In this article Cass Sunstein, who was Head of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs under the Obama Administration, and is now a Harvard professor, writes about the dangers of the internet when it[…]
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Race, Gender, and Information Technology Use: The New Digital Divide, Jackson et al.
This research paper examined race and gender and how these two factors affect the intensity and the nature of information technology use and whether it can predict academic performance. Today, “digital divide”, refers to gap[…]
#Likeminded: BBC special series about the impact of social media on mental well-being
Video: How to Stay Happy and Healthy on Social Media Keep your phone out of your bedroom. Adjust what you see on your feed. Set some self imposed non-screen time. Tell people you are detoxing.[…]
Navigating a Social World with Robot Partners
Android robots are entering human social life and the people that are interacting with them are unlikely to be technical experts and more likely to approach these interactions casually and intuitively. Because of this, it[…]
Life In A Day Movie/Documentary
Life In A Day is a crowd sourced movie/ documentary comprised of thousands of clips sent in from people from over 139 countries. The clips follow the daily lives of people around the world on[…]
Black Mirror: Nosedive
This Black Mirror episode follows the main character, Lacie around in a world where people are completely engrossed in their mobile devices and rate every person they see based on their interaction with them on[…]
Chapter 1: Engineering Sociality in a Culture of Connectivity. The Culture of Connectivity, Jose Van Dijck
In this chapter of his book The Culture of Connectivity, Jose Van Dijck explores the technical, social, economic and cultural perspectives surrounding the rise of social media. When Web 2.0 first introduced social media, people[…]
Snapchat: Uses, Usability, and User Experience -Midterm Project
Introduction Ephemeral social media or social media content that lasts for a very short time, has become a prominent part of the social media ecosystem. Snapchat, one of the most popular social media apps, was[…]
Podcast- Snapchat: Uses, Usability, User Experience
Mclain Campbell Snapchat Podcast
Generation Robot- The Evolution of Human-Robot Interaction
This short video explores the country of Japan who is known for embracing technological innovation. In the video they visit Henn na Hotel which is the world’s first entirely robot staffed hotel. The owner he[…]