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USHMM’s Experimental Twitter-tectural Tour

Posted on June 02nd, 2009 in Cultural Studies, Digital Media, Human Rights, Popular Culture, Technology

A few weeks ago I, among others, were invited to participate in an experimental architectural tour offered by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM). The idea was to Twitter as we participated in an architectural tour of the space. I immediately jumped at the opportunity. The tour took place on June 2, 2009, the [...]

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NY Times: Spinning a Web of Lies at Digital Speed

Posted on October 16th, 2008 in Cultural Studies, Digital Media, Human Rights

With its oodles of information, the Internet is laden with falsehoods, but, in fact, these recent cases show how critical are amplifying sites like Drudge or Google News or Digg to getting reports from the backwoods before the public.

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