PRISM, identity and control through data
Image courtesy of Kangshutters/ FreeDigitalPhotos.net. Earlier this year I wrote an article which has just been published, in this paper I presented an argument about the ways in which certain...
View ArticleGoogle, Facebook and their philanthropic empires.
http://www.freeimages.co.uk Internet giants such as Google and Facebook have long been expansionist in their attempts to colonise an increasing amount of our lives and to define the ways in which we...
View ArticleFacebook and abstract sympathy
. It has recently been reported that Facebook is considering broadening the range of options for expressing emotional responses at the click of a button from just “likes” to “dislikes” and possibly...
View ArticleLandnhame and Facebook’s land grabs for Africa’s new internet users
The German language often provides us with some of the best words. Verstehen, Gemeinschaft and Gesselschaft are all words which become essential tools of any sociology student. I recently discovered...
View ArticleWhat does my Facebook data say about me? I found out using Data Selfie
****UPDATE**** I have updated this post as since I initially published it I have generated new analysis from more data using this software. The updated section is at the end of the post. *************...
View ArticleSeeing Like Facebook – a molecular gaze
A few weeks ago I wrote a post in which I discussed the analysis of my Facebook data which can be done through the Chrome plugin Data Selfie. This gives some idea of the kinds of analysis which...
View ArticleDigital Sociology Podcast Episode 2: Sian Lincoln, Facebook, identity and...
In this episode I spoke to Sian Lincoln about her “Facebook Timelines” project in which they spoke to people about their use of the social network. We discuss the “scroll back method” of interviewing...
View ArticleDigital Sociology Podcast Episode 7: Justine Gangneux, Facebook “stalking”...
In episode 7 of the Digital Sociology Podcast I spoke to Justine Gangneux about her work on how social media users engage in the practice of “checking” and “Facebook stalking”. The empirical research...
View ArticleDigital Sociology Podcast Episode 11: Harry Dyer, social media platforms,...
For this episode of the Digital Sociology Podcast I spoke to Harry Dyer about his work on online social platforms and identity. Harry tells me about his thoughts on the development and design of...
View ArticleFacebook and the role of fashion and branding in electing Trump
Last month former Cambridge Analytica (CA) employee and “whistle-blower” Christopher Wylie addressed the Business of Fashion conference and provided some insights into the strange role which fashion...
View ArticleDigital Societies: Digital Propaganda and “Reflexive Control”
Embed from Getty Images This is one of a series of posts that I am writing alongside a module I am teaching on “Digital Societies”. In this series I have been putting down some thoughts about topics...
View ArticleSocial Theory Podcast Episode 6 – Ibn Khaldun
In this final episode of series 1 (we will be back next year) of the Social Theory Podcast I spoke to Morteza Hashemi about the great Arabic scholar Ibn Khaldun. See the end of this post for links to...
View ArticleDigital Sociology Podcast Episode 26: Ben Jacobsen & David Beer on Social...
This episode is a really great chat I had with Ben Jacobsen and David Beer both of The University of York. We talk about their new book Social Media and the Automatic Production of Memory...
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