Digital Culture by Diva Mukherji https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture en-us 2018-01-17 14:08:02 UTC 2024-06-01 18:57:16 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Rocket.png diva_mukherji https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/222078205 2018-01-17 14:42:03 UTC https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/222078205 diva_mukherji https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/227736589 2018-02-03 11:43:33 UTC https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/227736589 diva_mukherji https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/229161336 2018-02-07 15:58:10 UTC https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/229161336 diva_mukherji https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/229678372 twitter aka one of the most popular apps in the world has only JUST made a profit?!??]]> 2018-02-08 16:48:52 UTC https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/229678372 diva_mukherji https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/230367152 the idea of cgi models is definitely bizarre - but the photographer who "created" her is white? this seems very inappropriate, especially in their descriptions/explanations? there's definitely a wider conversation to be had about how white creatives capitalize on blackness, and use it for their own benefit/fame]]> 2018-02-11 14:48:59 UTC https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/230367152 diva_mukherji https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/231426572 what is with our generations weird sense of nostalgia!!
nostalgia is the longing for a past which seems less overwhelming/stressful, more innocent etc etc
are young people now turning to nostalgic media bc we have no other control? we're not yearning for the specific time of 10yrs ago, but a time where we didn't have to constantly worry about everything?]]> 2018-02-14 10:49:04 UTC https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/231426572 diva_mukherji https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/231656183 -jeff bezos owns amazon
-jeff bezos owns the washington post
~what does this say about digital businesses taking up the market over independent booksellers?]]> 2018-02-14 18:46:00 UTC https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/231656183 diva_mukherji https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/233893480 2018-02-21 18:06:22 UTC https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/233893480 diva_mukherji https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/234637610 politics embedded into tech! and therefore "unquestionable", bc tech is logical/science and that is objective! but it's not!!

]]> 2018-02-23 11:24:22 UTC https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/234637610 diva_mukherji https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/234638296 Hans Ulrich Obrist interviews Ethereum (a cryptocurrency) founder, Vitalik Buterin]]> 2018-02-23 11:27:35 UTC https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/234638296 diva_mukherji https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/234638659 ALGORITHMS DETERMINING VISIBILITY/POLITICS]]> 2018-02-23 11:29:15 UTC https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/234638659 diva_mukherji https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/242882119 rihanna using social media to ruin a social media

]]> 2018-03-16 15:43:31 UTC https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/242882119 diva_mukherji https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/244653267 AHHHHHHHH]]> 2018-03-21 17:25:02 UTC https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/244653267 diva_mukherji https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/244662492 who is responsible? uber? the engineers? the woman who died? how does this situation get tried in court - or is it just chalked up to an "error"? ]]> 2018-03-21 17:38:44 UTC https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/244662492 diva_mukherji https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/244667639 labour spending more than the tories on snapchat!! which makes sense, because snapchat is associated with the YOUTH and the tories need not even bother]]> 2018-03-21 17:46:01 UTC https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/244667639 diva_mukherji https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/244691038 2018-03-21 18:21:54 UTC https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/244691038 diva_mukherji https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/244905198 until 2014 FB was ALLOWED to mine our data and give it to third-party companies so we're willingly handing over all of our personal info! outside of politics, how are advertising/pharma/other companies using our data, which they are now? for trump, we can say "this was used to sway the election" but the argument that ads make us more likely to buy x which may be bad for us CAN BE TWISTED as a "correlation not causation" WHICH WOULD DISCREDIT HOW TERRIBLE IT ALL IS BUT IT IS]]> 2018-03-22 10:22:01 UTC https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/244905198 diva_mukherji https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/244906448 a fun example of FB manipulating what we see FOR THEIR OWN RESEARCH, WITHOUT ANY CONSENT FROM PARTICIPANTS]]> 2018-03-22 10:25:56 UTC https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/244906448 diva_mukherji https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/245471278 this is so odd lol]]> 2018-03-23 14:10:10 UTC https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/245471278 diva_mukherji https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/245734156 "Silicon Valley is populated by cutthroat capitalists working to remake society in their own image — what could be more Trump?"
Consider how: much of silicon valley/tech companies are based on capitalism, and what extend they'd go to to promote/cement those values in society? i.e. voting for/supporting trump (or other capitalists w political power)]]> 2018-03-24 14:49:52 UTC https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/245734156 diva_mukherji https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/245734769 2018-03-24 14:56:17 UTC https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/245734769 diva_mukherji https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/246019423 " This new form of information capitalism aims to predict and modify human behavior as a means to produce revenue and market control. "]]> 2018-03-26 11:37:58 UTC https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/246019423 diva_mukherji https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/247677783 - govt and tech companies colluding to influence elections?

