Illustrating a framework for studying the intersectional development of technological artifacts and systems and their impact on Black cultural production and social processes.
When All You Have is a Banhammer: The Social and Communicative Work of Volunteer Moderators
Drawing upon interviews, participant observation, and my own experiences as a volunteer community moderator on Reddit, I propose that a significant portion of work performed by volunteer moderators is social and communicative in nature.
Podcast and summary, Danielle Keats Citron and Brianna Wu: “Hate Crimes In Cyberspace”
What legal routes are available to people facing online harassment, and what policies might need to be changed to better address this issue?
Playing for Impact: The Design of Civic Games for Community Engagement and Social Action
Increasingly, digital games are being designed for the express purpose of promoting community engagement and social action.
Video: Peer Economy Takeaways from My Summer Research
Denise Cheng: “We kicked off the 2013 academic year with second-year CMS grad students presenting about their thesis topic and summer research.”
Podcast: Media in Transition 8, “Counterpublics: Self-Fashioning and Alternate Communities”
How is digital technology generating counterpublics — categories of identity and belonging in opposition to established norms of personhood or community?
Podcast, Gediminas Urbonas
Gediminas Urbonas is artist and educator, and co-founder (with Nomeda Urbonas) of Urbonas Studio – an interdisciplinary research program that advocates for the reclamation of public culture.
