Tribeca 2018: 'Netizens' and 'Every Act of Life'
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11 Dec 2017
Google's Burger Emoji: Why Can't We All Just Get Along?
To those who would deny the Google burger because it's messy, I say, get a napkin and get over it.
13 Nov 2017
A 21st-century Muckraker Pierces the Heart of the Internet in 'Reading the Comments'
If Eggers' The Circle gave us a glance at the inimical nature of social media via Orwell’s idea of “groupthink”, then Reagle takes us even deeper into why we love to comment on anything and everything.
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Consider the Troll
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25 May 2016
If We Lose BBC Three, Will We Lose Our Sense of Humor, Too?
With the apparently inevitable closure of BBC Three, comedy lovers will mourn the loss of an important television ally. Will the Internet save it?
20 Sep 2015
Who Made the Machines That Remade the World?
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16 Feb 2015
Cassette Fever in the Age of Bandcamp
The cassette tape is a miniature monument to a lost age of music; a small casket in which to hide memories and last hopes.
21 Apr 2014
Who, What, Where, When and Wi-Fi
People are customizing their network names, knowing full well that friends, neighbors and passersby are scanning for free wi-fi all the time.
26 Aug 2012
From Chile to China, an International Look at the State of the Internet: 'Consent of the Networked'
From technologies intended to block pornography sites to legislation putting business interests before citizens’ rights, Rebecca MacKinnon delivers a pointed report on the state of the Internet that should prompt all of us to speak up for the future of the web.
17 Jun 2012
What Would Happen If You Threw a Revolution and Everyone Showed Up? You'd Have a Cognitive Surplus
Clay Shirky's 'Cognitive Surplus' is presently the #1 selling book on Amazon in three categories. Sound smart at your next cocktail party by reading this review instead of the book.
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Has the Internet Killed Professional Book Reviews?
Is the internet killing book reviews? Will blog reviews soon replace the long lengthy columns we've come to love in the New York Times? As a reviewer, will I no longer find neat, book-shaped packages in my mailbox?
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Teens Don't Use Twitter (Why Should They?)
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