Robert Spahr | Q+A
Digital America interviewed Robert Spahr in November 2023 about their Crufts (YEAR) pieces. ::: Digital America: The CRUFT series involves creative use of code,...
Fuck, Where is the Mute? | Jonathan Kelham
In the piece, Fuck, Where is the Mute: Leaders Annual General Meeting 2021 (2021), Johnathan Kelham depicts internet communication in 2021 through an early...
Mixed Connections | Emma Dickson
“Still waiting…” “Lingering grace at J. Alexander’s.” “Gay hat, green shorts.” Through a randomized recombination of Craigslist Missed Connection posts, Emma Dickson’s Mixed Connections...
From The Ground Up: A Response to Astroturfing | Kevin Johnson
“How do you make decisions in an increasingly complex world?” “Real or Fake?” “What has been done?” These questions, posted on the endless void...
Queer Millennials Online | Miranda Rosenblum
Millennials are the first generation to grow up with the internet. The rise of the internet incited a significant transformation in the experience of...
Damage Control
When I was still an undergrad at the University of Richmond, I wrote a Digital America piece on “the Streisand Effect,” an internet-age phenomenon...
Oblivion and the Internet
I wasn’t going to write this piece. I thought about it, considered writing and then stopped. Lest I should bloviate as per usual or...
Fake It Til You Make It: The Trouble With Internet News Hoax Sites
Did you hear about the deep fried rat at KFC? Or how about the two Floridians who were arrested for selling golden tickets to...
#Blackout2015: A Tale of Bad Public Relations, An Unexpected Firing, and a Power Move by Reddit Moderators
I went on a little road trip to Vermont this past week with my girlfriend, spending some time in the mountains and enjoying the...
Free* Internet
I read an interesting opinion piece on Wired earlier today regarding Facebook’s “Internet.org,” an ambitious program aimed at connecting millions of off-the-grid individuals to...