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F20 Black Atlantic: Resources, Pedagogy, and Scholarship on the 18th Century Black AtlanticMain MenuAuthor IndexFAQWeek 01: August 28: PedagogiesWeek 02: Friday, September 4: Thinking about Projects and Digital MethodsWeek 03: Friday, September 11: Black Atlantic Classics Week 04: Reccomended: Thursday September 17: 4pm: Indigenous Studies and British LiteraturesThe Center for Literary + Comparative Studies @UMDWeek 04: Required: Friday, September 18: Reading: Indigenous Studies in the Eighteenth CenturyWeek 04: Required: Friday, September 18: Book LaunchRemaking the Republic: Black Politics and the Creation of American CitizenshipWeek 05: Friday, September 25: Digital Humanities, Caribbean Stuides, and FashionGuest: Siobhan MeiWeek 06: Friday, October 2: OBIWeek 07: October 9: Black LondonSancho's Social NetworksWeek 08: Friday, October 16:Muslim Slave Narratives, Hans Sloane, the British Museum, Colonialism as CurationWeek 09: Friday, October 23: Reflection and Tools DayWeek 10: Friday, October 30: Myths of a White Atlantic (and Project Proposal)Week 11: Friday, November 6: Black New EnglandWeek 12: Friday, November 13: Woman of Colour and Mary PrinceWeek 13: Friday, November 20: Peer Review Workshop and Draft with Action PlanKierra M. Porter6b7d2e75a0006cdf2df0ac2471be73ef9c88c9e3Brandice Walker579eedcc76564f61b1ba7f36082d05bdf4fc3435Alexis Harper52f175308474d58b269191120b6cda0582dcde71Catherine C. Saunders80964fcb3df3a95f164eca6637e796a22deb5f63Joseph Heidenescher83b7b4309ef73ce872fc35c61eb8ed716cce705fJoshua Lawson8aecdcf9d2db74d75fb55413d44f3c2dfc3828bdKymberli M Corprue7f6419242e66e656367985fbc1cfa10a933ce71dJimisha Relerford1903b0530d962a83c3a72bad80c867df4f5c027fEmily MN Kugler98290aa17be4166538e04751b7eb57a9fe5c26a2Reed Caswell Aikendbd321f67398d85b0079cc751762466dfe764f88Brenton Brock619582e4449ba6f0c631f2ebb7d7313c0890fa00
Fakebook Response
12020-09-04T09:28:08-07:00Joshua Lawson8aecdcf9d2db74d75fb55413d44f3c2dfc3828bd377911plain2020-09-04T09:28:08-07:00Emily MN Kugler98290aa17be4166538e04751b7eb57a9fe5c26a2Project Response When reviewing the digital projects and archives, one project that has really piqued my interest (and for which I will focus my response on) is the Fakebook webpage. My initial response was curiosity at how this webpage was created and what I generally look for in a good webpage is its interactive value and how easy a digital source is to interface with. But more than simply being about whether a source is interactive or not is how does this source convey information in a way that is accessible and yet tells those interacting with the site what it’s about. What Fakebook does is provides a simple paragraph about the focus of the page and then allows for the user to search through the page on their own without much direction, this provides a sort of at-your-own-pace style of learning in which the user is allowed to follow their interests while the site provides a breakdown of the components of what they are searching. For example, when I click on the tab labelled right wing, the site immediately shows me adds that the Russian backed company used to sway those with particularly right views. Moreover, the site then tells me which key words and phrases the hackers used to sway this particular individual. Now what I think was missing from this webpage and what I think would add more to this would be some more background information about how these adds were created, if possible what sites or algorithm did they use to determine how to tailor their add to someone of a particular political bend. To be quite honest the site seemed, despite the add examples presented, to be very bare bones. While this makes it easier for the user to interact and allows them free roam of the site a more directed approach that gives a general overview of these targeted ads and how they came about while maintaining the interactive nature of the site. But one criticism I have of this site despite how much I laud its interactivity is that the site is too text heavy, especially considering this is supposed to be a site abouts ads and yet there is not a visual example of what these ads looked like. I am thinking in particular about an article that I read in which Russian hackers created ads that were specifically targeted at Bernie Sanders voters in the 2016 election, and I think that this more than anything would further emphasize how targeted these political ads were that they were not just targeted to be of a particular political bend but were meant to sway people who would most likely vote for a particular candidate.