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Category: Internet

Do you remember that cyberporn article in Time Magazine?
Internet

Do you remember that cyberporn article in Time Magazine?

Posted on July 11, 2015 by Michael Sauers

20 years ago, Rimm’s study of online porn made the cover of Time Magazine and put the Net on a collision course with Congress. Then…

Why We Shut Down Reddit’s ‘Ask Me Anything’ Forum – The New York Times
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Why We Shut Down Reddit’s ‘Ask Me Anything’ Forum – The New York Times

Posted on July 9, 2015 by Michael Sauers

Our primary concern, and reason for taking the site down temporarily, is that Reddit’s management made critical changes to a very popular website without any…

Friday Video: Steven Levy: The New Journalism Frontier at Medium
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Friday Video: Steven Levy: The New Journalism Frontier at Medium

Posted on June 19, 2015June 19, 2015 by Michael Sauers
Friday Video: Cyber-Seniors
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Friday Video: Cyber-Seniors

Posted on June 12, 2015June 11, 2015 by Michael Sauers
Friday Reads: Terms of Service: Social Media and the Price of Constant Connection
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Friday Reads: Terms of Service: Social Media and the Price of Constant Connection

Posted on June 12, 2015June 9, 2015 by Michael Sauers

From Amazon.com: Social networking has grown into a staple of modern society, but its continued evolution is becoming increasingly detrimental to our lives. Shifts in…

Friday Video: John Palfrey, “BiblioTech”
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Friday Video: John Palfrey, “BiblioTech”

Posted on June 5, 2015June 3, 2015 by Michael Sauers

Educator and technology expert John Palfrey visited Google’s office in Cambridge, MA to talk about his book, “BiblioTech: Why Libraries Matter More Than Ever in…

The Case for Web Literacy: Douglas Rushkoff on Media Theory & Digital Culture
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The Case for Web Literacy: Douglas Rushkoff on Media Theory & Digital Culture

Posted on May 7, 2015 by Michael Sauers

Q. Doesn’t this speak to the leveling effect of constant chatting, tweeting, and sharing? Someone posting about a new baby takes on the same weight…

‘Publicly Shamed:’ Who Needs The Pillory When We’ve Got Twitter?
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‘Publicly Shamed:’ Who Needs The Pillory When We’ve Got Twitter?

Posted on March 31, 2015 by Michael Sauers

Writer Jon Ronson has spent a lot of time tracking people who have been shamed, raked over the coals on social media for mostly minor…

Friday Video: The Price of Shame
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Friday Video: The Price of Shame

Posted on March 27, 2015March 23, 2015 by Michael Sauers

“Public shaming as a blood sport has to stop,” says Monica Lewinsky. In 1998, she says, “I was Patient Zero of losing a personal reputation…

NCompass Live: Alexa, what’s an Amazon Echo?
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NCompass Live: Alexa, what’s an Amazon Echo?

Posted on March 26, 2015 by Michael Sauers

Considering how bad my voice got by the time the hour was up, I think this went as well as it could. Full show details…

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