Tag Archives: Facebook

The Death of the Author (Long Live the Commenter!)

Written by Freyja Gallagher. Filed under Digital Culture, Meta Zeitgeist, Nerd Stuff. Tagged , , , , . No comments.
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The barriers to authorship are lower than ever — anyone can expound at length for free on any number of public platforms, and if you’re not the long-winded sort, microblogging pushes word-count pressure in the opposite direction. What I am finding very interesting at the … Read More

The Social Network: Will You Unfriend Mark Zuckerberg after Seeing this Movie?

Written by Tammy Oler. Filed under Digital Culture, Pop Culture. Tagged , , , , , , . No comments.

If you’ve been to the movies in the past few weeks, chances are good that you’ve seen this trailer for The Social Network, the upcoming film about the very fraught beginnings of Facebook, penned by Aaron Sorkin and directed by David Fincher. The Social Network … Read More