Victor Loux — bookmarks tagged “media”

We were never supposed to see our own faces this much

dazeddigital.com/beauty/article/60860/1/we-were-never-supposed-to-see-our-faces-this-much-social-media-zoom

From mirrors to Zoom calls and TikToks, we are constantly faced with our own reflections – and it is completely changing the way we conceive of ourselves

Critical thinking is great, but in a world full of information we need to learn 'critical ignoring'

weforum.org/agenda/2023/02/critical-thinking-ignoring-brain/

Critical thinking helps us to evaluate the information we come across, but it may not be enough in a digital world that contains more information than the world’s libraries combined.

Opinion | I Didn’t Want It to Be True, but the Medium Really Is the Message - The New York Times

nytimes.com/2022/08/07/opinion/media-message-twitter-instagram.html

how to stop being "terminally online" | nights's blog

nights.bearblog.dev/how-to-stop-being-terminally-online/

has something being present on social media (a frequently talked about movie, author, or political viewpoint, for example) ever made you come to the conclusion that it is just as present in "real life"? is this actually true?

Gell-Mann Amnesia - Epsilon Theory

epsilontheory.com/gell-mann-amnesia/

We’re not the good guys: Osaka shows up problems of press conferences | Naomi Osaka | The Guardian

theguardian.com/sport/blog/2021/may/31/were-not-the-good-guys-osaka-shows-up-problems-of-press-conferences

A Case Against the Peeping Tom Theory of Privacy | WIRED

wired.com/story/against-peeping-tom-theory-of-privacy/

Yes, it's creepy when companies can track your every move. But that's not the only problem.

Media Manipulation Casebook

mediamanipulation.org/

The Truth Is Paywalled But The Lies Are Free ❧ Current Affairs

currentaffairs.org/2020/08/the-truth-is-paywalled-but-the-lies-are-free/

<p>The political economy of bullshit.</p>

Slate Star Codex and Silicon Valley’s War Against the Media | The New Yorker

newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-inquiry/slate-star-codex-and-silicon-valleys-war-against-the-media

The Last Psychiatrist: The Nature Of The Grift

thelastpsychiatrist.com/2011/08/the_nature_of_the_grift.html

Are you really Facebook’s product? The history of a dangerous idea.

slate.com/technology/2018/04/are-you-really-facebooks-product-the-history-of-a-dangerous-idea.html

Moira Donegan: I Started the Media Men List

thecut.com/2018/01/moira-donegan-i-started-the-media-men-list.html

We Need to Talk About Digital Blackface in Reaction GIFs | Teen Vogue

teenvogue.com/story/digital-blackface-reaction-gifs

In this op-ed, Lauren Michele Jackson tackles the recurring use of black people as reaction GIFs and its implications in terms of broader “digital blackface.”

spatie/laravel-medialibrary: Associate files with Eloquent models

github.com/spatie/laravel-medialibrary

Medialibrary is a Laravel (5.4 and up) package that can associate all sorts of files with Eloquent models. It provides a simple, fluent API to work with.

pierredepaz/politics-of-code: Repository for the code, readings and resources for the Politics of Code class at NYU AD Fall 2016

github.com/pierredepaz/politics-of-code

This course is aimed at deconstructing the design and implementation of software as a political medium, such as Facebook’s timeline algorithm, city officials’ use of computer simulations to orchestrate urban life, blockchain-backed proof of ownership and algorithmic criminal assessment. Along with an introduction to political theory and media studies, coupled with an exploration of the underlying political impacts of those systems, students will work on several hands-on projects to o...