What is social change? In simplest terms, in signals an alteration to some pre-existing social order, not necessarily for a progressive cause. Last week, the students of Introduction to Civic Media were instructed to break into groups and develop their own model that would outline some theory of social change. […]
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In class last week, my group proffered a somewhat poetic vision of social change. We called it “The Floods of Change.” Change is natural, inevitable, ongoing. In our model, the “mountain” of society constantly interacts with the “river” of ideas flowing down it. This river shifts over time, with some […]
Internet memes and image macros—once relegated to marginal/niche online communities and subcultures such as the boards of 4chan—have in the past few years broken into the public consciousness to become an integral part of modern popular culture. We see stories about viral videos and meme culture in the Atlantic, the […]
October just started, and it is that time of the semester when final project proposals are due. This is the case for my Introduction to Civic Media course, taught by CMS professor Sasha Costanza-Chock, where I am interested in understanding the daily media practice of immigrant communities in Boston. For […]
I am a science writer. As such, I am one of many who claim membership in the scicomm* community, which has a vibrant internet presence. When I first decided to pursue a career in science writing, I spent a lot of time seeking out scicomm blogs, videos, Twitter feeds, etc. […]