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== Introduction==
== Introduction (40 mins) ==
'''Collective Reading: on freedom of speech on social media'''
<br>
<br><br>
'''Freedom to hate'''


* "While facilitating freedom of expression, social media also encourages users to practice their freedom to hate, where individuals exercise their right to voice their opinions while actively silencing others."<br> <small> Source: Lim, M. (2017) ‘Freedom to hate: social media, algorithmic enclaves, and the rise of tribal nationalism in Indonesia.’ Critical Asian Studies, 49(3): 411-427.</small>
'''My research'''
'''Bad Boys and Girls of Cyberspace'''
* the initial promise: social media as a tool of democracy
* the reality: a gendered and political space which rewards misogynists, supremacists and extremists
* networked harrassment as a silencing mechanism


* "A significant feature of virtual interactions involve online deviance and trolling; these include behaviors that range from mild mischief, to offensive language, to hacking and trolling, and to the expression of complex social problems, such as by revolutionaries and freedom fighters. (...) <br><br> However, online trolling, in general, and the role of gender in perceiving, motivating, defining, enabling, or reacting to trolling, in particular, need to be better understood. Female trolls and deviants have not been well studied because they are a minority of online deviants and traditionally excluded from online deviant subcultures. However, an emerging body of cyberfeminism research document the developing trend of women deviants employing the Internet to accomplish ideological goals." <small>Source: Sanfilippo, M. & Fichman, P. (2015) The Bad Boys and Girls of Cyberspace: How Gender and Context Impact Perception of and Reaction to Trolling. Social Science Computer Review 2015, Vol. 33(2) 163-180.</small>
<div style="width: 90%; color: hotpink; margin: 20px;"> <big>'''"While facilitating freedom of expression, social media also encourages users to practice their freedom to hate, where individuals exercise their right to voice their opinions while actively silencing others."'''</big><br><small> Source: Lim, M. (2017) ‘Freedom to hate: social media, algorithmic enclaves, and the rise of tribal nationalism in Indonesia.’ Critical Asian Studies, 49(3): 411-427.</small> </div>


'''Ladymouth bot'''
 
'''Collective Reading'''


* An Anti-Social-Media Art Project by Sarah Ciston : https://adanewmedia.org/2019/02/issue15-ciston/
* An Anti-Social-Media Art Project by Sarah Ciston : https://adanewmedia.org/2019/02/issue15-ciston/
'''My research'''


* Making Silences on Social Media: [http://pzwiki.wdka.nl/mw-mediadesign/images/9/9f/NatashaBerting-FinalThesis.pdf Graduation Thesis]
* Making Silences on Social Media: [http://pzwiki.wdka.nl/mw-mediadesign/images/9/9f/NatashaBerting-FinalThesis.pdf Graduation Thesis]
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Jasa5.jpg| Blurred women's faces on a popular Muslim account
Jasa5.jpg| Blurred women's faces on a popular Muslim account
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== Warm-up & stretching (15 mins) ==
<br>
* Discuss: What hostile spaces or communities do you have experience with online?
* Write down: What are the things that stop you from engaging / speaking out / expressing yourself? Online or offline? https://pad.xpub.nl/p/deletecomment


== The Game ==
== The Game ==
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[[File:Game-cards 02-actions.png|700px|frameless|center]]
[[File:Game-cards 02-actions.png|700px|frameless|center]]


'''How to play''' <br>
# In teams of 2, either choose out of the list of available game characters, or decide to create your own character.
# Then, open a new account for these characters on Instagram. On mobile, go to Settings > Add Account > Sign Up with Email.
# Follow each other's accounts, and the gamemaster account, @raksasi1.
# Each team gets a deck of 'Maintenance' cards, each of which can be played only once, in place of an action card of your choosing.
Level 1:
# One team starts by picking up one card from the first action deck. '''Every team''' then gets 5 minutes to perform the actions on the card, as many times as they want, and using whatever channels they decide. Play 3 rounds in this level. <br>
Level 2:
# One team starts by picking up one card from the second action deck. '''Every team''' then gets 5 minutes to perform the actions on the card, as many times as they want, and using whatever channels they decide. Play 3 rounds in this level. <br>
Level 3:
#One team starts by picking up one card from the third action deck. '''Every team''' then gets 5 minutes to perform the actions on the card, as many times as they want, and using whatever channels they decide. Play 3 rounds in this level. <br>


