Abstract Social media platforms have received increasingly bad press coverage over the course of the last decade for everything from problematic uses of algorithms to the ability of authoritarian regimes to leverage them as a way to impact elections. Unfortunately, this emphasis on critique, though justified, has led to a paranoid form of thinking in which many understand that … [Read more...] about Is it Paranoia? A Critical Approach to Platform Literacy
Author Profile: Dr. J.J. Sylvia IV
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Assistant Professor of Communications MediaFitchburg State UniversityDr. J.J. Sylvia IV is an Assistant Professor of Communications Media at Fitchburg State University, where he helped launch B.A./B.S. degrees in Digital Media Innovation and an M.S. in Applied Communication with a specialization in Social Media. ethics. His research focuses on the philosophy of communication and analyzing the impact of big data, algorithms, and other new media on processes of subjectivation — how we are created as subjects. He has published in journals such as The Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Education, International Journal of Communication, and Social Media + Society.