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• [Digifest] Is the Web the ultimate propaganda machine?

  Friday March 26, 2010 @ 05:14 PM (UTC)

  The ‘spinternet’, or the use of social media by governments and special interest groups to recruit and galvanise populations to tow the party line, is a term coined by Georgetown University researcher and journalist Evegny Morozov. It’s a concise shorthand for the topic of last Wednesday night’s discussion at DigiFest, the series of digital technology events I curated this month at London’s Science Museum.

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  • academic
  • digifest
  • event
  • influence
  • online
  • propaganda
  • science museum
  • web

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• [Event] Announcing DigiFest at the Science Museum: 22nd-26th March 2010

  Thursday March 11, 2010 @ 06:02 PM (UTC)

  I am very excited to be the Festival Director of DigiFest, a series of technology-focussed events at the Science Museum’s Dana Centre between 22nd and 26th March that explore the effects new media and digital tech have on our world.

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  • digifest
  • events
  • festival
  • media
  • science museum

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