Archive: 2013
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UAVs in Disaster Response
Much of the discourse surrounding Unmanned Aerial Vehicles has been centered on their function in the military, but their public safety applications have been receiving attention recently as well. So
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Is Online Lurking So Bad?
I am an online lurker. I regularly browse certain websites with active communities but I don’t comment about how the articles or conversations have affected my thinking. While looking at a friend’s
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English in a Social, Mobile World; Evolution or Devolution?
American society’s shift into a text-based communication environment has roused concerns about the integrity of the English language as it adapts to new contexts for exchange. Purists argue that the p
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Google Field Trip and the Evolution of Urbanism
Google Field Trip is the ninth application approved for use on Google Glass’ Explorer edition. Field Trip takes its cues from a line of augmented reality applications already developed by museums and
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Tragedy, Social Networking, and Online Collaboration
Our experiences of large-scale tragedies are somewhat different in the information age than they were previously. The recent Boston Marathon bombing and the subsequent manhunt are the most recent exa
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On Piracy and the Need for Innovation
We are all familiar with the public appeals of the entertainment industries against piracy. American entertainment industries often argue that they are suffering from a loss of needed revenue as a di
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Insects and Technology
“Anything can be captured as an instrument and technology,” according to Jussi Parikka, who attempts in Insect Media: An Archaeology of Animals and Technology to “deterritorialize” technology from it
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7 Years of Twitter: The Potential Power of the Many as Watchdog
Twitter recently had its 7th anniversary. Most of the reflection on Twitter’s impact on the political world has focused on its ability to engender or enhance scandals, such as Anthony Weiner’s provoca
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Facebook Privacy in the Age of Graph Search
Facebook’s Graph Search extends longstanding debates on Facebook privacy. According to Zoller (2013), “Graph Search allows users to search from the Facebook platform rather than the wider web, which
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The Lost Culture
[caption id="attachment_6842" align="aligncenter" width="460"] Image thanks to Meja Shoba[/caption] There’s a lot of work being done to try and preserve disappearing cultures. The United Nations Educa
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