Pew Research study on "Political Polarization & Media Habits"

This is cool stuff:

http://www.journalism.org/2014/10/21/political-polarization-media-habits/

The Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments

I think many of you might enjoy perusing this little book.

of many levels of interest in our class

I came upon this in my reading this morning: "She Tweeted Against the Mexican Cartels. They Tweeted Her Murder".

The title is sensationalist, but the article describes well the possibilities of social media for local community action when other sources are — for whatever reasons — denied.

The article also describes the risks and consequences of using social media in such contexts, so different  from what you and I experience when we tweet, I assume.

digital activism and my internal compass + a posting from the familiar youtube

Thinking more about researching social activism sites and what exactly I want from an activist site, I soon found something that was sort of like a newspaper website and sort of like a resource for historical/philosophical information (like marxism). This link will direct you to a piece of writing about the disturbing problem in Detroit of policymakers deciding that their people will no longer receive free water.

http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2014/10/01/pers-o01.html

After our class discussion last week, I thought of this video my friend/former roommate had posted on their Facebook page a while back. It is half of an interview with Laverne Cox and Carmen Carrera on the Katie Couric show. I consider myself a white ally and I support the empowerment and efforts of those within the trans community. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fx-pMd7Ypm8