Noopur Raval
Noopur is a PhD student at University of California, Irvine. She studies digital labour platforms and tweets @tetisheri
Articles By Noopur Raval
Want sustainable living solutions? Need to rethink our digital lives
Imaginations of digital technologies also evoke visions of speed, friction-less transactions and in turn the ability to scale an activity easily.
Rumor & news: How free-floating media becomes suspicious explosive objects
There are several daily examples of lazy journalism that involves “cut and paste” from Google or Twitter
Twitter and abuse: Why social costs of public interaction are increasing everyday
The quality of public conversations on social platforms has drastically reduced since the early days, especially Twitter, because it allows people to participate with minimal effort and identifying information.
Change your Facebook profile picture to get colonised
Equating Facebook with the idea of a Digital India poses a bigger threat.
Digital labourers: A dedicated workforce poorly treated by app companies
Right from the promise of the 30-minute pizza delivery to huge hoardings of mobile apps that line the landscape of Indian metros, the new dream is to avail and enjoy services with minimal effort.
Where everything can be leaked, whither digital literacy?
With every such hack, there is a backlash calling for more secure technological systems and stricter international laws around privacy and data protection.