My name is danah boyd and I'm a Senior Researcher at Microsoft Research, a Research Assistant Professor in Media, Culture, and Communication at New York University, a Visting Researcher at Harvard Law School, and an Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of New South Wales. I received my PhD from the School of Information at UC-Berkeley. I spend 1/3 of my time in Cambridge, MA, 1/3 in New York, NY, and 1/3 in the air. Buzzwords in my world include: public/private, identity, context, youth culture, social network sites, social media. I use this blog to express random thoughts about whatever I'm thinking.

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mobile asses

I just saw Mobile Asses today and i can’t help but be stunned by the mix of shared cultural languages and frightening social implications.

Juxtaposition this site next to the case where abortion clinic patients were photographed and placed on the web. Of course, it’s legal, but is it the society that we want to live in? Second, the site uses a shared web cultural language/norms by mimicing Hot or Not‘s format.

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June 6th, 2003 | Category: digitalness | Comments are closed

1 comment to mobile asses

  • Dee
    June 6th, 2003 at 7:23 pm

    I came across your site while looking for Ani lyrics…They were very helpful…I also wandered through your blog….I like the message you convey and am interested in catering towards women’s issues, but don’t know where to begin…I want my site to have a purpose besides my blog…with the name “social tool” I could do sooo much…. :0)