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how I’m using social media to make trouble, part 4: vimeo
Today, on this beautiful Tuesday afternoon in June, the final day of school for the kids, I’m finishing up my four part series on how I’m using social media to make trouble (here are parts one, two and...
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Problematizers: the Series
As I mentioned in my last post, I’ve decided on a name for my TUMBLR experiments: Problematizers. Hopefully soon, I can write more here about why I picked that name. The post will involve a discussion...
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Playful Resistance through Online Reviews
Recently, I’ve noticed a creative and playful approach to subverting, challenging and resisting oppressive norms and the people, institutions or products that promote them: writing a critical/humorous...
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Last night, I watched the Halloween episode of Parks and Recreation. One of the characters, Donna, did a lot of live-tweeting. Awesome.
View ArticleLive-tweeting Halloween, 2012
@Room34 and I did our annual live-tweeting of Halloween last night; this morning I turned it into a storify. I also included some of my history with teaching the movie in the story. There are a few...
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Election 2012: A Few Social Media Interventions
The 2012 Election is finally over. I’m extremely relieved. It was too long and too nasty. What made it tolerable were the interesting, creative and powerful ways in which individuals, organizations and...
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Some Monday Reflections
Some days I look at my twitter feed and I don’t find anything that makes me curious or inspires me to ask questions and reflect. But, not today. I don’t know if it’s the 16 oz latte, my 2.5 mile jog at...
View ArticleThe Impact of Twitter
While scrolling through my Tumblr feed, I came across a brief video on the role of twitter in journalism (via Explore): It’s from PBS’ Off Book, which is “a web-original series from PBS Arts that...
View ArticleOn Spreadability
In anticipation of the upcoming edited book, Spreadable Media (which looks pretty cool), I’m skimming old posts from Henry Jenkins on spreadability and looking over the Spreadable Media site. Today,...
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oh snap!
For some reason, I’ve started saying “Oh snap!” a lot. Why? No idea. It’s a little embarrassing because: 1. I can’t pull off the attitude that it demands, 2. It’s a really old expression, and 3....
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