Somehow, I never pushed publish on this thought from April of 2023. It’s still a good thought: I saw a big and important article about life after being an influencer at the New York Times. Social media has many hazards; due to how rapidly social media entered the world of […]
A Schema for Social Media Networks
I’ve been thinking about how social media platforms function recently, and I’ve come up with some notes toward a schematizing idea. So: there are a few aspects of social media networks that are baked in: user to user access, content moderation schemes, business model, goal scale, and content focus. No […]
AI Ethics at Polytechnic Prep, Round 2
For my last talk of the year, I was once again honored to be invited to one of the classrooms of the ASU Prep Poly STEM High School. These ASU Prep high school students have been hearing lectures from faculty in the College of Integrative Sciences and Arts all semester […]
AI Ethics!
For my last talk of the year, I was honored to be invited to the classroom of the ASU Prep Poly Experience. These ASU Prep high school students have been hearing lectures from faculty in the College of Integrative Sciences and Arts all semester about a wide array of topics. […]
Service Learning Project!
This Spring semester, my students in Social Media in the Workplace had the great opportunity to work with the Arizona Site Steward Program Foundation to redevelop a social media plan for the organization. The organization supports the Arizona Site Steward program, which consists of volunteers who monitor and help manage […]
Online Coverage of a New Class!
I’m delighted to announce that ASU Now took the time to interview me about the work I’ve been doing in relation to digital ethics and online controversies. I’ve been thinking about digital ethics for a long time via my co-hosted podcast Winning Slowly, and so I am thrilled to be […]
Why Facebook and Twitter Will Never Win at the Content Moderation Game
I was discussing a Stratechery article on Mark Zuckerberg’s choices regarding moderation/censorship or lack thereof with my friend Chris. I thought that the argument I was making was worth setting down in a public channel. Here’s a lightly edited version of my thoughts: Legally, Facebook and Twitter can do whatever […]
Crowdsource TPC
At CPTSC 2019, I discussed ways forward for teachers of social media in technical communication. There are few resources for tech comm social media teachers, and I argued that a centralized place to share materials would be a boon to teachers. Enter Crowdsource TPC, an initiative built by Chris Lam […]
Interviewed!
I was honored when one of my former students asked me to participate in an interview about my involvement in civic life. I talked for much longer than the five minutes allowed (but of course). You can see the edited-down version here: I’d like to note that fantastic Christian rock […]
How YouTube Could Eat Cable (Maybe, In the Future)
While talking about YouTube in my Social Media for the Workplace class, a student asked if YouTube would someday eat cable. I decided to answer this intriguing question by nabbing Ben Thompson of Stratechery‘s art style and (implicitly) some of his ideas on aggregation/disaggregation. I ended up with this: To […]