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Jovan Maud

The curation of the self in the age of the Internet - Erin B. Taylor - 0 views

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  • Jovan Maud on 26 May 14
     
    An interesting short article from anthropologist Erin Taylor on how the internet is affecting the representation and production of the self.
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The Internet With A Human Face - Beyond Tellerrand 2014 Conference Talk - 0 views

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shared by Jovan Maud on 28 May 14 - No Cached
  • Jovan Maud on 28 May 14
     
    Excellent talk on the state of the Internet, surveillance, privacy. The whole kit and kaboodle.
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On Reddit, We're Private Perverts! | The Awl - 0 views

www.theawl.com/...-you-on-the-internet-right-now

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shared by Jovan Maud on 14 Oct 12 - No Cached
  • Jovan Maud on 14 Oct 12
     
    Are you on the internet now?
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How the ITU could put the Internet behind closed doors. - 0 views

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shared by Jovan Maud on 15 Nov 12 - No Cached
  • Jovan Maud on 15 Nov 12
     
    One of the current struggles going on in relationship to internet freedoms.
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How Covert Agents Infiltrate the Internet to Manipulate, Deceive, and Destroy Reputatio... - 0 views

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shared by Jovan Maud on 25 Feb 14 - No Cached
  • hat these agencies are attempting to control, infiltrate, manipulate, and warp online discourse, and in doing so, are compromising the integrity of the internet itself.
  • 1) to inject all sorts of false material onto the internet in order to destroy the reputation of its targets; and (2) to use social sciences and other techniques to manipulate online discourse and activism to generate outcomes it considers desirable.
  • In fact, the discussion of many of these techniques occurs in the context of using them in lieu of “traditional law enforcement” against people suspected (but not charged or convicted) of ordinary crimes or, more broadly still, “hacktivism”, meaning those who use online protest activity for political ends.
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  • As Anonymous expert Gabriella Coleman of McGill University told me, “targeting Anonymous and hacktivists amounts to targeting citizens for expressing their political beliefs, resulting in the stifling of legitimate dissent.” Pointing to this study she published, Professor Coleman vehemently contested the assertion that “there is anything terrorist/violent in their actions.”
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      Jovan Maud on 25 Feb 14
       
      N.B. Gabriella Coleman, anthropologist and author of "Coding freedom". 
  • Sunstein also proposed sending covert agents into “chat rooms, online social networks, or even real-space groups” which spread what he views as false and damaging “conspiracy theories” about the government. Ironically, the very same Sunstein was recently named by Obama to serve as a member of the NSA review panel created by the White House, one that – while disputing key NSA claims – proceeded to propose many cosmetic reforms to the agency’s powers (most of which were ignored by the President who appointed them).
  • Jovan Maud on 25 Feb 14
     
    A key issue in debates about how digital technologies are transforming political discourse. In this case, what new possibilities are open to states to manipulate opinion, spread misinformation and to discredit opponents?
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The "Cuban Twitter" Scam Is a Drop in the Internet Propaganda Bucket - The Intercept - 0 views

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shared by Jovan Maud on 11 Apr 14 - No Cached
  • Propagandizing foreign populations has generally been more legally acceptable. But it is difficult to see how government propaganda can be segregated from domestic consumption in the digital age. If American intelligence agencies are adopting the GCHQ’s tactics of “crafting messaging campaigns to go ‘viral’,” the legal issue is clear: A “viral” online propaganda campaign, by definition, is almost certain to influence its own citizens as well as those of other countries.
  • Those programs, carried out in secrecy and with little accountability (it seems nobody in Congress knew of the “Cuban Twitter” program in any detail) threaten the integrity of the internet itself, as state-disseminated propaganda masquerades as free online speech and organizing. There is thus little or no ability for an internet user to know when they are being covertly propagandized by their government, which is precisely what makes it so appealing to intelligence agencies, so powerful, and so dangerous.
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First Demonstration of a Surveillance Camera Powered by Ordinary Wi-Fi Broadcasts | MIT... - 0 views

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  • Jovan Maud on 05 Jun 15
     
    Wirelessly powering the internet of things.
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The Memory Bank » Blog Archive » In Rousseau's footsteps: David Graeber and t... - 0 views

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shared by Jovan Maud on 15 Nov 12 - No Cached
  • Jovan Maud on 15 Nov 12
     
    If you're interested in issues of social equality, debt, finance, etc -- AND the internet, you might like to read this long review of David Graeber's book "Debt: The Last 5,000 years". If you follow Hart here, the internet offers something much greater than just a means of communication -- it could offer a necessary element in creating new, more "human" forms of social interaction.
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Sexism in the skeptic community: I spoke out, then came the rape threats. - Slate Magazine - 0 views

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shared by Jovan Maud on 29 Oct 12 - No Cached
  • Jovan Maud on 29 Oct 12
     
    On the gender/sexism/internet issues.
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Sexism | gabby's playhouse - 2 views

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shared by Jovan Maud on 29 Oct 12 - No Cached
  • Jovan Maud on 29 Oct 12
     
    A nice commentary on the nature of online discussions, especially dealing with matters of gender and sexism.
  • Luise W on 05 Nov 12
     
    On FeministFrequency I found a video from a person who motivates other 'dudes' to speak out against sexist bullying on the web. It's just what came to my mind when I thought about how to change this discussion culture mentioned in the comic. http://vimeo.com/44117178
  • Jovan Maud on 05 Nov 12
     
    Thanks Luise. The video is interesting, though I have to say I found the editing a bit annoying, but that's not really the point. I think what he's saying there really relates to issues raised in the Dibbel article, and also connects with some of the things that Postill says in the article for this week's discussion. This is all about establishing the "rules of the game" for internet sociality, which is of course a lot about how to define and deal with anti-social behaviour. The category of "troll" has emerged to categorise a particular form of online a-sociality, but what exactly a troll is still seems pretty unclear to me, and the debate is raging about how to deal with them. Dibbel's "Mr Bungle" is a classic description of a troll -- probably from before the concept of a troll was very widespread -- and his article is precisely about how an online "community" suddenly found itself in the position of having to determine specific rules of socialising, including sanctions for those who break them. In Postill, he is also critical of concepts like "community", which are very idealised and hide the specific processes which characterise the development of particular modes of sociality. He argues that we have to have an openminded approach as scholars which matches the "frontier-like" character of these exchanges. I.e. these are people in the process of establishing the social. They haven't simply inherited it from their elders. I read into the discussion that followed the video and it's also instructive because there are some quite thoughtful comments on precisely these issues of establishing normativity online.
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