Internet, Lubavicher Hasidim “Chabad’s site is an open gym, but the exercise is religious education and practice” Author Drew Kaplan Date 22 September 2016 The gym may be open 24 hours. This allows those who work, have families,...
Internet, Jewish Organizations, Lubavicher Hasidim “The best part of Chabad’s site is that it appeals to all ages” Author Drew Kaplan Date 19 September 2016 By the mid-1980s, computers had been introduced to the average home; they had also...
Facebook, Internet, News Media “In retrospect, Facebook’s takeover of online media looks rather like a slow-motion coup” Author Drew Kaplan Date 15 September 2016 In retrospect, Facebook’s takeover of online media looks rather like a slow-motion coup. Before...
Facebook “This year, political content has become more popular all across [Facebook]” Author Drew Kaplan Date 9 September 2016 This year, political content has become more popular all across the platform: on homegrown...
Internet “It wasn’t so long ago that people worried about a digital divide, in which online access would be a luxury good that left the bottom half behind” Author Drew Kaplan Date 28 August 2016 It wasn’t so long ago that people worried about a digital divide, in which...
America, Internet “…mix of youthful safety and adult immaturity may be a feature of life in a society increasingly shaped by the internet’s virtual realities” Author Drew Kaplan Date 24 August 2016 Since the 1990s, we’ve seen two broad social changes that few observers would have...
Social Media, Twitter “Social media is rich with talk of microaggressions, privilege, trigger warnings and safe spaces” Author Drew Kaplan Date 8 August 2016 Social media is rich with talk of microaggressions, privilege, trigger warnings and safe spaces....
Internet “The era of the fact is coming to an end: the place once held by ‘facts’ is being taken over by ‘data'” Author Drew Kaplan Date 26 July 2016 The era of the fact is coming to an end: the place once held...
Politics in America, Twitter “Clinton has…assumed the cool posture of the in-the-know Twitter enforcer who shames people for their garbage posts…. Trump plays the troll” Author Drew Kaplan Date 26 July 2016 Clinton has, herself, assumed the cool posture of the in-the-know Twitter enforcer who shames...
Internet, Social Media “The technological use of ‘avatar’ emerged via a spontaneous burst of coinages in the late 1980s and early ’90s, at the dawn of personal computing” Author Drew Kaplan Date 19 June 2016 The technological use of “avatar” emerged via a spontaneous burst of coinages in the...