“A new report by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project shows that the internet is not changing the fundamental socio-economic character of civic engagement in America. When it comes to online activities such as contributing money, contacting a government official or signing an online petition, the wealthy and well-educated continue to lead [...]
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Tagged: activism, politics, society, stratification
I had a feeling this was coming. And I’m glad it’s sooner than later. An app has been developed for the iPhone that allows it to recognize objects “based on visuals through the iPhone camera, a RFID reader or through GPS, and then fetches the data from related databases.” It’s currently being billed as a [...]
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I feel compelled, in light of recent events, to attempt to say something constructive about Twitter. After being recently Oprah-ed, Twitter has been thrust into the purview of public knee-jerk criticism—and everyone’s got an opinion. I won’t deny my own skepticism when I signed up over a year ago. It smacked of narcissism, and in [...]
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Tagged: activism, filtering, social media, technology, twitter