Storytelling or Puzzle Solving?”
Bers describes current research on a pedagogical approach for early childhood computer science education called “Coding as Another Language”.