'''What you need'''<br>
# Document the engagement you receive. More attention = more points.<br>
* At least 3 groups of 2 players
# The team with the most points after 9 rounds, wins.<br>
* At least 1 laptop and phone per group, with Instagram installed
* Internet connection
* Gameplay cards




'''Rules''' <br>
'''Rules''' <br>
* Always begin & end the game together
* Always play in teams of 2 or more
* Stay in character until further instruction
* Stay in character until further instruction
* First rule of improv? Always say yes!
* Always screenshot your engagements in order of play
* Always screenshot your engagements in order of play
* Always tag / mention the game's main profile in your posts & comments, this way we can document your actions @raksasi1
* Always tag / mention the game's main profile in your posts & comments, this way we can document your actions @raksasi1
* First rule of improv? Always say yes!
* After the game, decide together whether to kill / donate the profile  
* After the game, decide together whether to kill / donate the profile  
'''How to play''' <br>
# As a group, discuss own contexts and starting points. On sheets of A4 paper, write down what makes you uncomfortable online. Display these. <br>
# Divide into teams of 2. Then, each group create fake identities and profiles on Instagram. I will have emails prepared beforehand that you can use to open new social media accounts.
# One team starts by picking up one card from the first action deck. '''Every team''' then gets 5 minutes to perform the actions on the card, as many times as they want, and using whatever channels they decide.<br>
# Gardening cards can be played once during every round.<br>
# Document the engagement you receive. More attention = more points.<br>
# There are three levels of action decks: beginner, intermediate, advanced. The actions get more and more difficult. Play 3 rounds per level.<br>
# The team with the most points after 9 rounds, wins.<br>
'''Steps''' <br>
# Open Instagram, and select: Add Account > Sign Up with email <br><br>
# Set a username and password that cannot be traced back to you. Do not connect any of your personal accounts or contacts to the profile. <br><br>
# Decide if you want a public or private profile. Turn off 'Hide offensive comments' in Settings > Privacy & Security > Comment Controls <br><br>
# Set up your profile (what is your profile pic? who do you follow? what is in your bio? whose voice are you representing?). <br><br>
# Once everyone is ready, we exchange handles, and all profiles follow the primary game profile. @raksasi1 <br><br>
# Before we play the first round, each team is given a set of "Gardening cards". These may be employed only once per round. <br>– Gardening  card 1: Call allies to a conversation <br>– Gardening card 2: Call 1 ally to a conversation <br>– Gardening card 3: Delete post <br>– Gardening card 4: Skip action <br> <br>
# Picking up a card from the deck, all teams then have 5 minutes to complete the actions: <br>– Pick up action card <br>– Perform the action <br>
# At the end of 5 rounds, do one round of evaluation and discussion. <br><br>
# Picking up cards, each team then completes another 3 actions <br><br>
# Final round of evaluation, count points and decide on fate of accounts <br><br>




'''Test questions''' <br>
'''Test questions''' <br>
# Characters? Rather given or build yourself?
# Characters? Rather given or build yourself? What would make them more interesting?
# Format? Cards or tactical handbook? More game -- less game?
# Format? Cards or tactical handbook? More game <--> less game?




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* For every DM received: 3 points
* For every DM received: 3 points
* For every reply to a comment or post: 2 points
* For every reply to a comment or post: 2 points


== Documentation ==
== Documentation ==

Revision as of 15:08, 29 April 2019

Introduction (40 mins)


My research

  • the initial promise: social media as a tool of democracy
  • the reality: a gendered and political space which rewards misogynists, supremacists and extremists
  • networked harrassment as a silencing mechanism
"While facilitating freedom of expression, social media also encourages users to practice their freedom to hate, where individuals exercise their right to voice their opinions while actively silencing others."
Source: Lim, M. (2017) ‘Freedom to hate: social media, algorithmic enclaves, and the rise of tribal nationalism in Indonesia.’ Critical Asian Studies, 49(3): 411-427.


