Recent Posts
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Master's thesis by Jason Lipshin S.M., Comparative Media Studies, 2014
Keywords: computation, HCI, human computer interaction, media studies, network design, ubicomp, ubiquitous computingNetwork Design: A Theory of Scale for Ubiquitous Computing
The operation of ubiquitous computing networks at three scales: the body scale, the architectural scale and the urban scale.
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Master's thesis by Lingyuxiu Zhong S.M., Comparative Media Studies, 2014
Keywords: consumerism, consumption, imagination, Pinterest, play, sociology, technologyMy Pins Are My Dreams: Pinterest, Collective Daydreams, and the Aspirational Gap
The socially-networked nature of Pinterest allows a new type of malleable, global and taste-based community to develop that can engage in collective imaginative play.
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Building a Better Chat Room
Chat rooms can be highly toxic. How about new features that might encourage vibrant, participatory, and civil communities around chat rooms?
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Tom Levenson on science, religion, and the Thirty Meter Telescope
“The dispute over the Thirty Meter Telescope has been framed as the latest skirmish in the long-running campaign pitting science against religion. That’s a mistake.”
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Podcast and summary, Danielle Keats Citron and Brianna Wu: “Hate Crimes In Cyberspace”
What legal routes are available to people facing online harassment, and what policies might need to be changed to better address this issue?




