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Are journalists putting too much trust in social media sources?49 comments

alexofarabia wrote 9 months ago: The internet and digital communication has had a profound effect on the media industry. Media can be … more →

Tags: Social, Journalism 2, Journalism, Social Media, twitter, Arab Spring, Media Sources

Who am I when I'm on the Internet?5 comments

reproductiverites wrote 1 year ago: I started this post more than a month ago, when I’d just read both that blogger A Gay Girl In … more →

Tags: Blog, Books, Cinderella Ate My Daughter, Google, Peggy Orenstein, Personal is Political, Privacy, social networking, starhawk

Thoughts on "A Gay Girl in Damascus"14 comments

Janine wrote 1 year ago: A story of a gay girl in Damascus It was April 26, 2011. A certain Blogger post caught the attention … more →

Tags: Advocacy 2, Communication Trends, Advocacy, Awareness, Blogging, OC 152, Organizational Communication, Organizationl Communication, Social Media

Girl in Damascus, Boy in Edinburgh.

stevulienka wrote 1 year ago: Exploring wider contex and deeper cultural significance of Amina/Tom story. The before and after. So … more →

Tags: social media campaigns, Hoaxes, Amina Araf, Syria, Arab Spring

Despite hoaxes, anonymity remains important

bargad wrote 1 year ago: After an American admitted inventing the “Gay Girl in Damascus” character, the validity … more →

Tags: Culture 2, Jillian C York, amina arraf, BlogSphere, Blogging, Internet Hoax, Online Sources, intenet activism, online activism

Blogging? or Faking? 1 comment

the squirrels llannaba wrote 1 year ago: So, the blogging community has recently come under attack for a couple of idiots that made fake blog … more →

Tags: Political (International), revolution, Blogging, Opinion, free speech, Internet, Anonymity

the strange case of amina abdallah and gay girls in damascus: colonizing identities2 comments

manyfesto wrote 1 year ago: The web blog of thirty-something “gay girl” Amina Arraf/Abdallah has been removed from p … more →

Tags: Afghanistan, america, Choice, Conspiracies, Culture, Feminism, Globalization, Human Rights, Imperialism

The Dark Closet

globalequality wrote 1 year ago: Repost from Foreign Policy Don’t let the Amina hoax distract attention from the plight of the real g … more →

Tags: News media, Near East, Human Rights, LGBT, Gender Identity, Transgender, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual

Food for thought

Neil Hartmann wrote 1 year ago: A fat white American pretends to be a “Gay Girl in Damascus” and the whole world falls f … more →

Tags: News, Bilderberg Meeting

Random medieval and other news

Daniel Franke wrote 1 year ago: I am FINALLY getting back to more regular posting, I think…I think…well, the last few mo … more →

Tags: medievalists-net, American Historical Association, disunion, Civil War blog, medieval warfare, Lorraine Stock, PBS Frontline, Frontline Kill/Capture, Aha!

Ron Silliman and the Amina hoax

Daniel wrote 1 year ago: Poet-theorist-blogger Ron Silliman hasn’t weighed in yet on the Amina Arraf hoax, where a whit … more →

Tags: Erasure, ethics, Feminism, misogyny, normativity, Palestine, Poetry, Queer Theory, Race

Blog Post the First3 comments

Stephanie Davies wrote 1 year ago: Hi internet! How are you? Your hair looks nice today. I’m a little nervous – it’s always … more →

Tags: LGBT, Lesbian, Privilege, The Internet, Lez Get Real, Peter Coffin, tom macmaster, Bill Graber, new blog

Wednesday Word of the Week, June 15

webwordwarrior wrote 1 year ago: The 3 e-Stooges Today’s word is: CONSEQUENCES the outcome of an event especially as relative to an i … more →

Tags: LGBTQ, History, media, Government, Civil Rights, Politics, Fred Phelps, facebook, Juan Williams

Irshad Manji on Arab Spring Protests and Lesbian Blogger Hoax

me2 wrote 1 year ago: I did not know Irshad Manji is now a professor at NYU where she leads The Moral Courage Project nor … more →

Tags: Noteworthy, Hoax, Irshad Manji, Arab Spring, Lesbian

Everyone wants to be a lesbian3 comments

aappathachchiya wrote 1 year ago: So what’s going on with all these men pretending to be lesbians online? Like we don’t have eno … more →

Tags: gender issues, social issues, VATURA, FROTHS & FURIES, activist, Bill Graber, chat, deceit, eMail

Authenticity vs. Privacy, Now With More Douche-Canoes & Clusterfuckery.3 comments

Scarlet Tentacle wrote 1 year ago: A few days ago, to quote Wikipedia, “A Gay Girl In Damascus, a popular opposition blog about t … more →

Tags: Scarlet Tentacle, scarlet tentacle, kira scarlet, privacy authenticity douchecanoe, Tom MacMasters, Bill Graber, fraud, Privacy, authenticity

Internet Hoax's and why I'm pissed @ Tom MacMaster2 comments

Jess LeMin wrote 1 year ago: The entire experience of “A Gay Girl In Demascus” drained me.  Seriously. Perhaps it was … more →

Tags: Politics, gala, aminah abdullah, Syria, Gala Magazine, tom macmaster

Internet Hoax's and why I'm pissed @ Tom MacMaster2 comments

Jess LeMin wrote 1 year ago: The entire experience of “A Gay Girl In Demascus” drained me.  Seriously. Perhaps it was … more →

Tags: Politics, gala, aminah abdullah, Syria, Gala Magazine, tom macmaster

Ethan Zuckerman on GGinD

occidentalorientalist wrote 1 year ago: MacMaster’s “apology” refers to “the pervasiveness of new forms of liberal Orientalism”. Perhaps we’ … more →

Tags: Orientalism, liberalist, Liberalism, GG


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