The politics behind categories we take for granted such as spam and noise, and what it means to our broader understanding of, and engagement with media.
Elinor Carmi, “Media Distortions: Understanding the Power Behind Spam, Noise, and Other Deviant Media”
The politics behind categories we take for granted such as spam and noise, and what it means to our broader understanding of, and engagement with media.
POSTPONED UNTIL FALL: Elinor Carmi, “Media Distortions: Understanding the Power Behind Spam, Noise, and Other Deviant Media”
The politics behind categories we take for granted such as spam and noise, and what it means to our broader understanding of, and engagement with media.
Seizing the Memes of Production: Political Memes in Puerto Rico and the Puerto Rican Diaspora
“This thesis seeks to understand how different groups of people in Puerto Rico and the diaspora deploy internet memes for political critique. In this work, I analyze three case studies focused on how Puerto Rican groups and individuals use internet memes to express political discontent, make calls to action, engage in catharsis, and seek political change.”
Podcast, Tom Streeter: “The Internet and the Habitus of the New: What Would Pierre Bourdieu Say About Facebook?”
Tom Streeter: “Pierre Bourdieu’s notion of a habitus offers a way to make sense of the way digital novelty has become woven into the fabric of how we live.”
Podcast: Mark Dery, “(Face)book of the Dead”
Mark Dery asks, “What does it say about us, as a society, if we’re unable to be alone and unplugged without being bored or lonely?”
(Face)book of the Dead
In the Age of Always Connect, are we witnessing a plague of oversharing? Are social networks its vectors of transmission? Is this the “Death of Shame”?
