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Tarleton Gillespie

Tarleton Gillespie is an assistant professor in the Department of Communication at Cornell University, and affiliated with the Program in Information Science and the Department of Science & Technology Studies. He is the author of the book "Wired Shut: Copyright and the Shape of Digital Culture" (MIT Press, June 2007). Tarleton is a non-residential fellow with the Center for Internet and Society at the Stanford Law School.

Please… title this book! Jan 3, 2013

After nearly two years’ work, I am ready to turn in the anthology I’ve been co-editing (with Pablo Boczkowski and Kirsten Foot). I’m extremely proud of it, and hope it will be useful to young scholars who work on issues … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged citations, collaboration, new media, technology, theory | 1 Comment

The Relevance of Algorithms Nov 26, 2012

I’m really excited to share my new essay, “The Relevance of Algorithms,” with those of you who are interested in such things. It’s been a treat to get to think through the issues surrounding algorithms and their place in public culture … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged algorithms, discourse, Google, politics, sociology of algorithms, theory, twitter | 3 Comments

Announcement: Without You, I’m nothing: Performances of the Self on Twitter (Zizi Papacharissi) Sep 13, 2012

Zizi Papacharissi just published a new article in the International Journal of Communication. Her article, Without You, I’m nothing: Performances of the Self on Twitter is open access and available for immediate download. Online social platforms collapse or converge public and private boundaries, … Continue reading →

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Three thoughts on “participatory culture” Aug 8, 2012

In a recent post over at Microsoft Research’s “Social media Collective” blog, danah boyd posed a query to her readers: she’s in the midst of a project with Henry Jenkins and Mimi Ito, a back-and-forth meant to advance their thinking … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged cultural production, digital culture, industry, participatory culture, technology | 1 Comment

Is Twitter us or them? #twitterfail and living somewhere between public commitment and private investment Jul 31, 2012

This is about the fourth Olympics that’s been trumpeted as the first one to embrace social media and the Internet — just as, depending on how you figure it, it’s about the fourth U.S. election in a row that’s the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged digital culture, discourse, politics, twitter | 4 Comments

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