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The Problem with Twitter

March 22, 2023 by Katie Musgrave in Idea, Reflection

Tweets are brief statements directed outward, with an audience.

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March 22, 2023 /Katie Musgrave
Twitter, Problem, Social media, Conversation, Discussion, Discourse, Performance, Performativity, Audience, Monologue
Idea, Reflection

How Do We Know? - Part 2: Bias

Oxford
March 31, 2021 by Katie Musgrave in Idea, Reflection, Impression, Media

In our consumption of information, we like what we like, we follow what we like, and we believe what we like.

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March 31, 2021 /Katie Musgrave
Internet, New media, Social media, Communications, Homophily, Bias, Confirmation bias, Wason, Psychology, Reasoning, Logic, Prejudice, Politics, Goverment, Elections, Fake news
Idea, Reflection, Impression, Media

No Filter

Oxford
November 25, 2020 by Katie Musgrave in Media, Image, Reflection, Impression

Where photos are often edited and optimised with optical filters, the unmodified image seems magical.

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November 25, 2020 /Katie Musgrave
Photography, Social media
Media, Image, Reflection, Impression

The US Election: Historic Media Moments

Oxford
November 11, 2020 by Katie Musgrave in Media, Reflection

These are just a few media moments etched in my mind following a momentous week in
the history of the US and the world.

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November 11, 2020 /Katie Musgrave
America, United States, US, USA, Election, Coverage, News, Social media, Media, Moments
Media, Reflection

'The thing with Dickie'

Oxford
October 25, 2018 by Katie Musgrave in Idea

In any given social media interaction, we are Tom Ripley, craving audience approval. When we have it, we are sustained by its sunshine; when we don’t, we are lost in the shadows.

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October 25, 2018 /Katie Musgrave
Image, Identity, Attention, Social media
Idea

On Self-Styling

Oxford
July 26, 2018 by Katie Musgrave in Action, Impression, Media

Thanks to social media and the current acceleration of identity politics, our engagement with self-styling is near constant.

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July 26, 2018 /Katie Musgrave
Language, Image, Social media, Politics, Style, Self
Action, Impression, Media


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