A ‘meme’ is a virally-transmitted cultural symbol or social idea. But what is it about memes leads to the level of virality? Why are we so attracted to making and …
Tag: culture
Blogging
Description In the early 2000s, the end of the “.com” era saw the rise of “Web 2.0” as a loosely defined trend in online content generation where everyday users — …
Activism and Agency
#1reasonWhy #YesAllWomen #NotAllMen #GamerGate #NotYourAsianSidekick #Ferguson #IfTheyGunnedMeDown #BlackLivesMatter #ConcernedStudent1950 These words with #’s in front of them aren’t just collating social media content around specific interests. Instead, these conversations and …
Internet of Things
The Internet of Things (IoT) refers to the increasing number of devices that can connect to the Internet and communicate with each other. While the Internet began as a series …
Augmented Reality
Augmented Reality (AR) is a digital medium that presents information about users’ surroundings on devices such as smartphones, tablets, and smartglasses. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines AR as both “an enhanced version …
Personal Data Tracking
Our phones track our location and habits. Our watches measure our heart rates and how many steps we take. Do we know what happens to that data? How do we …
YouTubing
YouTube.com was founded in 2005 and quickly became a leading force in the surge of so-called “Web 2.0” culture that hit a peak with Time Magazine naming “You” the 2006 …
Digital Privacy
Privacy is increasingly important in a digital environment, not just because of the risk of what we consciously put online, but because of the digital traces of ourselves we leave …
Online Hate and Harassment: The Trouble with Trolling
“Don’t Feed the Trolls.” But why? And who gets trolled and why? Goals: Understand the politics around gender and race regarding being attacked online Protect and defend your digital identity …
Working for the Web
We use our phones and our devices for social media purposes, but do we ever think about the work that goes into producing our hardware, coding our software, or supporting …
