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Social & Psychological Effects of Communication Technology

COMM 298 / 398 Fall 2021

Category: Week 13

11/18 Facebook Papers NPR – Bridget Hall

November 18, 2021 beh222Entries

In NPR’s coverage of the Facebook papers from October 25, 2021 Rachel Martin, host of the podcast, speaks with Tory Newmeyer, from The Washington Post. During the pair’s conversation, Tory explains that a whistleblower from[…]

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Max Fern – The Facebook Papers: Politico (11/18)

November 18, 2021November 18, 2021 mgf222Entries

Politico has an entire section on their website for coverage related to The Facebook Papers, including twelve articles produced over one week from October 25th to November 2nd. The first few reports delve into the[…]

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Kate Brady- Facebook Files, CNN

November 18, 2021 kkb222Week 13

When taking a deep dive into CNN’s coverage of the Facebook files, they talked about Facebook’s role in enabling the spread of misinformation and the fallout. One article talked about how Facebook is particularly weak[…]

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11/18: Frances Haugen’s Testimony – Falyn Goldstein

November 18, 2021November 18, 2021 fmg222Entries

In Frances Haugen’s Facebook testimonial before the Senate Commerce Committee, she claimed that Facebook harms children and weakens democracy. She stated that originally she joined Facebook because she believed that Facebook had the “potential to[…]

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11/18 Reports by CNBC and CBS on the Facebook Papers – Deirdre Kelshaw

November 18, 2021 Deirdre KelshawEntries

Reporting on the Facebook Papers, internal company files made public by whistleblower and former Facebook product manager Frances Haugen, CBS and CNBC collectively describe the internal concerns regarding Facebook’s responsibility in controlling the dangerous content[…]

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11/18 FaceBook Papers – The Washington Post – Leah Montgomery

November 18, 2021 lmm222Entries

In the Facebook Paper published by the Washington Post, The newspaper discusses the new discoveries and repercussions triggered by whistleblower Frances Haugen, a former Facebook product manager. This group of articles discusses and analyzes the[…]

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11/18 The Financial Times/Fox Business Papers – Cherry

November 18, 2021 xiq222Entries

For Fox news, there were video clips discussed the event. People who work for Facebook felt unset about the company, but Facebook denied these charges. Both of articles mentioned Facebook’s stance, that “We’re a business[…]

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Facebook Papers, NYT coverage: Talia Feinberg

November 18, 2021 tbf223Entries

In “Facebook Wrestles With the Features it Used to Define Social Networking” the author goes into detail on an experiment in which the like button was removed from the platform. This was done to test[…]

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Associated Press Coverage of the Facebook Papers – Alana Bonfiglio 11/18

November 17, 2021 Alana BonfiglioEntries

In the first Associated Press article addressing the Facebook papers, Amid the Capital Riot, Facebook faced its own insurrection, Alan Suderman and Joshua Goodman show that Facebook missed critical signs of the planning of the[…]

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11/18 – Mark Zuckerberg’s Response

November 17, 2021 Megan QuigleyEntries

In a series of articles and social media posts, Mark Zuckerberg’s responses to the Facebook Papers were shown, described, and analyzed. Zuckerbeg argues the interpretation of Facebook’s internal documents are not a true reflection of[…]

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11/18 – The Atlantic’s Facebook Papers: ‘History Will Not Judge Us Kindly’ – Grayson Begier

November 17, 2021 gbb222Entries

In The Atlantic’s article, Facebook Papers: ‘History Will Not Judge Us Kindly,’ LaFrance discusses the events leading up to January 6th and the influence of Facebook over the span of the presidential election. LaFrance said[…]

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Zach Coriarty 11/18 Twitter Thread Critique

November 17, 2021 zac222Entries

This twitter thread takes a perspective that is more kind to Facebook than many other headlines and makes an argument for their actions. It was written by Nir Eyal and retweeted(how i found it) by[…]

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11/18- Wall Street Journal/Wired Facebook Papers- Julia Duchossois

November 17, 2021 jud222Entries

In the Wall Street Journal and Wired’s investigation and of the Facebook files, the authors argue that despite the company’s knowledge of the internal issues, the platform continues to harm and exploit users with the[…]

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11/16 – The Daily We: Is the Internet really a blessing for democracy? – Grayson Begier

November 16, 2021 gbb222Entries

In The Daily We: Is the Internet really a blessing for democracy?, Sunstein asks the question “is the Internet a wonderful development for democracy?” He argues both views by saying yes, you can find loads[…]

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Breaking the Filter Bubble- Caleigh Avramis/ 11/16

