A multi-author discussion of the creative industries in the digital age
Data is frightening, especially Big Data, and when you realize how it is used by so many…that’s the worst. However, there are not enough queries regarding whether or not it has to be this way. There is a constant identification of problems with little follow up. Are we bound to let ethical data usage slip […]
It’s not everyday that I will make a connection between two, overtly different, conceptual disciplines. However, technocratic normalization has come up in both my Medical Anthropology class and the most recent book I have read, We Are Data by John Cheney-Lippold. So, let me begin with a brief description of what Medical Anthropology refers to […]
Every person is more than just who they are — deep inside, each one of us is made up of potential that determines who we could be. This potential can be understood as all the possibilities we could be given our inner code which is comprised of all of the data that defines us. In other words, […]
As many know, we are now living in an incredibly crucial point in time due to the drastic advancements in digital technologies that are taking place. With the invention of the internet in the 90s, our society has gradually become more informed and well-connected than it has ever been in the past. That being said, […]
“Who we are is composed of an almost innumerable collection of interpretive layers, of hundreds of different companies and agencies identifying us in thousands of competing ways.” John Cheney-Lippold John Cheney-Lippold’s book We Are Data: Algorithms and The Making of Our Digital Selves unpacks the transformation of data and algorithms, as well as how data […]
Recently in Rhode Island, 2 state legislators introduced a bill that would block “offensive material” online, in particular pornography, to all Rhode Island residents by default. Residents would have to pay a one time fee of $20 and put their name on a list to unblock all this material. I had a big issue with that, […]
Who are you, really? That is the question that you might expect from someone else, or even yourself, but you probably wouldn’t expect the data mining algorithms in your devices to do so. It’s easy to forget that every step we take online leaves a digital footprint — Google searches, video shares, social media logins. […]
I have been in a long distance relationship for more than 4 years. Whenever someone asks how I do it, my first and only answer would be: “Thanks to technology”. It is true that the affordances of technology have blurred the physical distance: I could easily pick up my phone and Facetime, or Skype, or […]
