“This insightful and analytical account of mass protest in the 21st century focuses on the “intertwined” power and weaknesses of new technologies that can be used to galvanize large numbers of people. … This comprehensive, thought-provoking work makes a valuable contribution to understanding recent political developments and provides a clear path by which grassroots organizers can improve future … Continued
Lawrence Evalyn, C. E. M. Henderson, Julia King, Jessica Lockhart, Laura Mitchell, Suzanne Conklin Akbari, “One Loveheart at a Time: The Language of Emoji and the Building of Affective Community in the Digital Medieval Studies Environment“, Digital Humanities Quaterly 14, 3, 2020. 🔭🔭🔭Abstract: The Old Books, New Science (OBNS) Lab began using Slack in May … Continued
“What spam is, how it works, and how it has shaped online communities and the Internet itself”. An exciting “shadow history of the Internet” by Finn Brunton (Cambridge MA, The MIT Press, 2013).
“NSFW looks at how and why social media content is tagged ‘not safe’ and shows how this serves to conflate sexual content and risk”. Susanna Paasonen, Kylie Jarrett, Ben Light, NSFW. Sex, Humor and Risk in Social Media, Cambridge MA, The MIT Press, 2020.
For the second day of our Reading challenge, let’s suggest a french reading : Divina Frau-Meigs, « Les youtubeurs : les nouveaux influenceurs ! », Nectart, 2017/2 (n° 5), pp. 126-136. DOI : 10.3917/nect.005.0126. URL : https://www.cairn.info/revue-nectart-2017-2-page-126.htm
Let’s start our challenge “1 day – 1 reading on virality” with a “must-read” on the topic : Limor Shifman’s book Memes in Digital Culture (Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2014) and a review of this book in Digital Humanities Quaterly, by Kevin Lewis (volume 10, 2, 2016). Read more