Melissa RiosThe Strength of Weak Ties by Mark S.Weak ties are valuable, according to Granovetter, because they allow for diffusion across multiple friendship networks. A strong tie does…May 13, 2016May 13, 2016
Melissa RiosThe Huffington Post analyzed Instagram posts using Latergramme to determine when photos posted on…The theory behind why those times seem to lend the most attention to Instagram posts is because users are just getting off work “and…May 13, 2016May 13, 2016
Melissa RiosIn danah boyd’s and Alice E.The imagined audience is described as the people we believe we are talking to. Note that this may be different from whom we are actually…May 13, 2016May 13, 2016
Melissa RiosIn White Flight in Networked Publics, Boyd is analyzing how the differences in user groups among…These differences might not mean much at first but Boyd analyzes how the students who were at university or who saw college as a “rite of…May 13, 2016May 13, 2016
Melissa RiosClive Thompson explores the topics of online, ambient awareness, privacy erosion and constant…Days later, people do get used to it. In fact, people start expressing how useful it is for them, that they’ve learned things about friends…May 13, 2016May 13, 2016
Melissa RiosIn #Ferguson, Bonilla and Rosa both describe how “hashtag activism” can actually be an effective…In fact the paper discusses how the hashtag highlight and reorient a network and community to better discuss topics with competing…May 13, 2016May 13, 2016
Melissa RiosE. Gabriella’s article on Anonymous is probably the first non-biased take on them I’ve seen.Gabriella gets it right by saying that only a few of Anonymous are hackers; many more are geeks who pursue the ideal of internet freedom…May 13, 2016May 13, 2016
Melissa RiosIn Pavalanathan and Eisenstein’s study entitled “Emoticons vs.After I figured out this difference, I finally realized the point of their study. Has the implementation of company and standard emojis…May 13, 2016May 13, 2016
Melissa RiosUniversal Sacred Necessity: ManaM: “Why do we need the blue-colored drink?” C: “Because we need mana!”May 12, 2016May 12, 2016
Melissa RiosTurning Both KeysGeorge, drinking tea in his apartment with his girlfriend: “I-I’ve given this a lot of thought. I’m sorry, but we, uh, we have to break…May 12, 2016May 12, 2016
