Z Palomares

[Z Palomares @_goldenzeus_]

change is happening though, as evidenced by the backlash to the meme Takei reposted and the growing field of disability studies. (3/3).

[Z Palomares @_goldenzeus_]

@EmergingSocial1 #CO575 In this week's reading, one of the main themes that stuck out to me was Weber's interpretive sociology theory. We tend to make meaning out of most images we see whether consciously or not. Oftentimes, it seems that the meaning we make of images is (1/3)

[Z Palomares @_goldenzeus_]

heavily influenced by dominant ideologies, including heteronormativity or ableism. Although social media offers us the chance to challenge these ideologies, as a society thus far we seem–unfortunately–more likely to reproduce them. Slowly but surely, I do feel like (2/3)

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I haven’t heard of much progress being made on either front. It’s really disappointing to continuously read about how tech can be used for malevolent reasons and how little is being done to prevent this. (3/3)

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@EmergingSocial1 #CO575 This week’s reading was about deepfakes and, more broadly, the increasing manipulation of all kinds of media. The article highlights that although there’s attention on political deepfakes and deepfakes that target women (such as the DeepNude app) (1/3)

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now, the same technology can easily be used to continue the harassment and mistreatment of minority and vulnerable populations. The article ends by calling for counter-measures as well as regulation. It was written in 2019, and unfortunately,(2/3)

[Z Palomares @_goldenzeus_]

it seems that we still have a long ways to go when it comes to proper representation in tech (and social media specifically). White as the default continues to be an obstacle companies need to overcome (4/4).

[Z Palomares @_goldenzeus_]

@EmergingSocial1 #CO575 I found a common thread through our three assigned readings for the week: that the default is white. Black Lives Matter is Black Lives Matter and not All Lives Matter because in so many ways "All" is connotated as "white". (1/4)

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The readings remind me of the story about AI and facial recognition--how facial recognition tech is biased against POC because of data its being fed and essentially because that data is largely of white subjects. Unfortunately then, (3/4)

[Z Palomares @_goldenzeus_]

definitely occurs more over text messaging or in person. If a close friend and I only send Instagram reactions or share memes for an extended period of time I tend to get the sense something is going on. Did anyone else relate to polymedia theory? (4/4)

[Z Palomares @_goldenzeus_]

@EmergingSocial1 #co575 One of the ideas introduced in this week’s reading was that of polymedia theory. Polymedia theory “holds that individuals place great meaning on which media are used to communicate what, and make judgements on how media are being employed in the (1/4)

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as a message received through the Messages app.And if I get a call I can safely assume the message is something urgent, sensitive, or otherwise important. Additionally, I tend to use Instagram DMs to maintain relationships but relationship growth (3/4)

[Z Palomares @_goldenzeus_]

One question I’m asking is: is this variety of narratives only happening because of social media? (7/7)

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@EmergingSocial1 #CO575 This week was fun! I really enjoyed all the content and wanted to relate our reading to some of the trending topics we heard about from Elise. In “Digital Identity in the Network Society”, Kidd (2017) introduces Wilchins’ Queer Theory & writes (1/7)

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This last view is something people have also been saying about Lil Nas X, as Elise mentioned. I think that both Euphoria and Lil Nas X are revealing a key feature of Queer Theory–“embrace of multiple and conflicting local narratives”--in popular culture. (6/7)