“Never have so many people had so much access to so much knowledge and yet have been so resistant to learning anything”
These are dangerous times. Never have so many people had so much access to...
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“Online Jewish communities…provide…types of symbols and language…that help reinforce communal identity and unity”
Anderson explains the use of language and symbols that help reinforce communal identity and...
“Trolls work through abstraction, leveraging the internet and irony to carve out a space between actions and consequences”
Trolls work through abstraction, leveraging the internet and irony to carve out a space...
“There is no substantial evidence to see if Aish’s movement is more effective than Chabad’s, but the more modern approach to the material does continue to set the difference in tone in these two online orthodox movements”
Like Chabad, Aish provides links to information about their schools and drop-in classes. The...
“Now we all know obnoxious beer snobs (to be differentiated from nerds or geeks)…”
Now we all know obnoxious beer snobs (to be differentiated from nerds or geeks),...
“…if you really want to explode the possibilities of a mode of communication, you have to make it easier for amateurs to get in”
…if you really want to explode the possibilities of a mode of communication, you...
“The Internet allows those who deviate from traditional Judaism and who have multiple subcultural identities or labels to have a voice”
The emergence of new Jewish subcultures seems to be growing at a rapid pace...
“While the Internet has become a global phenomenon, the American Jewish community is specifically finding its own ways to interact with technology in order to gain access to people and ideas beyond a local region”
When one thinks about Judaism, the computer does not come to the forefront of...
“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”
It wasn’t so long ago that people worried about a digital divide, in which...
“…mix of youthful safety and adult immaturity may be a feature of life in a society increasingly shaped by the internet’s virtual realities”
Since the 1990s, we’ve seen two broad social changes that few observers would have...