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Social Media in Plain English - Common Craft - 5 views

www.commoncraft.com/socialmedia social media
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  • Suzanne W. on 06 Jun 11
     
    love common craft videos...this one breaks down the concept of social media, explained using the metaphor of ice cream. both helpful & delicious. so social media is always interactive, while digital media doesn't necessarily have user-generated content? trying to get my definitions set as i do more searching...
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  • Suzanne W. on 06 Jun 11
     
    maybe it's obvious...but i think it's confusing how online/digital/social are often used interchangeably, such as social networking/digital networking. so many terms...and many of them probably end up meaning the same thing anyway. trying to get those nuances
  • Maggie Murphy on 06 Jun 11
     
    Great video! Common Craft is always so helpful.
  • Qraig de Groot on 06 Jun 11
     
    Ummm...I'm thinking class trip to Scoopville!!!!
  • Elisa Varon on 06 Jun 11
     
    I also thought this was an easy and helpful way to explain the definition of social media. As I am researching on the web, I'm finding that the same words are describing different things, and different words are describing the same things. It's getting me a little confused!
  • michelleamills on 06 Jun 11
     
    It does get a little confusing and this was a great way to simplify social media tools!
  • Morgan Lock on 09 Jun 11
     
    I definitely have to agree with the way common craft breaks down concepts and makes it understandable for the average Joe. When I'm trying to figure new techie things out or I'm trying to explain it to others, I often refer to this type of tool.
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Alone in the Crowd - 2 views

www.apa.org/...social-networking.aspx Turkle social media adolescence
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  • Cynthia Tavlin on 16 Jun 11
     
    Very recent Q&A with Sherry Turkle on "Alone Together" about our plugged in lives making people more lonely and distant. Interesting passage about teenage culture midway through
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  • Suzanne W. on 16 Jun 11
     
    this is a great interview with Turkle and illuminates situations that many of us face on a daily basis. brings to mind the moment when you're with a group of friends and everyone is checking their phones! no way to win: not answering a text is rude, but texting while out with others is rude too. our attention spans are stretched to the limit--we're barraged by social comments, yet usually socializing while alone.
  • michelleamills on 16 Jun 11
     
    "Technology can make us forget important things we know about life." So true! Sometimes I feel so connected that I'm not even paying attention to the reality around me. In so many ways technology is amazing, but there are some negative consequences that we need to be aware of as well.
  • Amanda Riegel on 16 Jun 11
     
    This really highlights one of the bad ways that technology impacts us; texting and checking Facebook are gaining precedence over socializing with people in the same room. It's depressing to think of how widespread it is.
  • Marlena Barber on 18 Jun 11
     
    I loved this article! I see customers at my work (a restaurant in a hotel) checking their phones all the time. One of my coworkers told me a few weeks ago that he was working when a big game was on tv. He was bartending and his bar was packed. Instead of having their eyes on the screen during the crucial moments of the game, many of his customers were sitting right in front of those tvs and ignoring them while their eyes and fingers stayed glued to their tiny phone screens, playing Angry Birds for all he knew. It was just odd, but sadly this way of life has been becoming more of the rule.
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Stars Gain Control of Online Images - 2 views

www.nytimes.com/...09whosay.html whosay celebrities twitter facebook image control
shared by Qraig de Groot on 07 Jun 11 - No Cached
  • Qraig de Groot on 07 Jun 11
     
    I have now become fascinated with how celebrities use social media. As with anything, they aren't like us and really have to take some sort of precautions when posting tweets and photos...Well, they should anyway...I'm looking at you Courteney Love! Seriously though, there is now an actual business called WhoSay that helps celebrities control their online images. The article says, "A company called WhoSay - a little-known start-up with a clientele that is anything but little known - offers similar services, but grants ownership of the images to the stars themselves." It's another interesting facet of how social media is changing even the way celebrities must handle their image. Operating in "stealth mode" since last year, WhoSay runs from the Los Angeles office building of the Creative Artists Agency, which represents a Rolodex of household names, including Mr. Hanks. His WhoSay site includes "copyright Tom Hanks" branding and a stack of fine print at the bottom asserting his legal ownership of all content, placed against warnings of "fines and imprisonment" for improper use.
  • Mary Beth Davis on 07 Jun 11
     
