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Digital Native: Lessons from Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp going down: by Nishant Shah — published Mar 24, 2019 — last modified Apr 03, 2019 01:19 AM — filed under: Researchers at Work
The day when three social-media apps refused to load.
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Digital Native: How an information overload affects what you forward: by Nishant Shah — published Mar 10, 2019 — last modified Apr 03, 2019 01:12 AM — filed under: Researchers at Work
The information overload of social media sharing can make us act against our better judgement.
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What I learned from going offline for 48 hours: by Nishant Shah — published Feb 24, 2019 — last modified Mar 14, 2019 04:21 PM — filed under: Researchers at Work
A weekend without the internet shows just how much control we surrender to online chatter.
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India’s proposed new internet bill is as repressive as the worst of Chinese laws: by Nishant Shah — published Feb 04, 2019 — filed under: Researchers at Work
The proposed new internet bill is as repressive as the worst of Chinese restrictions. The new intermediaries liability and content monitoring act that will become a law in February, unquestioningly expand the remit of the government.
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Digital Native: System Needs a Reboot: by Nishant Shah — published Dec 31, 2018 — last modified Dec 31, 2018 02:06 AM — filed under: Researchers at Work
It’s time to replace the schizophrenic need for variety with ingenuity — the truthiness of the information.
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Digital Native: One Selfie Does a Tragedy Make: by Nishant Shah — published Nov 11, 2018 — last modified Dec 05, 2018 02:20 AM — filed under: Researchers at Work, Digital Natives
The great find of this century – life’s worth just a selfie. Channeling the inner narcissus is now human hamartia.
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Digital Native: Hashtag Fatigue: by Nishant Shah — published Nov 01, 2018 — filed under: Researchers at Work
It is easy to hijack hashtags by coupling them with others. It is equally easy to make hashtags die.
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Digital Native: Time to Walk the Talk: by Nishant Shah — published Nov 01, 2018 — filed under: Researchers at Work
#MeToo has turned victims into survivors, but social media remains an unsafe space.
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Digital Native: Hardly Friends Like That: by Nishant Shah — published Sep 30, 2018 — last modified Oct 02, 2018 06:28 AM — filed under: Researchers at Work, Digital Natives
Individual effort is far from enough to fool Facebook’s grouping algorithm.
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The Right Words for Love: by Nishant Shah — published Sep 23, 2018 — last modified Oct 02, 2018 06:23 AM — filed under: Researchers at Work, Digital Natives
Queer love is legal. Which means that all of us are finally free to find a language that can match our desires.
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