MORE SOCIAL MEDIA USE, MORE LONELINESS
(screenshot from the animation "The Innovation of Loneliness")
A short animation on why social media makes us lonely, based on Sherry Turkle's research on how technology shapes modern relationships.
(screenshot from the animation "The Innovation of Loneliness")
A short animation on why social media makes us lonely, based on Sherry Turkle's research on how technology shapes modern relationships.
Spoof site GetPrsm.com offers a new sharing application that's bigger and better than anything that's come before it. Scroll down and click Sign Up Now to get the full experience.
(screenshot: npr.org)
(image: tacma.net)
Terms and Conditions May Apply is a new documentary film exposing how corporations are collecting data about you without your knowledge... but with your consent.
Describing itself as "a repository of hatred on the Internet", the Nafrat Aggregator aims to "highlight the prevalence of casual sexism, racism, and homophobia as well as explicit hate speech on the Internet," specifically focusing on Pakistan.
(screenshot from justdelete.me)
For anyone who wants to take control of their online accounts, Justdelete.me offers one-click links to the delete button for whichever account you want to extricate yourself from. Accounts listed include Twitter, Gmail, Facebook and Amazon, among others.
(image: Greenpeace)
(screenshot from the engagemedia.org)
Long-time friends of Tactical Tech, Engagemedia.org have an expanding collection of documentary films and videos from and about Myanmar.
"Watchdogs" is a new game about public data, the city & control.
From the website: "Set in Chicago, where a central network of computers connects everyone and everything, Watch_Dogs explores the impact of technology within our society."
The Freedom of the Press Foundation has put together a new document called "Encryption works: How to protect your privacy in the age of NSA surveillance". [pdf]