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Thursday, June 15, 2017

TorrentFreak

It’s not unusual for companies within the same area of business to collaborate in order to combat piracy. The studios and labels that form the MPAA and RIAA, for example, have doing just that for decades.

Today, however, an unprecedented number of global content creators and distribution platforms have announced the formation of a brand new coalition to collaboratively fight Internet piracy on a global scale.

Russia is targeting US military personnel with online propaganda

The Social Software Weblog

Russia is going to great lengths to undermine the US military by not just spying on it, but trying to influence its members, according to a report from Politico. Operatives have been friending soldiers and veterans on social media, posting on popular…

The future of Uber’s top execs is in turmoil

The Next Web by Abhimanyu Ghoshal

Although it’s now worth $70 billion, continually expanding across the globe and seeing revenues grow each quarter, Uber has plenty to worry about – and it started with a blog post. You might have heard about this before. Back in February, former engineer Susan Fowler published a post on her personal blog accusing her managers at Uber of sexist behavior in matters big and small. The post led to the company’s launch of an investigation into the claims, and the firing of several employees in connection with the case – as well as the departure of its president Jeff Jones.…

How violence in video games changes with the times

The Social Software Weblog

Violence is the default mechanic in the video-game world. But as video-game graphics become more realistic and virtual reality headsets make games more immersive, developers are taking greater care with the way they portray murder and gore.

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Wednesday, June 14, 2017

New photo from Facebook June 14, 2017 at 11:58AM

Bu arada Dubrovnik…via Reddit. via Facebook Pages http://ift.tt/1heKubC

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Monday, June 12, 2017

New photo from Facebook June 12, 2017 at 02:46PM

Dijital diplomasi. via Facebook Pages http://ift.tt/1heKubC

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I had my first PhD student graduate last week…

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Last week we had many thesis defenses in our PhD program in Communication Sciences and MA program in Media and Communication Systems. Some of my students whom I was the adviser, successfully defended their theses. Sedef Erdoğan Giovanelli is special for me because she was my very first PhD student and she successfully defended her thesis last week. Her dissertation title: “Culinary Heritage in Turkey Cultural Policy, Official Practice and Online Representation of Food Culture”

Moreover, Salma Abdel Halım (on my right), an MA student in Media and Communication Systems, defended her thesis on social media usage changes before and after the Arab Spring in Egypt.

Cenk Çakar, an MA student in Cultural Studies, successfully defended his thesis on public service ads.

Gülşah Görücü (on my right), another MA student in Cultural Studies, successfully defended her thesis on digital impact on independent music production in Turkey.

Yet another MA student in Media Studies, Cihat Ağırman, defended his thesis on TRT’s Arabic Channel as a propaganda medium. We were all tired to take a selfie!

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Sunday, June 11, 2017

New photo from Facebook June 11, 2017 at 06:52PM

18 yaşındaki Fransız Direniş savaşçısı Simone Segouin, 19 Ağustos 1944’te Paris’in kurtuluşu sırasında siper almışken. via Reddit. via Facebook Pages http://ift.tt/1heKubC

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Friday, June 9, 2017

#Cyberculture agenda: “The Future of Crisis Mapping…

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The Future of Crisis Mapping is Finally Here

iRevolution by Patrick Meier

In 2010, I had the opportunity to participate in the very first Disaster Response Working Group meeting held at Facebook. The digital humanitarian response to the tragic Haiti earthquake months earlier was the main point of discussion. Digital Humanitarians at the time had crowdsourced social media monitoring and satellite imagery analysis to create a unique set of crisis maps used by a range of responders. Humanitarian organizations to this day point to the Haiti response as a pivotal milestone in the history of crisis mapping. Today marks an equally important milestone thanks to three humanitarian groups and Facebook.

ACLU renews fight for net neutrality

The Next Web by Tristan Greene

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) announced that it would be renewing its fight for net neutrality. It will join forces with Amazon, Etsy, Mozilla, Kickstarter, Bittorrent, Reddit and dozens of other major companies for the ‘Battle For The Net‘ event on July 12th.

The Dark Side of Voting Technology

Project Syndicate by Dambisa Moyo

Technology is increasingly being proposed as a way to eliminate voting obstacles for the poor and increase turnout. But the efficacy of voting technology in boosting participation remains largely unproven; worse, implementing it on a large scale could end up undermining public policy.

Lawyers claim Trump can’t block his critics on Twitter

The Social Software Weblog

While we withhold the right to moderate and maintain standards of discussion in our comments because they are a private space, does the President of the United States have a different standard to meet? The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia…

Trump’s Twitter Blocking May Violate First Amendment

Wired Top Stories by Issie Lapowsky

The Knight First Amendment Institute has sent a letter to President Trump, arguing that blocking Americans on Twitter violates their First Amendment rights.

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