CMN 288 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Graphical User Interface, Disinformation, Hate Crime
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An online environmental scan of ring-wing extremism in canada. Race and racism in internet studies: a review and critique. The role of race in the development of internet infrastructure and design has largely been obscured: yet, race is implicated in the very structure of the graphic user interface" (gui) (ex. The digital divide: african-americans were found to have lower rates than whites in both computer equipment ownership and telephone service. Since then, a growing body of research points to the fact that people seek out racial identity and community online. People use the internet to both form and reaffirm individual racial identity and seek out communities based on race and racial understandings of the world. 5 types of online racism and why you should care. Visual profiling of users: (hand holding an ipod) black sellers had a hard time selling the same product as the white hands.