    This is fascinating. Brings to mind things like "trending" and data mining." Is that what this company is doing?
  • Gina Wegschaidler on 08 Jun 11
     
    Politicians should be all over this company.
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7 Reasons the 21st Century is Making You Miserable | Cracked.com - 5 views

www.cracked.com/tury-making-you-miserable.html humor cyberculture social
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  • Melissa Mijares on 07 Jun 11
     
    So while this *is* a humor article and not necessarily safe for work, I thought it would be good to share because it specifically talks about how social media and consumer computer technology affects people's sense of well-being.
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  • Qraig de Groot on 07 Jun 11
     
    Awesome!
  • michelleamills on 07 Jun 11
     
    :) In so many ways, so true!
  • Lilia p on 07 Jun 11
     
    great find! This falls into the social/psychological category of technology that we will soon address.
  • Mary McNamara on 07 Jun 11
     
    Love this. It made me think about this interview with Kurt Vonnegut: http://www.pbs.org/now/transcript/transcriptNOW140_full.html Starts connecting with this toward the end of the interview, specifically this part: DAVID BRANCACCIO: There's a little sweet moment, I've got to say, in a very intense book-- your latest-- in which you're heading out the door and your wife says what are you doing? I think you say-- I'm getting-- I'm going to buy an envelope. KURT VONNEGUT: Yeah. DAVID BRANCACCIO: What happens then? KURT VONNEGUT: Oh, she says well, you're not a poor man. You know, why don't you go online and buy a hundred envelopes and put them in the closet? And so I pretend not to hear her. And go out to get an envelope because I'm going to have a hell of a good time in the process of buying one envelope. I meet a lot of people. And, see some great looking babes. And a fire engine goes by. And I give them the thumbs up. And, and ask a woman what kind of dog that is. And, and I don't know. The moral of the story is, is we're here on Earth to fart around. And, of course, the computers will do us out of that. And, what the computer people don't realize, or they don't care, is we're dancing animals. You know, we love to move around. And, we're not supposed to dance at all anymore.
  • Elisa Varon on 07 Jun 11
     
    Now I know why the 21st century was making me miserable! I sure could use some more annoying people in my life. This article really points out the downside of technology-enhanced socialization!
  • Daniel Huang on 07 Jun 11
     
    I would have called it "7 reasons the 21st century is making us more xenophobic and intolerant."
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Why College Websites Suck (CHART) - 1 views

www.huffingtonpost.com/...ge-websites-suck_n_670018.html classification organization websites
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  • Cynthia Tavlin on 24 Jun 11
     
    This venn diagram still makes me laugh. As we were reading Weinberger this week and the limits of first order organization it reminded me how the most basic information you are trying to find can be so hard to locate.
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  • Elisa Varon on 24 Jun 11
     
    I think this diagram is very true - I have trouble finding information for Brookdale Community College all the time ... and I work there! Colleges, like many organizations, are so bureaucratic that the important stuff gets left off the home page and is buried somewhere. Organizations can be chaotic sometimes!
  • Mary Beth Davis on 25 Jun 11
     
    I think so true too!
  • Jeanine Finn on 28 Jun 11
     
    Hah! Yes -- maybe it is because the people designing the site are marketing/pr types instead of LIS grads? ;)
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The Shallows/What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains - 4 views

www.nytimes.com/...Lehrer-t.html Internet brain cognition the shallows
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  • Cynthia Tavlin on 07 Jun 11
     
    Has anyone read this book? I started it a few days ago. Noticed that reviews, like the one I linked to, were skeptical. Basically, Carr, who is a journalist, not a scientist, cites studies on brain plasticity and research that the brain changes in response to actions to conclude that the way we read and synthesize information online has changed the way we think (for the worse). I like how the NYT review puts new technology in a historical perspective.
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  • Mary McNamara on 08 Jun 11
     
    I was browsing through some new books at the library today and stumbled on Brooke Gladstone's "The Influencing Machine." It's an illustrated (graphic novel style) approach to how media has developed and our interactions with it, but she includes some commentary on Carr's ideas when she discusses technology. It's a good book to browse through, and from what I read quickly, she gives some positives and negatives of technology's impact.
  • Melissa Mijares on 08 Jun 11
     
    Mary - a graphic novel, you say? I love graphic novels -- I wonder why she chose that format, though?
  • Mary McNamara on 08 Jun 11
     