Collective Reading


  • Profile: 'Account closing service'. Bio: 'Admin is a Muslim sister / Facebook, Instagram, Twitter / Payment after.'

  • 'Images and video of ourselves will haunt us in the afterlife'

  • 'Not ready to cover your aurat? Don't worry, there's still space in hell'

  • A happy customer

  • 'My sister, don't upload your photo'

  • 'A strong Muslimah is: Not one that can lift a gallon, but one that can take a good photo of herself and not upload it'

  • 'Thank God, there are no photos of my wife on social media'

  • Blurred women's faces on a popular Muslim account


Warm-up & stretching (15 mins)


  • Discuss: What hostile spaces or communities do you have experience with online?
  • Write down: What are the things that stop you from engaging / speaking out / expressing yourself? Online or offline? https://pad.xpub.nl/p/deletecomment


The Game

Live Action Instagram RPG

Knowing that social media functions by amplifying some voices while suppressing others, this interactive game will ask you to rethink your own relation to the medium. Like the practices of 'counterspeech' or 'contra-internet', it suggests new ways to talk back to social media spaces which have become especially hostile towards women. Through the performance and labour of roleplay, you are invited to critically explore this setting, and vicariously engage with its mechanisms and 'players'.

Unlike Gamification, which is the application of game-design elements to non-game contexts, this project relies on the already-existing gaming mechanisms in social media culture. As such, it is not the creation of a new game – but simply an invitation to play differently.


Game-cards 02-actions.png

How to play

  1. In teams of 2, either choose out of the list of available game characters, or decide to create your own character.
  2. Then, open a new account for these characters on Instagram. On mobile, go to Settings > Add Account > Sign Up with Email.
  3. Follow each other's accounts, and the gamemaster account, @raksasi1.
  4. Each team gets a deck of 'Maintenance' cards, each of which can be played only once, in place of an action card of your choosing.

Level 1:

  1. One team starts by picking up one card from the first action deck. Every team then gets 5 minutes to perform the actions on the card, as many times as they want, and using whatever channels they decide. Play 3 rounds in this level.

Level 2:

  1. One team starts by picking up one card from the second action deck. Every team then gets 5 minutes to perform the actions on the card, as many times as they want, and using whatever channels they decide. Play 3 rounds in this level.

Level 3:

  1. One team starts by picking up one card from the third action deck. Every team then gets 5 minutes to perform the actions on the card, as many times as they want, and using whatever channels they decide. Play 3 rounds in this level.
  1. Document the engagement you receive. More attention = more points.
  2. The team with the most points after 9 rounds, wins.


Rules

  • Stay in character until further instruction
  • First rule of improv? Always say yes!
  • Always screenshot your engagements in order of play
  • Always tag / mention the game's main profile in your posts & comments, this way we can document your actions @raksasi1
  • After the game, decide together whether to kill / donate the profile


Test questions

  1. Characters? Rather given or build yourself? What would make them more interesting?
  2. Format? Cards or tactical handbook? More game <--> less game?


Point System

  • For every follower at end of game: 1 point
  • For every like on comments or posts: 2 points
  • For every flagged comment or post: 4 points
  • For every DM received: 3 points
  • For every reply to a comment or post: 2 points


Documentation

  1. At the end of the session, each team should request profile data from Instagram. These will be sent as json files to the profile's email address. I will collect them for archiving on the wiki.
  2. Always make screenshots of your engagements, and always tag @raksasi1 in your posts.
  3. The raksasi1 account will aggregate all player's activities. This account will be scraped via an automated script, and the results will be archived on the wiki.
  4. Evaluation pad: https://pad.xpub.nl/p/tash-testplay02


Hardest action to perform
& why? 		Easiest action to perform
& why? 		What surprised you? What was new to you? Feedback on characters
& format
Team #1 ... ... ... ... ...
Team #2 ... ... ... ... ...
Team #3 ... ... ... ... ...
Team #4 ... ... ... ... ...
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