A new mobile messaging app that enables users to communicate in the absence of cellular or Internet connections is seeing a surge in downloads among Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protesters.
Teens, Social Media, and Privacy | Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project - 4 views
Social Media Venn Diagram T-shirt - Sadly Funny Tees from Despair.com - 7 views
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A T-shirt design that states an interesting claim. What cultural and social background does Sewell expect readers to bring to this design? What stakeholder perspective of social media does this graphic draw on and what assumptions would readers have to accept to find his design humorous? Can you think of reasons in support of and in rebuttal to the argument made by the design? What role can satire play in advancing or detracting from the critical development of a complex issue, and how does this graphic affect your thinking on social media's value and use?
New Laws Needed To Protect Social Media | Human Rights Watch - 5 views
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What problem is Roth addressing and what actions is he recommending the government and businesses take? What reasons and examples of users' danger and means of protecting them does Roth offer to give focus, depth, and urgency to his recommendation? According to Roth, what is hopeful about the role the mainstream media is playing in relation to social media with regard to digital rights? How do Roth's authority and policy position affect his contribution to the public discussion of digital rights and the progressive potential of social media? On the other hand, where might readers find this piece lacking or what questions might linger after reading it?
Small Change - The New Yorker - 2 views
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Here is an editorial by Malcolm Gladwell. What kinds of evidence and emotional and imaginative proofs does Gladwell enlist to build his case and how effective are they? Gladwell's title for this editorial is a play on words. What are the mul;tiple meanings of the phrase "small change"? Gladwell published this piece before the outbreak of revolution in Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya and before the violence in Syria and the election process in Russia. How would these recent historical events affect the persuasiveness and Gladwell's argument?
Is Google Making Us Stupid? - Nicholas Carr - The Atlantic - 3 views
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I love the title of this one- great debate issue.
Why We Sit Back and Let Apps Do Our Chores - NYTimes.com - 1 views
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It's true that we seem to be letting technology do all our work now.
Signaling Post-Snowden Era, New iPhone Locks Out N.S.A. - NYTimes.com - 1 views
A Defining Question in an iPhone Age: Live for the Moment or Record It? - NYTimes.com - 3 views
FireChat Messaging App Gains Users During Hong Kong Protests - Digits - WSJ - 0 views
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was downloaded 100,000 times in Hong Kong between Sunday morning and Monday morning,
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protesters have flooded the city’s streets in the weeks since Beijing’s decision on Aug. 31 to impose limits on how Hong Kong elects its leader. The protests escalated
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http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/news/Blogs/makingwaves/social-media-can-save... - 1 views
"The Kit Kat campaign is an example of Greenpeace enabling individuals to make demands that protect our environment via social media."
http://www.visioncritical.com/sites/default/files/pdf/whitepaper-social-to-sale.pdf - 1 views
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A "report" that uses statistics.
http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/sac_report_11_socialmedia_061114.pdf - 4 views
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An article with excellent use of statistics.
Twitter-Bashing Bores - NYTimes.com - 2 views
The Political Power of Social Media - 2 views
Google mulls 'right to be forgotten' - 2 views
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Google is holding seven public meetings across Europe to debate issues raised by the "right to be forgotten" ruling. The ruling by the European Court of Justice lets people ask Google to remove some types of information about them from its search index.
