Digital Society

  • Digital Society

    Information flood

    The rapid development of the Internet and Digital World have created different kinds of metaphors which help us to understand what the Internet is in general. Since decades, the metaphors related to Digital World have evolved. At the beginning of the very first internet platforms and communities it had promising kind of metaphors.  I found the perfect metaphor which fits my future vision. I am imagining the Internet as a “information flood” (Felt, 2014, p. 186). The reason why I chose this metaphor is because the Internet has a constant output of different kind of information, it is like a liquid coming from everywhere and you cannot stop it, and…

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    Nexta Live – a Telegram channel

    Nexta is a Warsaw based medium founded by 22-year-old Stepan Svetlov, a Belarusian citizen residing in Poland as a political refugee. Nexta Live is able to report and share exclusive news and footages which are censored by the government of Belarus. As the internet was blocked after a rigged election, the Telegram channel assisted in coordinating the mass protests in Belarus. Nexta Live shares information to help protesters avoid clashes with police. They published times and locations where to meet and also share information like addresses where they can hide or get medical help, lawyers and contacts of human rights activist. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVhdvhGsZ3M