The Political Environment on Social Media Pew Internet Rss Feed: Reports by Pew Research Center: Internet, Science & Tech In a political environment defined by widespread polarization and partisan animosity, even simple conversations can go awry when the subject turns to politics. In their in-person interactions, Americans can (and often do) attempt to steer clear of … Read more
The anthropologist as a curious subaltern? Thoughts on precarity and publics Savage Minds: Notes and Queries in Anthropology — A Group Blog by Proshant Chakraborty The title of this post is meant to provoke. Or so I hoped, when I first thought of it one night as I was cooking (a very thought-inspiring activity, I must … Read more
Surveillance, the British and US debates compared open Democracy News Analysis – by Anthony Barnett In Britain, allegedly, no one cares that the state is collecting vast data on all of us. In the US things are clearly very different. Oliver Huitson. All rights reserved. The E.U.’s Antitrust Battle with Google Could Last for Years and Years … Read more
The value of the witness: How the London attacks changed the news Mashable! by Colin Daileda The night after the deadliest peace-time attack on London, the BBC led its 6 p.m. newscast with a shaky video of screaming commuters, an ambulance siren howling in the background Twitter’s new article preview cards could be a boost for publishers … Read more
The Digital Nietzsche: Download Nietzsche’s Major Works as Free eBooks Open Culture by Josh Jones In times of deep distress I’ve often found the brutal, unsparing candor of Friedrich Nietzsche a strange comfort. While wholly enamored of the aristocratic, Hellenistic past of literary invention, the often bilious German philosopher nonetheless had no illusions about the nature … Read more