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News of the Week; April 10, 2019
DIGITAL The Sky Is Rising: The Entertainment Industry Is Thriving, Almost Entirely Because Of The Internet The UK Has Released Its Plan for Cracking Down on Social Media Content UK government proposes sweeping new regulations of online content Online Harms UK Now Proposes Ridiculous Plan To Fine Internet Companies For Vaguely Defined ‘Harmful Content’ Aussie […]
News of the Week; April 3, 2019
DIGITAL 540 Million Facebook User Records Exposed Online, Plus Passwords, Comments, and More Facebook asked some users for their email passwords, because why not: And two third-party developers left the data from millions of Facebook users exposed in S3 bucket. Facebook’s Ad Algorithm Is A Race And Gender Stereotyping Machine, New Study Suggests Facebook’s Efforts […]
Noor’s Journal – Third Entry
After spending time reading articles on news criticality and truthfulness, I came across an article written by Nonny de la Peña on Immersive Journalism. So what is Immersive Journalism? Immersive Journalism in this context is the use of digitized tools, such as Virtual Reality (VR) to mediate news content and information. To further elaborate on an example that uses VR, an individual […]
Class #11
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Osbert Journey 3
March 28, 2019 Yesterday, many articles were published online about Grindr, the most popular online dating application in the world for queer and gay men, being forced to sell due to US security concerns. The app Grindr was first developed and based in the United States in 2009. It became widely successful all around the […]
Osbert Journey 2
February 25, 2019 I read a recent article talking about why people are giving up on online dating. It is interesting to see the psychological effect these applications have on people, and why we behave differently online versus in person. Three people were interviewed about why they decided to delete their dating apps. A […]
Noor’s Journal – Second Entry
After reading New Zealand Censors Declare Christchurch Shooting Footage Illegal; Start Rounding Up Violators by Tim Cushing, I wanted to tie it to my previous journal on news distribution, legality, and ignorance. In my previous entry I focused on exploring the aspect of exercising critical faculties when reading news, following the recent mass shooting that […]