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Communications Technology Communications Technology Benjamin Mako Hill :: Hampshire College :: Div IV & Social Change Activism & Social Change Activism 1. How can social change efforts take advantage of new media? 2. How

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Benjamin Mako Hill :: Hampshire College :: Div IV

Communications Technology Communications Technology & Social Change Activism & Social Change Activism

1. How can social change efforts take

advantage of new media?

2. How can we build new technologies for

activism and social change?

3. How can we take control of technology

development as a means of social change?

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How can social change efforts How can social change efforts take advantage of new media take advantage of new media technologies? technologies?

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Benjamin Mako Hill :: Hampshire College :: Div IV

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Benjamin Mako Hill :: Hampshire College :: Div IV (Cute Cat Theory of Internet Censorship - Ethan Zuckerman)

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Benjamin Mako Hill :: Hampshire College :: Div IV (Adamic and Glance 2005; Shaw and Benkler 2012)

Polarization in Political Blogs Polarization in Political Blogs

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Benjamin Mako Hill :: Hampshire College :: Div IV Reich et al. 2011 – Social Media In Classrooms

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How can we build new How can we build new technologies for activism and technologies for activism and social change? social change?

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How can we take control of How can we take control of technology development as a technology development as a means of social change? means of social change?

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Benjamin Mako Hill :: Hampshire College :: Div IV

Free Software's Freedoms Free Software's Freedoms

1. Use software for any

purpose.

2. Study and modify.
3. Distribute copies to others.
4. Collaborate and share your

changes.

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Benjamin Mako Hill :: Hampshire College :: Div IV $monitor = array( '42107457' => 1, '9359890' => 1); // Put baddies (hotties?) in here /* Monitoring these people's profile viewage. Stored in central db on profile_views. Helpful for law enforcement to monitor stalkers and stalkees. */ (Excerpts from Facebook accidental source code leak re-posted to blogs.)

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