Tag: social media
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somewhere you can never take me (part 2)
Several weeks ago I posted some of my favorite pop critiques of social technologies (here). Today I discovered a video from Shimi Cohen that wins the prize: My writing on social media—especially in relation to social movements—can be found here and here.
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somewhere you can never take me
some favorite pop critiques of social technologies… Louis C.K. Hates Cell Phones: The IT Crowd’s Friendface: Chumbawamba’s Pass It Along:
Jonathan Matthew Smucker
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Communicative Capitalism, Status Update Psychology, and Filter Bubbles
Have you ever taken photos at an event — with the thought that you would later post them to Facebook? Maybe you even loaded them from your smartphone while the event was still in progress? Have you ever Tweeted from a protest? Have you ever found yourself thinking about how you would translate something you…
Jonathan Matthew Smucker
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Internet: R.I.P. Democracy?
One of the hats I wear in grassroots organizing work is that of a facilitator. I’ve facilitated a lot of long strategy and planning meetings for different organizations and movement groups. Facilitators have a lot of little tools and tricks to help structure groups’ time together. One such tool/trick is the “parking lot”. Basically, if…
Jonathan Matthew Smucker
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