    Well, if I had to take a guess, I think she did it since one of her main points is that media isn't an external force outside of our control -- we can shape it, caring about it enough to respond and filter it. With a graphic novel, the images draw you in because they're abstract; the reader plays an active role by seeing themselves in the images and connecting all the images/words together to make it make sense. It engages so many of our senses at once. I love what Scott McCloud has to say about this, and the following talk that he gave actually relates more to how comics have been impacted by technology: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXYckRgsdjI
  • justin_mason on 09 Jun 11
     
    The idea that media has the potential to shape how we reason reminds me of Neil Postman and Marshall McLuhan. As an undergrad, I was basically obsessed with Postman's "Amusing Ourselves to Death" and the idea that some forms of media -Postman was especially thinking about TV- are inherently shallower than other forms and that the predominant medium tends to set the standard of what makes a good argument. Anyway, I wanted to find a YouTube video of Postman but instead found a really good video of Mike Wesch talking about Postman: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09gR6VPVrpw&feature=related
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Biblion NYPL App - 2 views

venturebeat.com/...nypl-biblion-ipad-app media libraries
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  • tomdiscepola on 06 Jun 11
     
    Another way to take the library away from the library. I'm interested to learn more about that "entire library experience" to launch soon.
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  • Mary Beth Davis on 06 Jun 11
     
    The "Find the Future Game" looks cool too.
  • Rebecca Martin on 06 Jun 11
     
    I got to play with the Biblion app a couple of weeks ago at work; the developers, Potion (http://www.potiondesign.com/#/home) have created a whole slew of incredible educational exhibits/experiences. I think overall mobile apps are a really interesting direction for digital libraries - making them increasingly portable and interactive. I remember feeling a bit of excitement in my interaction with the materials from the Biblion app in which my own fingers, rather than an extension of them in the form of a mouse, turned pages, rotated objects, pressed buttons, etc. - a stark difference from interacting with digital libraries that contain similar types of artifacts. I'm interested to see how the web-version of the Biblion app compares - in physical presentation and affective impact.
  • michelleamills on 07 Jun 11
     
    Wow! I'm so glad that you posted this! This makes history so accessible and interesting, and I'm looking forward to installing it asap on my ipad right now! I wish I knew about it this past semester for my junior high American history class I taught; they would have loved this.
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The Red Cross' Rogue Tweet: #gettngslizzerd On Dogfish Head's Midas Touch - 2 views

www.huffingtonpost.com/...ross-rogue-tweet_n_824114.html social media twitter
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  • Marlena Barber on 18 Jun 11
     
    I read this article when the story first broke and it came to mind when I was reading the Goffman material. There's been a lot of stories about missteps on Social Media, but this was one of the funnier ones (the Red Cross has a nice sense of humor!).
  • amanda brennan on 18 Jun 11
     
    Ah! This reminds me of the "rogue" Secret Service tweet about how annoying Fox News is: http://jezebel.com/5803825/secret-service-apologizes-for-bashing-fox-news-on-twitter
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"Don't Believe Facebook; You Only Have 150 Friends" - 1 views

www.npr.org/...book-you-only-have-150-friends social media community
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  • Mary McNamara on 06 Jun 11
     
    I thought this was an interesting article after all of our discussions this past week. Is there a limit to our growing networks?
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  • Mary Beth Davis on 06 Jun 11
     
    That is a really interesting article!
  • michelleamills on 06 Jun 11
     
    I think that this idea is fascinating. I may have to do a bit more research about relationships and social media for our project.
  • Marlena Barber on 06 Jun 11
     
    I liked this article, too. I think the reason some of my friends on Facebook have an excessively high number of friends is for business. I wonder how many people with a high number of friends actually communicate with their "friends". It makes me think about Qraig's post "It's all about me". People with that many friends can't possibly be connecting with all of those people; rather, I think it is more likely they post updates on themselves.
  • michelleamills on 06 Jun 11
     
    Yup, after Qraig's post I realized how much of facebook is about "me." I know that this is a good avenue of connection, but really the majority of what I see from my "friends" is all about themselves!
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How Facebook Can Put Google Out of Business - 4 views

techcrunch.com/...acebook-google-out-of-business Internet google facebook linking data
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  • amanda brennan on 08 Jun 11
     
