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On ad blockers

Read this story today. From my perspective though, I'm seeing my peers (millenials) blocking ads not primarily motivated by the…

Jan 17, 2016

On ad blockers

Jan 17, 2016

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Memes

Update on Nov 22, 2015: Read this from NPR on the French flag overlay on Facebook and how people reacted to it. Interesting reference in…

Nov 22, 2015

Nov 22, 2015

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Disconnected thoughts on readings and #ParisAttacks

I have a couple disjointed thoughts in response to this week’s reading.

Nov 15, 2015

Nov 15, 2015

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We may not be the audience, but we are the product

Jay Rosen’s idea of the former audience is powerful and exciting. So is Shirky’s idea of the ‘amateurization’ of power in media. Pariser’s…

Oct 31, 2015

Oct 31, 2015

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Internet ethics, racism and digital society

The 4chan/Dylan Roof reading and doxxing Medium piece illustrated, for me, a profound framework for trolling. It’s fair to say that the…

Oct 26, 2015

Oct 26, 2015

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#BLM, social media and community

Like most news-conscious Millennials, I’ve followed (and covered) the #BlackLivesMatter movement since Michael Brown’s death mostly through…

Oct 18, 2015

Oct 18, 2015

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Anonymity and the web

As someone who doesn’t regularly use Yik Yak (although admittedly it has its uses from a journalistic perspective and we’ve referenced it…

Oct 12, 2015

Anonymity and the web

Oct 12, 2015

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Digitally native — a microevolution

Danah Boyd’s Participating in the Always on Lifestyle strongly addressed what she characterized as the pathologizing of the “always-on”…

Oct 4, 2015

Oct 4, 2015

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Licenses and rights grabs

Oliver Smith’s Telegraph piece horrified me. I’ve read about the rights grabs social media sites are using to claim our content but I had…

Sep 28, 2015

Licenses and rights grabs

Sep 28, 2015

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I think I’m more confused than before I read What is Code?

The 38,000-word feat of strength is an impressive journalistic venture that continued to remind me just why my Computer Engineer / Computer…

Sep 21, 2015

I think I’m more confused than before I read What is Code?

Sep 21, 2015

Nicholas Pfosi

Nicholas Pfosi

I am a photojournalist and digital reporter with an interest in media innovation, digital platforms, and political systems. I make pictures and report on labor.

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