#counterpublics — Public Fediverse posts

"The blogosphere
could be a modern realisation of Jürgen Habermas’s idea of “the public sphere” because it was open to all, everything was discussable and social rank didn’t determine who was allowed to speak. But..the speed and comprehensiveness that tech corporations such as Google and Facebook would enclose that public sphere with their own walled gardens in which “free speech” could be algorithmically curated while the speakers were intensively surveilled and their data mined for advertising purposes."
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/oct/05/the-blogosphere-is-in-full-bloom-the-rest-of-the-internet-has-wilted-dave-winer
#blogosphere #SocialMedia #WalledGarden #fiefdom #PublicSphere #Agora #writing #CounterPublics #SocietalDebates #Commons #OpenSource

Wearing my “Not Approved By The Comics Code” tshirt for today’s class discussion of Wimmen’s Comix, featuring the work of Trina Robbins & Roberta Gregory, and Mary Wings’ Come Out Comix. Discussing #counterpublics & the creation, release, & content of the first outspoken & personal lesbian/queer-penned comics #UndergroundComix #comics #ComicsHistory #QueerHistory

Shirt by Diego Gomez https://instagram.com/designnurd?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

What happens when online #counterpublics try to engage externally - meaning try to convince other publics that their ideas are valid? Our research found that they face severe harassment extended over time and space that weaponizes affordances, gender, and identity. New #CSCW2023 paper with @RoyaPak Nazita Lajevardi and Mariam Asad. https://niloufar.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/OurMuslimVoicesCSCW2023.pdf

So if you ever want to chat with me about public sphere theory, #counterpublics, #race and media, #media #activism, #feminist media, #Black #media, and how the ways we use #technology and #media shape #politics and #culture, and always have, I'm your girl. I'll also talk to you about #grief, #dogs, and #hippie things. For now, I'm watching and grieving the once potential of #Twitter even as folks keeps finding space to make #jokes, #critiques, and #change there.

Me newbie intro: I'm Sarah (she/her). In short I think about/research #race, #gender, #democracy, and #activism through their relations to #media and #tech. I wrote a book about Black #celebrity & the press, then about #HashtagActivism & #counterpublics on that other site, & am now writing a cultural & political history of Black mediamaking in the U.S. I'm a #Sagittarius and I love #dogs, #peloton, #yoga, #protest, and the #outdoors. Based on land stewarded by the Lenape.

Fun with slides. This week we're discussing #geeks and subcultural scenes in #China by using texts from https://chaoyang.substack.com/ to explore different #publics, #counterpublics, #cultures, #subcultures, and #affectivepublics. I appreciate when books have malleable and distinctive covers to play with -journal articles need better art (see again, Chaoyang Trap).

#AcademicChatter #AcademicMastodon #Lecturing #ChinaStudies