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Deep Dives, no. 3, vol. 5August 27, 2020

Where We Care: Local Attention in a Platformized Pandemic

By Scott Rodgers

On Thursday March 19, 2020, a few days after Britain had entered into lockdown, a recording was circulating through WhatsApp groups. The male voice, sounding mostly credulous, though marked by a subtle tinge of humor that could easily be missed, …

no. 2, Student Voices, vol. 3June 18, 2018

Shiny Diversions

By Myalisa Miroballi

[Ed. note: this post is part of a Student Voices section on Hong Kong, Shanghai, cities, screens, and spectacle. For more background on the discussion and to view other posts in the series, see here.]

Though large, bright …