    Why Google should be afraid of Facebook -- what I really got out of this article was that Google guesses what people like / want / need based on what they search -- Facebook knows because the user enters it, from people posting on each other's pages to what "like" buttons they click (making interests pages instead of just search terms was a huge change since now companies that own a product people like can now interact with their users on a way more personal basis.)
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  • Maggie Murphy on 08 Jun 11
     
    This is really interesting on its own, but more so considering the covert negative PR campaign Facebook ran against Google recently: http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2011/05/facebook-google-smear/
  • tomdiscepola on 09 Jun 11
     
    I particularly like the dead sea scrolls metaphor. Google, the archaeologists, have done well to index what has been produced and stored online; but social media act like the forces of a rapidly changing environment, rendering what has been produced and indexed things of the past - fossils, as it were. Drawing from Amanda's summary, Google does well to present documents of possible interest, but social media do much better to record users' interaction with them.
  • michelleamills on 09 Jun 11
     
    I'm not sure about this either, Amanda, Isn't the internet big enough for both types of companies (and many more).
  • amanda brennan on 09 Jun 11
     
    The internet is big enough for all sorts of companies, but in a competition to figure out your customer base as quickly and as detailed as possible, Facebook definitely has an edge that Google is lacking right now. Well, outside of scanning your Gmail for keywords to apply to the ads they show you...haha
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Social Networking for Pets... - 4 views

www.bradenton.com/...ocial-networking-for-pets.html
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  • Qraig de Groot on 20 Jun 11
     
    I thought about giving my cats their own FB page, but if they got more friends than me I would be very disturbed by that!
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  • Lilia p on 21 Jun 11
     
    I met a woman who owned 2 mastiffs in a petstore. One of her dogs was so popular (he was a therapy dog) that he indeed DOES have his own fb page: http://www.facebook.com/people/Quincy-Mastiff-March/100001660537460 At first I a bit weirded out but then it really started to make sense because this does seriously has a following and she uses his personality to teach kids about animals, connect with folks for whom he's used as therapy dog, etc. It actually turned out to be really interesting! And WOW, that dog is really one of the most gorgeous, kind beasts (and this boy is HUGE) I've ever met.
  • Qraig de Groot on 21 Jun 11
     
    And...that dog has WAY more Facebooks friends than me...sigh. But, I am okay with that. At least he's doing something great. :o)
  • Morgan Lock on 21 Jun 11
     
    My cousin's cat, Ben, has a FB page and so does my sister-in-laws dog. Ben's so popular around our town (he just wanders) that half the town is friends with him. I think its a bit wierd, but I find it highly entertaining when I get FB posts and messages from Pepper the dog.
  • michelleamills on 21 Jun 11
     
    I never heard of this and had to look it up myself to believe it. It is a bit strange, but definitely entertaining.
  • Cynthia Tavlin on 23 Jun 11
     
    https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001827272353 That's the FB page for our dog Nanook - friend him if you'd like. My younger son started the page; he's kind of protective of the house and barks a lot so I find it amusing that my kids' friends wanted to be friends with him.
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History of the term: Social Informatics - 3 views

rkcsi.indiana.edu/SI.shtml interdisciplinary history approach
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  • Rebecca Martin on 07 Jun 11
     
    For me it's helpful to understand a discipline by looking at the types of classes someone undertaking it might enroll in/teach. I found the Rob Kling Center for Social Informatics at Indiana University Bloomington in my surfing and thought it might be helpful for others as well to get a sense of what a primary course of SI study might entail. Perhaps most helpful though is that the center provides a history of the term, "social informatics" and a few foundational documents (nearly all by the center's namesake) of the discipline.
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  • Qraig de Groot on 09 Jun 11
     
    I love this sentence, "The term "Social Informatics" emerged from a series of lively conversations in February and March 1996 among scholars with an interest in advancing critical scholarship about the social aspects of computerization..." I always wanted to be part of a lively conversation. :o)
  • Elisa Varon on 10 Jun 11
     
    Does 1996 seem like it was a long time ago? Not sure, but I thought that getting some foundational information was very helpful!
  • Mary Beth Davis on 10 Jun 11
     
    While exploring the ACM journal today, I came across the article below that kind of relates to this thread. It talks about the growing popularity of "Informatics" (in general)as a college/university discipline, and how and why it has evolved as an off-shoot of Computer Science. http://cacm.acm.org.proxy.libraries.rutgers.edu/magazines/2010/2/69363-why-an-informatics-degree/fulltext
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http://pinterest.com/about/ - 7 views

