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this brings into discussion what identifying propaganda actually entails when corner cases like this pop up. interesting circumstances. it makes me wonder: if
by imode 9y ago
this brings into discussion what identifying propaganda actually entails when corner cases like this pop up. interesting circumstances.
it makes me wonder: if you're actively doing research on these modern day areas of conflict and the culture that's in them, would you rather ask for forgiveness or permission when posting your material to a site that monitors material of that nature? and if it was so easy to gain forgiveness, what would stop people from framing said areas of conflict in different lights under the guise of research?
- ben0x539 9y agoI imagine asking a major social media platform for permission is not gonna get anyone anywhere. What should stop people is looking into whether the framing is obviously fake.
- pvg 9y agoI can't see how one would ponder either of these things before the much simpler 'is this a good platform on which to distribute my research on a highly sensitive topic' and then somehow arrive at 'yes, yes Tumblr is'.
- imode 9y agoserious question: where would you rather put it? new information develops every day, and I'm not sure where you'd post such information. though I agree, tumblr isn't exactly my first thought. :P
- pvg 9y agoI have no idea, it's just that if this was my job, I'd probably think long and hard about it and likely wouldn't come up with tumblr. This guy seems to be a serious academic: http://www.belfercenter.org/person/christopher-anzalone http://www.belfercenter.org/person/christopher-anzalone Maybe at an academic institution would be best. Tumblr seems like an obviously iffy choice with a high risk of the work being misidentified/misinterpreted and then tossed out.
- wordupmaking 9y agoI can't believe that apparently some people see "Tumblr" but not the "researcher employed by NATO". It's just text and images and video, the "place" where it's at matters only for the people having to pay for pipes, really. Some of the best things in the world get posted in totally random places, it has always been thus.
- pvg 9y agoThe 'place' matters an awful lot. For instance, it's perfectly fine to take a poop in your own bathroom. Something being digital doesn't magically free us from context and norms.