- tech companies using privacy regs/data mining/algorithms to determine political outcomes? (effect of big data on politics)

**how surveillance capitalism (aka all capitalisms) inherently produce discrimination, but how that is disguised by "scientific accuracy" that algorithms seem to have but its a lie]]> 2018-04-01 16:10:40 UTC https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/247677783 https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/248089771 WHAT can the public/an individual do in response to this - an effective way of change is always protesting, but would this hypothetical protest get the reach it'd need to even potentially make a change (i.e. 100k+ people)
this is the most worrying part - what can an individual do? deleting facebook does nothing? not to mention, it is still a small elite group of people who are even aware of the issue, and can follow the story! the overall murkiness prevents a strong response - therefore, does it rely on the state to protect us and be stronger in enforcing policy? (yes, in my opinion BUT that would require states to like its people more than it likes capitalism which is a tough sell)]]> 2018-04-03 12:55:36 UTC https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/248089771 diva_mukherji https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/248093959 "allowing misuse-related considerations to influence research priorities and norms, and proactively reaching out to relevant actors when harmful applications are foreseeable"

WE NEED TO CRITICALLY CONSIDER ~WHO IS PRODUCING AI ~WHY THEY ARE
in western countries if its by governments, its most likely for military services
for multinational corps, its probably to increase advertising revenue

AI is anyways so expensive WHO holds these resources and HOW to we limit the potential misuse of this kind of tech!]]> 2018-04-03 13:05:07 UTC https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/248093959 diva_mukherji https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/248114872 why does ""fake news"" exist? because clicks!!

"Social media has exacerbated and monetized fake news but the source of the problem is advertising-subsidized journalism... So long as our attention is up for sale, people with all sorts of motives will pay top dollar."]]> 2018-04-03 13:48:14 UTC https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/248114872 diva_mukherji https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/248807246 so not only is it generally wild that people can steal that much money online, but also how it strengthens the idea of being "good at tech" as the ultimate ideal; ]]> 2018-04-05 10:30:32 UTC https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/248807246 diva_mukherji https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/248808147 YES MEMES ARE CHANGING THE WAY WE INTERACT WITH THE WORLD! THE PARTICIPATORY NATURE OF THEM ENGAGES YOUNG PPL WHO ARE DISILLUSIONED WITH THE WORLD BC IT IS U S WHO IS CREATING THE CONTENT, NOT MNCS!! GOVERNMENTS CAN'T KEEP UP WITH HOW EFFECTIVE MEMES ARE!!
also: this form of production is not something most "milennials" will feasibly be able to do in their jobs!!]]> 2018-04-05 10:34:00 UTC https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/248808147 diva_mukherji https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/248921670 ***read]]> 2018-04-05 15:31:24 UTC https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/248921670 diva_mukherji https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/248922513 "We don’t have a technology problem, we have a social problem."
but also social problems are becoming increasingly exacerbated by tech (see: INEQUALITIES) and also tech companies are in the hands of capitalists s o what we need to have is a socialist tech revolution? (i like this idea)]]> 2018-04-05 15:33:09 UTC https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/248922513 diva_mukherji https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/249204836 when are we gonna highlight THIS IMPACT OF THE TECH AGE]]> 2018-04-06 13:06:52 UTC https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/249204836 diva_mukherji https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/250351827 2018-04-10 16:07:05 UTC https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/250351827 diva_mukherji https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/250401228 2018-04-10 17:36:16 UTC https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/250401228 diva_mukherji https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/251030197 workers were fired for trying to unionize?!?!?? and weren't allowed to use SLACK??
~ think: tech restrictions/dominance imposed by management: this literally controls what we see/how we think
~ "there are no real defined rules." tech companies SEEM very cool and chill about workers bc they have board games in the office but clearly there are rules but workers are given no benefit of the doubt if ""broken"". WHO IS MAKING THE RULES IF THERE'S NO UNION, WHO IS SUPPORTING THE WORKERS]]> 2018-04-12 07:50:13 UTC https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/251030197 diva_mukherji https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/251197104 WHOOOO CAN WE TRUST? ANSWER: NOT LAWMAKERS WHO ARE ANTI-STRONG ONLINE PRIVACY LAWS
Q: who chose the panel? what is the ulterior motive here? given how unimpressive and lite the questions have been, what's the real point here? so the zucc can be like "but they cleared me"???]]> 2018-04-12 15:13:51 UTC https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/251197104 diva_mukherji https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/251471606 "Amazon isn't evil, it's just very good at capitalism...Who designs the technologies that shape our social relationships? How does the value generated through consumers’, workers’, and owner activities get distributed? How do we change the algorithms and logistics processes that clearly do not serve the majority of us? "]]> 2018-04-13 09:20:34 UTC https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/251471606 diva_mukherji https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/251774798 all of this is bizarre and weird but what about the bit that is like "when ur taxi driver tells u to buy, u should sell" WEIRD forms of hierarchies there and VERY MUCH BASED on profit maximization don't think i like that]]> 2018-04-14 09:23:08 UTC https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/251774798 diva_mukherji https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/251775184 okay i'm always skeptical of people being like "oh there's no more alternative culture anymore" but AS JOHN WATERS SAID (in ref to their outfits but) doesn't the new alt culture include hackers? like v much based on the same anti-corporate stance, but they just don't SEEM as cool/edgy??]]> 2018-04-14 09:28:09 UTC https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/251775184 diva_mukherji https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/251778559 soooo much of tech is publicly funded yet so many tech companies LOVE NOT PAYING THEIR TAXES
~also, people put tech dudes like steve jobs on pedestals tho they ARE publicly funded but no we will just glamorize this one dude and perpetuate the idea that one person is out here changing the world (what about COLLECTIVISM)]]> 2018-04-14 10:06:52 UTC https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/251778559 diva_mukherji https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/251783215 2018-04-14 11:20:45 UTC https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/251783215 diva_mukherji https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/251802135 2018-04-14 15:41:12 UTC https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/251802135 diva_mukherji https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/251802555 2018-04-14 15:46:24 UTC https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/251802555 diva_mukherji https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/251802664 2018-04-14 15:47:48 UTC https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/251802664 diva_mukherji https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/251805950 ~who decides what can be "forgotten"? i.e. the millions of poc who are criminalized for random things WILL THEIR PAST BE FORGOTTEN? see: cultural ideas of who is "dangerous"]]> 2018-04-14 16:26:24 UTC https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/251805950 diva_mukherji https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/251890033 2018-04-15 14:35:54 UTC https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/251890033 diva_mukherji https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/252222877 2018-04-16 16:12:21 UTC https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/252222877 diva_mukherji https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/252236719 2018-04-16 16:41:40 UTC https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/252236719 diva_mukherji https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/252236949 2018-04-16 16:42:09 UTC https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/252236949 diva_mukherji https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/252239421 2018-04-16 16:46:47 UTC https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/252239421 diva_mukherji https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/252240008 2018-04-16 16:47:58 UTC https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/252240008 diva_mukherji https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/254408088 "If I’m not paying for Facebook, am I the product?


