“The Critical Engineer notes that written code expands into social and psychological realms, regulating behaviour between people and the machines they interact with. By understanding this, the Critical Engineer seeks to reconstruct user-constraints and social action through means of digital excavation.”[1] People, wake up! Facebook is constantly conducting experiments. Moreover, as some have pointed out,…
Unlike Us Reader Social Media Monopolies and Their Alternatives Edited by Geert Lovink and Miriam Rasch INC Reader #8 Download pdf or order a your copy here The Unlike Us Reader offers a critical examination of social media, bringing together theoretical essays, personal discussions, and artistic manifestos. How can we understand the social media we…
CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS: Unlike Us Reader: Understanding Social Media Monopolies and their Alternatives INTRODUCTION Following the success of the previous INC readers we would like to propose to put together a reader with key texts (see under below for possible topics). Anthology (print, pdf, epub) produced by the Institute of Network Cultures in collaboration with…