November 16, 2021 cla222Entries

In the article, “Breaking the filter bubble: democracy and design”, the authors describe how social networking platforms have decreased information diversity due to algorithm used by search engines. Essentially, although humans have unlimited access to[…]

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11/16 “Is the Internet really a blessing for democracy?” – Andreas Tsiaras

November 16, 2021 aat222Entries

In The Daily We’s article “Is the Internet really a blessing for democracy?”  Cass Sunstein discusses how the accessibility of certain media has now changed due to the implementation of filters, letting users pick content[…]

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Kate Brady- “Breaking the filter bubble: democracy and design”

November 16, 2021 kkb222Week 13

“Breaking the filter bubble: democracy and design” sheds some light on the issue of misinformation that is plaguing the country today. According to the article, despite more access to information than ever on the internet,[…]

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11/16 “Information Technology, Its Impact on Society and Its Future” – by Bridget Hall

November 16, 2021 beh222Entries

In Information Technology, Its Impact on Society and Its Future, Sararmay Deb outlines the various ways that Information Technology has impacted society, both the good and the bad.  When recalling the various benefits that IT[…]

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The Personalization of Politics: Political Identity, Social Media, and Changing Patterns of Participation – Alana Bonfiglio 11/16

November 15, 2021 Alana BonfiglioEntries

In The Personalization of Politics: Political Identity, Social Media, and Changing Patterns of Participation, Lance Bennett argues that social media and communication technology have created a shift from the identity politics of the mid-twentieth century[…]

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11/16 Conceptualizing the Self: A Critical Analysis of the Self as a Discursive Trend in Human-Computer Interaction Research – Cherry

November 15, 2021 xiq222Entries

In Conceptualizing the Self: A Critical Analysis of the Self as a Discursive Trend in Human-Computer Interaction Research, Hunrik Ahman described and analyzed the assumptions regarding the human as the self that informs HCI research.[…]

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11/16: ‘I Made Steve Bannon’s Psychological Warfare Tool’ – Falyn Goldstein

November 15, 2021 fmg222Entries

In Cadwaadr’s ‘I Made Steve Bannon’s Psychological Warfare Tool’: Meet the Data War Whistleblower, Christopher Wylie is introduced and his story is explained from childhood to present day.  Christopher Wylie, now 27 years old, was[…]

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11/16 The Daily We: Is the Internet Really a Blessing for Democracy – Leah Montgomery

November 15, 2021 lmm222Entries

In The Daily We: Is the Internet Really a Blessing for Democracy, Sunstein discusses the ways in which the Internet and the way users utilize it can be a blessing and a curse. Though the[…]

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Max Fern – The Personalization of Politics (11/16)

November 15, 2021 mgf222Entries

In “The Personalization of Politics: Political Identity, Social Media, and Changing Patterns of Participation,” W. Lance Bennett proposes a framework for understanding the large-scale collective action that, typically, is coordinated through social media. He argues[…]

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11/16 – Information Technology, Its Impact on Society and Its Future

November 15, 2021 Megan QuigleyEntries

In Information Technology, Its Impact on Society and Its Future, Sagarmay Deb shows how information technology (IT) has revolutionized our society in terms of communications, information gathering, working, educating, and more. Specifically, Deb shows how[…]

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Information Technology, Its Impact on Society and Its Future 11/16 Talia Feinberg

November 15, 2021 tbf223Entries

In this reading, the current positive and negative impacts, as well as anticipated impacts of information technology are analyzed. Obviously, with the development of technology comes greater access to information regarding all kinds of things;[…]

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11/16 Zach Coriarty “I made Steve Bannon’s psychological warfare tool”: Meet the data war whistleblower

November 15, 2021 zac222Entries

In “I made Steve Bannon’s psychological warfare tool”: Meet the data war whistleblower, Cadwalladr outlines the process by which different people and companies, including Cambridge Analytics and Christopher Wylie, were able to leverage Facebook data[…]

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11/16 – “’I made Steve Bannon’s psychological warfare tool’: Meet the data war whistleblower” Deirdre Kelshaw

November 14, 2021 Deirdre KelshawEntries

In “’I made Steve Bannon’s psychological warfare tool’: Meet the data war whistleblower” the author talks with Christopher Wylie, a former employee of Cambridge Analytica, who goes on record to speak about his role in[…]

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11/16- Is the internet really a blessing for democracy?-Julia Duchossois

November 14, 2021 jud222Entries

In Is the internet really a blessing for democracy, Cass Sunstein argues that the ability for users to filter their experiences online poses a threat to democracy because by allowing users to choose exactly what[…]

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