In this example of culture jamming, infamous political graffiti artist Banksy humorously depicts the truths of social media users. Although the piece illustrates Instagram, the intended message can apply to many other social networks, such as Tumblr, Facebook, etc.…
New Media and Revolutions
In tomorrow’s lecture we will be discussing Jill Lane’s article “Digital Zapatistas.” For some context, you may want to read up on the Zapatista Movement in southern Mexico. Lane does a great job of explaining the Electronic Disturbance Theater and…
Alternative, activist, and new media
For Tuesday we will be discussing New Media, Activist media, Alternative media, and combinations of the three. While you are reading Leah Lievrouw’s Alternative and Activist New Media, pay attention to how she describes new media, alt media and activist…
End of week 4
The end of summer session is almost here. Are you excited…or just focused on your final? Here are the videos that Ned showed us on Thursday: Enemy of the State 1998 scroogled 1 Scroogled 2 Edward Snowden at Ted Enjoy…
Victim of Hate Speech on…a Blogging Site?
Now, I understand the inevitability of hate speech to circulate the internet. But I would expect it most to be targeted towards political ideas, political groups, morally excluded groups, and even celebrities. But an average person like me – minding…
Propaganda
Tomorrow’s reading is the first couple of chapters from Stanley Cunningham‘s book The Idea of Propaganda. How does the word “propaganda” act as a one of Boyer’s linguistic glosses? What does he mean by an “epistemology of propaganda”? Related to…
Digital Divide
For tomorrow’s lecture you will be reading “The Digital Divide, Political Participation, and Place” by Dari E. Sylvester and Adam J. McGlynn (the reading is available on Ted). While reading take note of how the authors define political/civic engagement. Do…
Lecture 5.1, Free Speech
The article you are going to read for this lecture presents an interesting case study of how people perceive the threat of hate speech in the early (i.e. 2001) Internet. Here are some things to consider/pay attention to as you…
The Midterm is the Message
Here are some of the videos we have shown in class and will be relevant study aids for the midterm. McLuhan on “media is the message” Glen Beck on the CPI Jon Oliver on Net Neutrality Arthur Jensen on global…
End of Week 2
We are at the end of the second week (which in the normal quarter would be the end of the fourth week) and we have covered a good deal. Next week we will take a step outside of US media…