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Digital Native: Getting through an election made for the social media gaze: by Nishant Shah — published Apr 28, 2019 — filed under: Researchers at Work, Digital Activism, Digital India, Digital Natives
In the poll season, social media platforms thrive on wounded outrage disguised as politics.
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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: 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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Digital Native: #MemeToo: by Nishant Shah — published Sep 09, 2018 — last modified Oct 02, 2018 06:20 AM — filed under: Researchers at Work, Digital Natives
An old meme shows the need for emotional literacy in our digitally saturated age. Memes, like regrettable exes, have the habit of resurfacing at regular periods.
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Digital Native: Playing God: by Nishant Shah — published Sep 04, 2018 — filed under: Researchers at Work, Digital Natives
Google’s home assistant can make you feel deceptively God-like as it listens to every command of yours. It is a device that never sleeps, and always listens, waiting for a voice to utter “Ok Google” to jump into life.
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Digital Native: Double Speak: by Nishant Shah — published Sep 04, 2018 — filed under: Researchers at Work, Digital Natives
Aadhaar’s danger has always been that it opens up individuals to high levels of vulnerability without providing safeguards.
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Digital Native: Hashtag Along With Me: by Nishant Shah — published Jul 29, 2018 — last modified Aug 01, 2018 12:25 AM — filed under: Researchers at Work, Internet Governance, Digital Natives
A hashtag that evolved with a movement.
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Digital Native: How smart cities can make criminals out of denizens: by Nishant Shah — published Jul 15, 2018 — last modified Aug 01, 2018 12:19 AM — filed under: Researchers at Work, Internet Governance, Digital Natives
People download information and share it without knowing about the intellectual property rights. On social media bullying, harassment and hate speech find easy avenues.
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Digital Native: The bigger picture: by Nishant Shah — published Jul 01, 2018 — last modified Aug 01, 2018 12:11 AM — filed under: Researchers at Work, Internet Governance, Digital Natives
For all our sleek machines, we are slaves to the much larger Internet of Things.
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