Remember Mastodon? In April 2017, there was a wave of excitement about Mastodon, a federated social network begun in October 2016 by Eugen Rochko, a… Read More »Mastodon is big in Japan. The reason why is… uncomfortable
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Some research from our lab, the Center for Civic Media, because it’s fun and something I’m glad we produced. In the US, NFL football is… Read More »Race, Fame and Ability: untangling media coverage of NFL QBs
Reading Facebook before bed last night, amidst the Halloween costumes and candy haul photos, I saw this headline: “How to choose between the most corrupt,… Read More »This crazy election: Denial of Service attacks on Democracy
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Here’s a quick experiment – I’ve been publishing stories on FOLD and replicating the text here on this blog. But FOLD now supports embedding –… Read More »Lessons from Letterlocking: a serendipitous academic encounter