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John Fenn

Facebook does not Promote Activism….so What? » ThickCulture - 1 views

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public media facebook activism politics

shared by John Fenn on 12 Oct 10 - No Cached
  • n, these groups seem simply to be a site to “park” political views in a place with access to thousands of sympathetic eyeballs. I argue that many individuals use Facebook to perform political identity in a venue that allows them to try on different political selves in a nomynous (not anonymous) venue. This means that individuals are performing a “public” political identity. For many of them this might be the only place they feel comfortable expressing this voice. Those who aren’t good communicat
  • John Fenn on 12 Oct 10
     
    Often, these groups seem simply to be a site to "park" political views in a place with access to thousands of sympathetic eyeballs. I argue that many individuals use Facebook to perform political identity in a venue that allows them to try on different political selves in a nomynous (not anonymous) venue. This means that individuals are performing a "public" political identity. For many of them this might be the only place they feel comfortable expressing this voice. Those who aren't good communicators, disabled, low income or otherwise inhibited from participating in political activism can use Facebook as a semi-autonomous space to proclaim their political self.
flrdorothy

Map of US by most common ancestry - 0 views

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identity map us and them

shared by flrdorothy on 03 Nov 10 - No Cached
  • flrdorothy on 03 Nov 10
     
    With commentary on the notion of an "American" ancestry, containing lots of interesting "us" and "them" constructions within the citizenry of the US.
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