#100hardtruths Main Menu Pledges and lists written over the first 100 days A path through the primer focusing on the several pledges and lists of hardtruths I wrote during the first 100 days of the Trump administration 24 #100hardtruths authored by invited contributors A path through the primer focusing on hardtruths written by scholars, artists, activists, and friends Art Answers to Phony Questions A path through the primer focusing on speaking hardtruths about and through poetic, abstract, formally reflexive, non-indexical Art Forms Fake News R Us A path through the primer focusing on hardtruths that reveal our complicity Some #100hardtruths on Digital Media Literacy A path through the primer focusing on hardtruths about reading, writing, participating and understanding Digital Media Literacy Some #100hardtruths on Racism A path through the primer focusing on hardtruths about ethnicity, nationality, zenophobia, immigration and racism Some #100hardtruths on Sexism A path through the primer focusing on hardtruths about gender, sexuality, sexism, and misogyny Some #100hardtruths on Images A path through the primer focusing on hardtruths about photography, visibiity, and the power of images Some #100hardtruths on the Law A path through the primer focusing on hardtruths about legislation, (il)legality, public institutions, and the power of the Law Some #100hardtruths on Advertising A path through the primer focusing on hardtruths about corporate greed, getting eyeballs to content, the monetization of the Internet and Ads Some #100hardtruths of the Internet A path through the primer focusing on hardtruths that attempt to reveal the structure, logic, uses and power of the Internet Some #100hardtruths on Freedom of Expression A path through the primer focusing on hardtruths about journalism, freedom of speech, and the power of Expression Some #100hardtruths on and through Film and Video A path through the primer focusing on hardtruths about or spoken through film and video 35 #100hardtruths highlighting the work of others A path through the primer focusing on hardtruths produced by journalists, scholars, artists, activists found online Credits About the makers of this Scalar book. Old home page that links to Wordpress Some #100hardtruths in poetry Poems that were produced as a result of radical digital media literacy workshops Some hardtruth poem responses and readings

Virality is Virility

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A path through the primer focusing on hardtruths that connect a macho growing of digital stature to real world violence.

I often argue that virality is not good for social justice: where depth, connection, careful consideration, and usability matter much more than brief recognition, superficial attention, or momentary if strong emotion. After the crush of attention, #fakenews remains, as do the people and organizations committed to studying and changing it, the people and organizations who use it to manipulate, and the real world changes it can, does and will inspire. #fakenews depends upon the logic and cycles of virality. Criticizing, understanding, and outliving this logic is critical to its undoing. (#100hardtruth #80: outlast virality)

Contents of this path:

  1. #80, outlast virality
  2. #13: conservatism trends toward performance art
  3. #15: the internet is perfect incubator for #fakenews and its material results
  4. #20: stress related to immigration status is one result
  5. #22: experimental escape routes needed
  6. #33: speed matters; there is safety in the slow
  7. #48, seek enlightenment from historical context, contemporaneous public statements, and specific sequence of events
  8. #68, digital self-defense in the time of trump needed
  9. #75, no time for fools
  10. #81, call the man of the year a liar
  11. #82, explain your irrational destruction before the eyes of humanity
  12. #83, focus attention on the real-world applications of #fakenews
  13. #89, ten (more!) superhardtruths about #100hardtruths (certainly not) needed
  14. #90, Trump is always making provocations with his aggressive words
  15. #97, digital participation is reflexive
  16. #98, peace is the most powerful deterrent of all
  17. #99, information overload needs positive feedback effects
  18. #100, speak and spell, teach and tell, count and swell