I Was Just Asked to Join Pinterest!
shared by Qraig de Groot on 22 Jun 11 - No Cached
  • Qraig de Groot on 22 Jun 11
     
    Someone I know just asked me to sign up for a Pinterest account. Anyone ever hear of it before? According to the site, "Pinterest lets you organize and share all the beautiful things you find on the web. People use pinboards to plan their weddings, decorate their homes, and organize their favorite recipes. Best of all, you can browse pinboards created by other people. Browsing pinboards is a fun way to discover new things and get inspiration from people who share your interests." I think I'll give it a go.
  • Mary McNamara on 24 Jun 11
     
    Thanks for sharing -- this looks fantastic! It's got that great gawker atmosphere, just sharing good stuff. And kind of a way to collect things you like without actually having them. Cool.
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Searching for Safety Online: Managing "Trolling" in a Feminist Forum - 3 views

scholarworks.iu.edu/...WP02-03B.html community Internet trolling Media feminism
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  • amanda brennan on 08 Jun 11
     
    Really great working paper on trolling in a feminist forum -- what do communities do when outsiders attempt to derail conversation by intentionally trying to start arguements and cause rifts in the community.  A case study of two incidents within the same message board.
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  • Mary Beth Davis on 08 Jun 11
     
    I first came across this "trolling" term when I had to sign up for Second Life for one of the first classes I took. What an introduction to Social Media that was!
  • Jeanine Finn on 08 Jun 11
     
    Thanks -- this is good. It's interesting that they seem to recommend a more pro-active stance towards trolling. It feels somewhat counter-intuitive to me, but some of the best forums I participate in are pretty seriously moderated with little tolerance for the inane or offensive.
  • Daniel Huang on 08 Jun 11
     
    I should note that this isn't necessarily done to be inflammatory or to attack someone, but some people do this "for fun." I think it's "fun" when you're a younger teen trying to be snarky (in his eyes at least). From what I gather the "fun" is in making people jump through hoops for you. Kind of like poking the glass of the fishbowl and making the goldfish freak out.
  • Melissa Mijares on 09 Jun 11
     
    Thank you for this, Amanda! I'm thinking about doing my project on interactions in niche online communities (like Reddit, fitness forums, and the mommyblog world), and trolling is a phenomenon that I definitely want to explore.
  • amanda brennan on 09 Jun 11
     
    Oh rad! I was thinking about focusing on trolling specifically for my project. I've actually done a little research on Anonymous/4chan too if you ever want to share sources!
  • Amanda Riegel on 16 Jun 11
     
    Started laughing when I saw that they did a study on trolling, so I had to read the article. Really interesting piece on technology and gender.
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I love tag clouds - 3 views

eden.rutgers.edu/...SI_TagRoll.html tag cloud SISummer11
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  • Cynthia Tavlin on 10 Jun 11
     
    Here's what our tag cloud looks like so far... I'll keep updating every few days.
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  • Cynthia Tavlin on 16 Jun 11
  • amanda brennan on 18 Jun 11
     
    Nice, thanks for doing this!!
  • michelleamills on 18 Jun 11
     
    That's pretty cool!
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Obfuscation - 7 views

www.uic.edu/...2955 Ethics obfuscation
shared by Mary Beth Davis on 05 Jun 11 - No Cached
  • Mary Beth Davis on 05 Jun 11
     
    I was exploring the journal "First Monday" which was listed in the Google Docs table when I came across this topic of "Obfuscation." Besides just liking the sound of the word, I was fascinated by all the various forms in which digital obfuscation can take place. I thought this article might also be useful for my group project which involves Ethics and Technology. (This is also my first time bookmarking, or using Diigo!)
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  • Lilia p on 06 Jun 11
     
    First Monday is an excellent find and really good resource. I suggest you all just o in there and browse the previous issues -- you will find LOADS of ideas and information there that may inform your final project interests.
  • Maggie Murphy on 06 Jun 11
     
    Mary Beth, I added all those journals just FYI (so you don't think they were approved contributions by our expert prof; I hope they're all applicable!)
  • Jeanine Finn on 06 Jun 11
     
