Cassidy Mcgovern

[Cassidy Mcgovern @cmcgovern2450]

@CUComm3200 The article on fashion blogging is interesting after reading about "plandids" last week, as it sounds like maybe plandids gained popularity because they were a convenient way for fashion bloggers to seem effortless

[Cassidy Mcgovern @cmcgovern2450]

@CUComm3200 The Gritters article makes me wonder about comparing Instagram Influencing to other forms of labor that, even if paid, are psychologically taxing because they require the worker to maintain a static, sunny image of themselves that may not always be accurate

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@CUComm3200 The Fumo article reminds me of social shaping of tech theory - when users decided they wanted to curate a certain aesthetic on Instagram, creators of the app added the "archive" option to cater to the desires of users

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@CUComm3200 I learned from my interviews that people often misconceive the dangers of sharing online and do not know that their privacy is being invaded by private corporations, not just other users of the web

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@CUComm3200 Sounds like Sherry Turkle is feeding in to a #moralpanic when she quotes a young person saying wistfully that they wish they knew how to have a conversation

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@CUComm3200 The Duffy and Chan paper reminded me of the paper on respectability politics we'd read earlier in the semester. I wonder if some of Duffy's participants were participating in respectability politics when they changed their actions based on imagined surveillance

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@CUComm3200 O'Donavon's piece on self-monitoring in the workplace discusses a new technology which capitalizes on the idea that individuals might actually like to engage in participatory surveillance

[Cassidy Mcgovern @cmcgovern2450]

@CUComm3200 Albrechtslund's concept of "participatory surveillance" complicates the definition and purpose of networked media as it makes us reconsider the purpose of voluntary content sharing with our friends and family

[Cassidy Mcgovern @cmcgovern2450]

@CUComm3200 I think Dewey's claim that people who post selfies on Facebook are "laborers" is unconvincing, but I am interested in the concept of compensating Reddit moderators and Wikipedia authors, as what they are doing sits better in my mind as "labor"

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@CUComm3200 While Gladwell was a little dismissive of social change organized by weak ties, Stone draws upon evidence from the very same social movements as Gladwell but argues that they are just as important and effective as strong-tie activism

[Cassidy Mcgovern @cmcgovern2450]

@CUComm3200 Radovanovic's piece on digital divides seems dated, as 8 years later technology is becoming increasingly more affordable and accessible, at least in the U.S.

[Cassidy Mcgovern @cmcgovern2450]

@cucomm3200 saying Facebook is more government than platform reminds me of something Kara Swisher said in a podcast: that platforms are like cities, and instead of establishing laws, signage, etc., there is a "purge" every night (that's content moderation)

[Cassidy Mcgovern @cmcgovern2450]

@CUComm3200 I think it's interesting that Zuckerberg built Facebook with the idea in mind that managing contexts and identities indicates a lack of integrity.

[Cassidy Mcgovern @cmcgovern2450]

@CUComm3200 The "war on science" narrative likely plays dangerously with Facebook's Newsfeed algorithm, which places value on aggressive and provocative stories, to create attention-grabbing headlines while further polarizing political parties

[Cassidy Mcgovern @cmcgovern2450]

@CUComm3200 The Pitcan et al paper explored interesting combative methods to context collapse in order to perform respectability politics on social media, and history of racism and sexism that is embedded in those methods

[Cassidy Mcgovern @cmcgovern2450]

@CUComm3200 The Noble piece brings up some very poignant examples of racism in algorithms but I'd be curious to read more of the book to find out what solutions Noble proposes to mitigate these problems

[Cassidy Mcgovern @cmcgovern2450]

@CUComm3200 The different SNS platforms help LGBTQ identifying individuals build multiple identities based on the audiences as well as the affordances of the platform

[Cassidy Mcgovern @cmcgovern2450]

@CUComm3200 interesting to read Dreyfus article when I think Gillespie's pieces complicate her arguments for moderation. Some harassment is obvious but I image there are some complicated instances that might be at the border of free speech and harassment/abuse

[Cassidy Mcgovern @cmcgovern2450]

@CUComm3200 How can platforms respect vastly differing cultural norms while performing content moderation?

[Cassidy Mcgovern @cmcgovern2450]

@CUComm3200 the bit in the Cohen article about the lack of benefits (like insurance) entrepreneurial journalists receive reminds me of our class discussion about content creators like moms scrapbooking as laborers - what benefits should these atypical laborers receive and how?