In: Society

Internet

Friend or foe? Take a look at our need to be connected and the dangers that tag along.

Summaries

8 Article

How Wordle brought us back together

Spelling Bee, too, and Words With Friends. Who knew online word games would get us talking to each other again?
Schuyler Velasco
Experience Magazine, 2022
8 Book

Engaged

Designing for Behavior Change
Amy Bucher
Rosenfeld Media LLC, 2020
9 Book

There Are No Facts

Attentive Algorithms, Extractive Data Practices, and the Quantification of Everyday Life
Mark Shepard
MIT Press, 2022
Book

Like, Comment, Subscribe

Inside YouTube's Chaotic Rise to World Domination
Mark Bergen
Viking, 2022
8 Podcast

The Truth Wins

You Are Not So Smart
David McRaney and Tom Stafford
David McRaney, 2022
8 Book

You Are Here

A Field Guide for Navigating Polarized Speech, Conspiracy Theories, and Our Polluted Media Landscape
Whitney Phillips and Ryan M. Milner
MIT Press, 2021
8 Podcast

Digital Media Literacy

Empathizing with the Internet
Mohit Rajhans and Kara Brisson-Boivin
The Walrus, 2022
7 Book

Why We Can't Have Nice Things

Social Media’s Influence on Fashion, Ethics, and Property
Minh-Ha Pham
Duke University School of Law, 2022
9 Article

Kindness Is Cool

“Kind Words” aims to change a toxic internet culture, one anonymous note at a time.
Tom Rehagen
Experience Magazine, 2022
Book

The Great Firewall of China

How to Build and Control an Alternative Version of the Internet
James Griffiths
Zed Books, 2019
Book

IRL

Finding Realness, Meaning, and Belonging in Our Digital Lives
Chris Stedman
Broadleaf Books, 2020
8 Article

Very Online

Five journalists on covering the internet in search of meaning, not viral trends
Karen Maniraho
Columbia Journalism Review, 2022