    Interesting! I like the broadened idea of "obfuscation" -- not just by writing prose that is untrue, but the way we organize or provide access to those words can also be obfuscating. Just making something hard enough to find or get to. A crappy taxonomy can be a weapon of deceit!
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Do you know Jessamyn West? - 3 views

www.librarian.net/cla11 community digital divide jessamyn west librarians libraries
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  • Jeanine Finn on 06 Jun 11
     
    You should! :) She's a librarian and advocate who's been writing and blogging about the social effects of technology for years. I've been reading her blog librarian.net since 1998. This link is to one her recent talks about the digital divide...its history and what it means now.
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The Online Looking Glass - NYTimes.com - 3 views

www.nytimes.com/...13douthat.html self social media
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  • Suzanne W. on 13 Jun 11
     
    made me think of our discussion of self-ID online. Douthat writes about self-involvement and absorption..and how social media and Internet culture encourage a sense of self-performance and "look at me!" attitude
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We're (Lady) Gaga for Social Media - 3 views

blog.solidcactus.com/9re-lady-gaga-for-social-media lady gaga twitter facebook stardom pop culture
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  • Qraig de Groot on 06 Jun 11
     
    I am a big pop music/culture nut. Always have been...probably always will be. So, when I really started thinking about social media and all its uses, I began to wonder...who out there uses social media to it's fullest potential. The answer was obvious. Lady Gaga! When I did a quick search on Lady Gaga and social media, I got a lot of hits. But I wasn't surprised. She is the master when it comes to sites like Facebook and Twitter. Yes, she is out there wearing meat dresses and making fun songs, but it's her presence on social networking sites that I feel has really catapulted her to super stardom. What do you all think?
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  • Qraig de Groot on 06 Jun 11
     
    Here's a little video about Lady Gaga's online presence: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMz7go8_ywA
  • michelleamills on 06 Jun 11
     
    I'm not that familiar with entertainment and social media, but I do realize the powerful influence it has within that culture. After reading the article you posted, I was even more surprised! I like that fact that someone no one knows anything about has a chance to live their dream by these social sites. It almost makes it more fair instead of someone with just money becoming famous.
  • Suzanne W. on 06 Jun 11
     
    i'm a pop music/culture nut, too! i love the contradiction of how gaga tries have such a detached, robotic stage presence (for example i read somewhere that she doesn't even want to be seen drinking water on stage so she doesn't appear human), yet she is so accessible through facebook and twitter, and makes her anti-bullying campaign relatable with personal examples. she definitely found ways to use facebook and twitter to her advantage, and has dedicated followers all over the world because of it. there's so shortage of content for fans to obsess over.
  • Daniel Huang on 07 Jun 11
     
    http://images.nymag.com/images/2/daily/2011/05/12_v_gagaletter.pdf For your perusal. Gaga compares herself to librarianship.
  • Suzanne W. on 07 Jun 11
     
    that's amusing. but naturally, not everyone would agree: http://blog.libraryjournal.com/annoyedlibrarian/2011/05/18/five-ways-lady-gaga-is-not-a-librarian/ actually this article^ should annoy librarians more than gaga's piece, in my opinion. also, this is the video the article references.....i highly suggest watching it if you haven't seen it already. a friend sent it to me when i got accepted into the program...i didn't know whether to be excited or frightened about what i'd just gotten myself into... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_uzUh1VT98
  • Lilia p on 08 Jun 11
     
    hmm. is it gaga or her p/r team creating the image? Is her voice really hers? How do we know?
  • Qraig de Groot on 08 Jun 11
     
    I am sure it is more her "team" then her herself. But, still...it's rather impressive.
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NYC's first iSchool... - 3 views

www.eschoolnews.com/...ischools-lift-hopes-in-nyc iSchool
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  • Mary Beth Davis on 13 Jun 11
     
    If you don't have time to read, there's a video about the new school. I thought this was going to be a "distance learning" sort of school, but was glad to see that they simply have prioritized integrating technology into the school. This article is from 2009. I wonder how well the school is doing two years later?
  • michelleamills on 13 Jun 11
     
    It will be even more interesting to see the effects once they move on to college and graduate. The kids seemed really excited about this new system too!
  • Lilia p on 14 Jun 11
     
    Yes, very interesting.... I wonder if this might not be a new school media specialists opportunity.
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