We kick off our theme of Fake News with this Twitter slow chat over several days led by Bonnie Stewart (@bonstewart) on the topic of Social Media & Algorithmic Society and building on the work of Zeynep Tufecki.
You can jump right into the Twitter chat, or start by reading Zeynep’s article: How Social Media Took Us From Tahrir Square to Donald Trump or if you prefer, watch Zeynep Tufecki’s TED Talk
More tweets will come over the next few days… but here are the first two to get you going:
HALLO! midnight GMT: welcome to the open #unboundeq chat!
this week we're talking social media & algorithmic society.all welcome: #UWinDig students will join tomorrow. we've been reading https://t.co/fB881Atc2g
how do YOU see social media affecting our societal institutions? pic.twitter.com/yAFvGQSSE9
— Bonnie Stewart (@bonstewart) October 22, 2018
The first question:
so for tonight, just ONE question to get us started in the #unboundeq chat: how do YOU see social media affecting your life? our institutions? society in general?
— Bonnie Stewart (@bonstewart) October 22, 2018
