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Robert W. Gehl deposited The Digital Covenant: Non-Centralized Platform Governance on the Mastodon Social Network on Humanities Commons 3 years, 2 months ago
The majority of scholarship on platform governance focuses on for-profit, corporate social media with highly centralized network structures. Instead, we show how non-centralized platform governance functions in the Mastodon social network. Through an analysis of survey data, Github and Discourse developer discussions, Mastodon Codes of Conduct,…[Read more]
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Robert W. Gehl's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 5 years, 8 months ago
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Robert W. Gehl deposited Rethinking the ‘Social’ in ‘Social Media’: Insights into Topology, Abstraction, and Scale on the Mastodon Social Network on Humanities Commons 5 years, 8 months ago
Online interactions are often understood through the corporate social media (CSM) model where social interactions are determined through layers of abstraction and centralization that eliminate users from decision-making processes. This study demonstrates how alternative social media (ASM)—namely Mastodon—restructure the relationship between the…[Read more]
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Robert W. Gehl deposited Bugging Out: Darknets as Parasites of Large-scale Media Objects in the group
Association of Darknet Researchers on Humanities Commons 7 years, 5 months agoPlatforms and infrastructures have quickly become seminal concepts to understand large-scale computational systems. The difference between a platform and an infrastructure is subject to debate. In this paper, we use the concept of the darknet to describe how infrastructure tends toward being public with other things where platforms tend to private…[Read more]
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Robert W. Gehl deposited Bugging Out: Darknets as Parasites of Large-scale Media Objects on Humanities Commons 7 years, 5 months ago
Platforms and infrastructures have quickly become seminal concepts to understand large-scale computational systems. The difference between a platform and an infrastructure is subject to debate. In this paper, we use the concept of the darknet to describe how infrastructure tends toward being public with other things where platforms tend to private…[Read more]
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Robert W. Gehl deposited Archives for the Dark Web: A Field Guide for Study in the group
Association of Darknet Researchers on Humanities Commons 7 years, 5 months agoThis chapter provides a field guide for other digital humanists who want to study the Dark Web. In order to focus the chapter, I emphasize my belief that, in order to study the cultures of Dark Web sites and users, the digital humanist must engage with these systems’ technical infrastructures. I will provide specific reasons why I believe that…[Read more]
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Robert W. Gehl deposited On the Cultural Power of the “Marianas Web” Meme in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 7 years, 5 months agoExplores the Marianas Web meme as a cultural myth. Special appearance by Rudy Giuliani.
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Robert W. Gehl deposited On the Cultural Power of the “Marianas Web” Meme in the group
Association of Darknet Researchers on Humanities Commons 7 years, 5 months agoExplores the Marianas Web meme as a cultural myth. Special appearance by Rudy Giuliani.
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Robert W. Gehl deposited Emotional Roboprocesses in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 7 years, 5 months agoDiscusses the use of emotions in marketing and advertising, especially contemporary digital marketing, and how emotional manipulation will lead to a world full of love.
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Discusses the use of emotions in marketing and advertising, especially contemporary digital marketing, and how emotional manipulation will lead to a world full of love.
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Robert W. Gehl deposited On the Cultural Power of the “Marianas Web” Meme on Humanities Commons 7 years, 5 months ago
Explores the Marianas Web meme as a cultural myth. Special appearance by Rudy Giuliani.
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Robert W. Gehl's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 7 years, 5 months ago
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Robert W. Gehl deposited Archives for the Dark Web: A Field Guide for Study on Humanities Commons 7 years, 5 months ago
This chapter provides a field guide for other digital humanists who want to study the Dark Web. In order to focus the chapter, I emphasize my belief that, in order to study the cultures of Dark Web sites and users, the digital humanist must engage with these systems’ technical infrastructures. I will provide specific reasons why I believe that…[Read more]
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Robert W. Gehl's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 8 years, 3 months ago
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Robert W. Gehl changed their profile picture on Humanities Commons 8 years, 3 months ago