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Agency: Personalized Privacy
20 Jan 2023
Chris Friend
Technology
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Writing
agency
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algorithms
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control
,
platforms
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When we allow our platforms and devices to make decisions for us, we give up our agency and lose control of our lives. How can we resist?
Twitter is Dead, Long Live the Twitter: Medium and the Extents of Rhetoric
22 Nov 2022
Chris Friend
Text and Print
design
,
platforms
,
rhetoric
,
twitter
0
McLuhan claimed that “the medium is the message.” This post explores how rhetoric influences mediums much like it applies to the messages they carry.
Distinguishing Platforms, Mediums, and Genres
06 Mar 2022
Chris Friend
Teaching
,
Writing
digital writing
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genres
,
mediums
,
platforms
0
Understanding the distinctions among genres, mediums, and platforms will help you navigate both your technology and your writing.
Ghost in the Ether: My Decision to (Sort of) Leave Facebook
08 Jun 2020
Chris Friend
Technology
platforms
0
What made me do the unthinkable and empty out twelve years of content from my Facebook profile? Or maybe, why did I wait so long to purge? Here’s why.