I’ve never been a big fan of Richard Dawkins’s notion of memes. Yet, I’ve noticed that people have used this idea quite often on the Internet. At least, the word meme. Memes mean a very particular thing. Because of that, does the adoption of the idea of memes into everyday conversation on the Internet tell […]
Here’s an article on NPR’s website about Facebook’s new default “opt-in” policy. According to the article, Facebook is changing its default privacy setting from one where users must “opt-out”–manually increase their security settings– to make their profile private. With this new “opt-in” policy, Facebook profiles are public by default. Who you are, quite literally, is for sale. […]
I just came across a notice for two new books, both of which seemed relevant to the ideas that get discussed on this blog. Thought I would pass them along. Art Platforms and Cultural Production on the Internet Olga Goriunova http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415893107/ Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies In this book, Goriunova offers a critical […]
Tarleton and Hector generously invited me to contribute to Culture Digitally, and I am thrilled to be here. I wanted to share and invite feedback on an in-progress work that grows out of my forthcoming book, which tells the history of Democratic online campaigning from Howard Dean’s run to the 2008 Barack Obama campaign. At […]
I’ve been quite interested in the kerfuffle that Ubuntu has taken since the introduction of Unity. To put it mildly, it’s been controversial. Before I start with my observations, I should make a disclosure of why I am so interested in the commotion. First and foremost, you may have noticed that the fonts we use here at […]