La Pulla is run out of El Espectador, Colombia’s oldest newspaper. But to remain independent, the team fundraises for its own salaries, equipment, and expenses.
“I think we need to be way more humble. As I often say, technology has value but it doesn’t have values. It’s what we do with it. There’s a lot of bullshit in the Valley.”
“The kinds of things that I often see could literally be stopped by one person. I mean: 4chan trending on Google during the Las Vegas shooting? How that even happened, I have no idea, but I do know that one person could have stopped that.”
Metaphors don’t just highlight a comparison — they also downplay the aspects they don’t capture. And “platform” papers over some of the big questions social media raises.
Gillespie, Tarleton. "Is “platform” the right metaphor for the technology companies that dominate digital media?." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 25 Aug. 2017. Web. 19 Aug. 2018.
APA
Gillespie, T. (2017, Aug. 25). Is “platform” the right metaphor for the technology companies that dominate digital media?. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved August 19, 2018, from http://www.niemanlab.org/2017/08/is-platform-the-right-metaphor-for-the-technology-companies-that-dominate-digital-media/
Chicago
Gillespie, Tarleton. "Is “platform” the right metaphor for the technology companies that dominate digital media?." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified August 25, 2017. Accessed August 19, 2018. http://www.niemanlab.org/2017/08/is-platform-the-right-metaphor-for-the-technology-companies-that-dominate-digital-media/.
Wikipedia
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