eyang – Fixing Social Media https://fixingsocialmedia.mit.edu MAS S.67 // Spring 2020 Tue, 19 May 2020 20:53:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.1 Annotating the Front Page https://fixingsocialmedia.mit.edu/2020/04/07/annotating-the-front-page/ https://fixingsocialmedia.mit.edu/2020/04/07/annotating-the-front-page/#comments Tue, 07 Apr 2020 18:06:21 +0000 https://fixingsocialmedia.mit.edu/?p=762 https://fixingsocialmedia.mit.edu/2020/04/07/annotating-the-front-page/feed/ 1 Case Study: Comparative Observations of Online Spaces for Cooking https://fixingsocialmedia.mit.edu/2020/03/30/case-study-comparative-observations-of-online-spaces-for-cooking/ https://fixingsocialmedia.mit.edu/2020/03/30/case-study-comparative-observations-of-online-spaces-for-cooking/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2020 19:02:53 +0000 https://fixingsocialmedia.mit.edu/?p=616 Abstract “They are transmissions sent from isolation, like radio diaries from a stranded spacecraft.”(1) In a time of global pandemic and extreme social isolation, the messages are not interstellar radio waves. Rather, the transmissions in question are recipes. Online spaces for cooking are reminiscent of the early days of the internet; when most of online interaction was just about reveling in the simple joy of meeting others who are also interested in whatever topic you […]]]> https://fixingsocialmedia.mit.edu/2020/03/30/case-study-comparative-observations-of-online-spaces-for-cooking/feed/ 1 Media Diary: as told by a GIF https://fixingsocialmedia.mit.edu/2020/02/25/media-diary-as-told-by-a-gif/ Tue, 25 Feb 2020 02:11:33 +0000 https://fixingsocialmedia.mit.edu/?p=256 No Phone, No Problem (sort of.) https://fixingsocialmedia.mit.edu/2020/02/18/no-phone-no-problem-sort-of/ Tue, 18 Feb 2020 19:35:39 +0000 https://fixingsocialmedia.mit.edu/?p=116