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    Apr 23

    Hectic week, so I just want to drop this here. This book, which reflects stuff I’ve been working on for almost a decade, is finally going to come out, and I have so many feels. Memes, art, politics, human rights. More from me soon, but you can pre-order and give it a boost.

    ! now! 's MEMES TO MOVEMENTS: How the World's Most Viral Media Is Changing Social Protest & Power, out 1/19 (s/o ). From to , to , are the of the internet
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    6 hours ago
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    I think the thing that really puts his finger on here though is how this sort of exploitation of ambiguity & hints towards a trivial conspiracy can somehow monopolise people’s attention, while the actual business of extremist politics goes ahead in plain sight

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  3. 6 hours ago

    This is a very good thread exploring contemporary weaponization of semiotic ambiguity. It's an old practice, updated for the internet. A lot of folks are worried about falsified images — the bigger challenges come with ambiguous ones.

    To understand the freakout over the shape of Zina Bash's hand yesterday, you have to realize that the alt-right has weaponized the wink. Permit me to get Geertzy with it. (thread!)
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  4. 10 hours ago

    Another approach is strategic silence. This strategy recognizes that the goal generating attention and getting media coverage is in and of itself a game:

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  5. 11 hours ago

    AJ, DJT and others play a media game in which civil discourse is not in the playbook. For those who don't like their message, there are at least two approaches: (1) embrace the attention economy and drive an alternative message and (2) figure out a new business model.

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  6. 11 hours ago

    The more that news outlets' business models depend on attention, the more we should expect to see reality television techniques applied to politics. This is not just about platforms; it's about the larger story of the attention economy on which both platforms and media depend.

    Tech journalists: We demand to know how Facebook, Google and Twitter can justify amplifying the speech and actions of hateful figures such as Alex Jones. Also tech journalists: Spending the whole hearing following Alex Jones around and tweeting his every move.
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  7. 11 hours ago

    "While Mark Zuckerberg and other technology platform founders should experiment with new ways to curb fake news and rumor-mongering on their platforms, the Indian government needs to do much more to protect public safety for all Indians." :

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    15 hours ago

    Friends, a reputable and well-placed source tells us the Interactive Media Arts department at NYU Shanghai is hiring. “...at the intersection of technology, aesthetics and society”

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    Sep 4

    Since when is it considered "multilingual" if you translate into just Spanish?? That's bilingual. Mandarin too? That's trilingual. I ran a 14 language phone bank in LA and OC - now THAT is multilingual. Step up your game, people - multilingual tactics are important.

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  10. Sep 4

    ICYMI: and I write about when misinformation crises foster public health crises —>

    "Now disease also spreads via Facebook statuses and Google results... digital health misinformation is having increasingly catastrophic impacts on physical health" - How Misinfodemics Spread Disease
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  11. Sep 4

    Back from a three day weekend like...

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    Sep 4

    The lifecycle of homophobia and transphobia in SE Asia: (a) figurehead makes hateful comments to score political points (b) it becomes hard for opponent to make a stand in case it looks like they are pro-lgbtq (c) public outrage (d) raids (e) flogging (e) repeat.

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    Sep 3

    All of the black people in the media seem to know what to do with these people...

    The Bannon-New Yorker thing to me only further illustrates to me that the media *still* doesn’t really know what to do with trolls/MAGA universe. Still struggling with the important distinction btwn newsworthy coverage and just like turning folks into thought leaders
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    Sep 1

    How much can we rely on Natural Language Processing in social media content moderation? Read the summary of a workshop by highlighting the importance of local context, culture, & engagement for moderating content online.

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    Sep 3

    Read this important piece on “misinfodemics” - the spread of harmful health misinformation and its contribution to the spread of disease, by and

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    Sep 1

    Reading & 's smart article on "misinfodemics": when disinformation on medical issues yields consequences for public health. Conclusion highlighted here, but you should read it all (+bonus tweets to raising awareness!)

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  17. Sep 1

    I’d like to RSVP please for this fiesta party

    Just like Chai tea means "chai chai".
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  18. Sep 1

    *peakmanteau 🙊

    "misinfodemics" is a peak 2018 portmanteau c/o the amazing duo and
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  19. Aug 31

    Some good writing from on what alternative metrics for the intertubes might look like: "As long as there continues to be such a thing as virality, can we truly get beyond an internet that is more than marketplaces for attention?"

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  20. Aug 31

    Good overview of paradigm shifts around information quality here: "The Internet, at least in its first decades of existence and interacting with non-technical enablers, has fundamentally changed the ways in which information is created, distributed, accessed, and (re-)used."

    Another case in point why information quality is one of the biggest challenges of our decade: great piece on misinfodemics written by colleagues and (some of my background thoughts here )
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    Aug 30

    Great piece: "How Misinfodemics Spread Disease" by @ANXIAOMINA "Researchers are finding more and more that online misinformation fuels the spread of diseases like tooth decay, Ebola and measles." !

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