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Made You Look! Advertising and the New Attention Economy
By Dino Sossi https://dinosossi.wordpress.com/2020/12/19/hey-you-look-over-here-advertising-and-the-dawn-of-the-attention-economy/ Figure #1 – Taste the difference? (Bond, 2020) Why do we have advertising? Paying for content via advertisements is a relatively recent phenomenon. In his important and timely book The Attention Merchants (20106), author Tim Wu … Continue reading
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Protected: Race vs. Gender? We Need to Talk About the Karen Meme
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Step Back: Google’s AR Experiment Promotes Social Distancing
When we commune with nature, we can become deeply immersed in its rich splendor. Similarly, when we are with friends or precious loved ones, we can become lost in the charms of those around us. During these increasingly rare moments, … Continue reading
Digital Guinea Pigs: Downplaying Online Experimentation
By Dino Sossi https://dinosossi.wordpress.com/2020/05/29/hooked-downplaying-online-experimentation/ Figure #1. Wire me in! (Graphis Competitions, 2011) Many people are surprised, even shocked, at the amount of experimentation happening in online spaces. This includes social media platforms as detailed in the video What Makes You … Continue reading
Everything is for Sale
By Dino Sossi Everything is for Sale
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Sharp Tweets-Would Trump Be President Without Twitter?
By Dino Sossi (updated November 4, 2020) https://dinosossi.wordpress.com/2020/02/01/negative-repercussions-would-trump-be-president-without-twitter/ Figure #1 – “Would ya just watch the hair?” (image–University of South Australia, 2019; quote–Saturday Night Fever) You may have disliked the final results of the 2016 U.S. presidential election or even … Continue reading
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Why Do We Socialize Online? Four Theories
By Dino Sossi, Updated November 25, 2020 https://dinosossi.wordpress.com/2019/01/02/why-do-we-socialize-online-4-theories/ Figure #1 – If you can’t make it for cocktails, I’ll see you on Facebook (Senior & Co., n.d.) The number of people online is staggering. It was estimated that there are … Continue reading
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The Tragedy of Tyler Clementi
By Dino Sossi https://dinosossi.wordpress.com/2018/05/27/the-tragedy-of-tyler-clementi/ Tyler Clementi was, in many ways, a typical teenager. Figure #1 – Tyler Clementi (CBS News, 2010) Raised in small town New Jersey, Tyler dreamed of going to college. He was accepted into Rutger’s University, a … Continue reading
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Letter Writing: An Ode to Simpler Times
A lost art in the digital age Figure #1 – Well-worn, but wonderful. The Waiting Game Another day passed, another day of fruitless longing. Quebec City is a magical, romantic place. Cobble stone streets echo with the sound of horse … Continue reading
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Privacy Peril – For Teens, All Data is for Sale (Graphics)
By Dino Sossi (April 1, 2016) (updated September 15, 2020) https://www.dinosossi.wordpress.com/2016/04/01/privacy-peril-for-teens-all-data-is-for-sale/ How much is your data worth to you? For the average teen, not so much. According to a recent study, 42% of respondents would give away their data for, wait … Continue reading
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