What is this? The case for continually questioning our online experience
Dan Nixon
Mar 1st, 2021
‘How is the social fabric being rendered digital? How does a particular ‘currency of ideas’ shape how we see ourselves and others on social media platforms, and what might we experiment with here? How do our egos come to take centre-stage in our online spaces? What options do we have, amidst the algorithms and incentives underpinning our media ecosystem, for getting a more expansive view of what’s really going on?’
– Dan Nixon
What is this? is part of the Digital Ego project.
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What is this? The case for continually questioning our online experience
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