No. Our product is social media"

]]> 2018-04-23 14:13:15 UTC https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/254408088 diva_mukherji https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/254770638 2018-04-24 11:51:49 UTC https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/254770638 diva_mukherji https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/255121870 2018-04-25 07:49:40 UTC https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/255121870 diva_mukherji https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/255405287 this is MESSED UP??? france is developing a whatsapp rival BECAUSE whatsapp encrypts its messages so it cant spy on officials/the public? WHAT]]> 2018-04-25 19:05:44 UTC https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/255405287 diva_mukherji https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/255408651 I'VE BEEN PWNED]]> 2018-04-25 19:13:34 UTC https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/255408651 diva_mukherji https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/255409508 wow the clearest example of surveillance capitalism manifesting! companies using cookies to increase pricing!]]> 2018-04-25 19:15:52 UTC https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/255409508 diva_mukherji https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/255418451 THIS IS A TERRIFYING SERVICE: IT KNOWS WHERE I HAVE BEEN LITERALLY SINCE 2014; WE CONSENT TO THIS; INCREDIBLY IRONIC PHRASING WHEN YOU TRY ACCESSING]]> 2018-04-25 19:40:38 UTC https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/255418451 diva_mukherji https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/255437139 2018-04-25 20:42:20 UTC https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/255437139 diva_mukherji https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/255526751 2018-04-26 07:00:32 UTC https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/255526751 diva_mukherji https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/255530347 2018-04-26 07:19:25 UTC https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/255530347 diva_mukherji https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/255532598 2018-04-26 07:30:00 UTC https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/255532598 diva_mukherji https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/255563413 2018-04-26 09:54:11 UTC https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/255563413 diva_mukherji https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/255563692 2018-04-26 09:55:39 UTC https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/255563692 diva_mukherji https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/257431408 geeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeez]]> 2018-05-02 19:53:04 UTC https://padlet.com/diva_mukherji/digitalculture/wish/257431408