February 2012
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[Trigger Warning: REALITY]: This is meant to be a... →
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November 2011
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Anatomy of Facebook
Via Scoop.it - Sociological Imagination Facebook Data Team wrote a note titled Anatomy of Facebook. Read the full text here. Think back to the last time you were in a crowded airport or bus terminal far from home. Did you consider that the person sitting next to you probably knew a friend of a friend of a friend of yours? In the 1960s, social psychologist Stanley Milgram’s “small world...
How would Gandhi lead the leaderless? / Waging...
Via Scoop.it - Sociological Imagination In the spring of 2005 I stood on the roof of the Student Union building in Berkeley, overlooking Sproul Plaza, where I had lived through the exhilaration of the Free Speech Movement four-plus decades earlier. Via wagingnonviolence.org
October 2011
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If you believe in #OWS, join the cause, sign the... →
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“It’s not the arrests that convinced me that “Occupy Wall Street” was worth...”
– Ezra Klein, Who are the 99 percent? (via ilyagerner)
September 2011
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Watchevanfleischer:
Guess which protest — and which officer — made The Daily Show last night?
(Previous coverage / twitter list.)
Military Men Speak Out About the End of DADT : Ms...
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Disturbing things to think about
peterfeld:
1. Unless we kill it off in time, Facebook will be the first company to develop an app that downloads thoughts straight from your brain, publishes them to your profile and pushes them at your “friends.”
2. They will make it the default.
3. Most people will accept the default.
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How to make children happy? Reduce social...
Via Scoop.it - Sociological Imagination Kate Pickett: The damage that high income inequality and consumerism do to family wellbeing is exposed by a new Unicef report… Show original
Generation Waking Up: Igniting a Movement
Via Scoop.it - Sociological Imagination Learn more: http://www.generationwakingup.org/kickstarter… Show original
Message to Banks: Pay US Back | Truthout
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The Elizabeth Warren Quote Every American Needs To...
Via Scoop.it - Sociological Imagination She just said the best thing. Possibly ever. Show original
This is Real Democracy
Via Scoop.it - Sociological Imagination The Israeli mashup artist Ophir Kutiel, otherwise known as Kutiman, strikes again. His latest creation, ‘This is Real Democracy,’ offers a multimedia commentary on the messy state of world affairs. Show original
Wall Street protesters: over-educated,...
Via Scoop.it - Sociological Imagination Inspired by Tahrir Square, those who gathered in lower Manhattan are keen to mount a more permanent protest at corporate influence in US politics… Show original
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QR Codes and Digital Exclusivity? » Sociological...
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Histories of Violence
Via Scoop.it - Sociological Imagination A multi-media forum dedicated to exploring the theoretical, empirical and aesthetic dimensions to violence… Show original
How to Focus
Via Scoop.it - Infotention “Discover strategies for focusing with the How to Focus Mind Map.The How to Focus Mind Map will help you to create habits and rituals for mixing tasks and leisure, including managing time spent online and offline and scheduling tasks. In addition the mind map explores managing your space, clearing other distractions and doing one thing at a time.” Show...
What journalists can learn from scientists and the...
Via Scoop.it - Sociological Imagination I don’t need to tell you that the Scientific Revolution kickstarted the modern age. Kevin Kelly lists the discovery of the scientific method alongside the invention of libraries and the printing press as “meta-changes” — the evolution of evolution, changes in the ways things change. The scientific method isn’t a single thing. It’s a collection of...
Girls Are Too Pretty To Do Homework
Via Scoop.it - Sociological Imagination Girls Are Too Pretty To Do Homework: At least, that is, according to J.C. Penney’s new shirt, which states that instead, their brothers should do it for them. From the description: “Who has time for homework when there’s a new Justin Bie… Show original
100 YEARS / STYLE / EAST LONDON
Via Scoop.it - Sociological Imagination 100 years of East London style in 100 seconds. Sept 13th 1911 - Sept 13th 2011. Show original
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August 2011
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The Western influence on the Arab Spring - 1 -...
Via Scoop.it - Sociological Imagination DeepJournal… Show original
The story of Copyright and its structural power to...
Via Scoop.it - Sociological Imagination How copyright became a nice fat cash cow. Show original
9/11 coloring book sparks controversy for...
Via Scoop.it - Sociological Imagination A 9/11 coloring book has emerged on the brink of the tenth anniversary of the attack on the World Trade Center. It is entitled “We Shall Never Forget 9/11: The Kids’ Book of Freedom,” and was published by Missouri-based Really Big Coloring Books. Show original
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No Comment: Brilliant Boy, Beautiful Girl Sexist...
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Barry Schwartz on the paradox of choice | Video on...
Via Scoop.it - Sociological Imagination TED Talks Psychologist Barry Schwartz takes aim at a central tenet of western societies: freedom of choice. In Schwartz’s estimation, choice has made us not freer but more paralyzed, not happier but more dissatisfied. Show original
Clip from The Pervert's Guide To Cinema: Part 1
Via Scoop.it - Sociological Imagination ‘Cinema is the ultimate pervert art. It doesn’t give you what you desire - it tells you how to desire’ - Slavoj Zizek THE PERVERT’S GUIDE TO CINEMA takes the… Show original
Offscreen :: Women of Iranian Popular Cinema:...
Via Scoop.it - Sociological Imagination An in-depth analysis of the representation of women in contemporary Iranian cinema. Show original
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