Art Herbig

When is war, war? Is an attack in "cyber space" an attack?

Ukraine defence ministry website, banks, knocked offline The online networks of Ukraine's defence ministry and two banks were overwhelmed on Tuesday and Ukraine's information security centre pointed the finger at neighbouring Russia.

Is there a line when it comes to public/private figures? Young versus old users? How do we understand authorship and usership when it comes to conflict in social media?

Youngkin campaign attacks high school student on Twitter Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s campaign on Twitter attacked a teen, Ethan Lynne, who retweeted a story about the future for part of the Executive Mansion where enslaved workers once lived. “Here's a picture of Ethan with a man that had a Blackface/KKK photo in his yearbook,” Team Youngkin twee...

So, this is a topic worth exploring. What does it mean when an impression is created on "Social Media"? What kind of impact can it have?

Washington Commanders nickname panned on social media The Washington Commanders put 18 months of work into developing a new identity but on Wednesday, just hours after making the announcement, football fans had already come up with an unfortunate nickname for the team.

So, maybe I am just checking if this thing is on, but I would like to know if a 76-year-old boomer is allowed to "cancel" someone? What even is cancelling? For my scholarly friends and students tuned to this page, how do we account for digital ethics?

Joe Rogan responds to Spotify backlash over COVID misinformation Joe Rogan responded to critics of his podcast in an Instagram post.

Adam Tyma, my students and I are opening a discussion on Media Literacy today. Care to chime in?

Every so often, this page comes back to life. Today it is because next week my Social Media: Theory & Practice course begins again. We will discussing topics here in this public forum (topics including what it means to do so). Feel free to follow along or participate. That is why we are here.

My newest PDP posts asks: why the 4th?

The Fourth of July: Rebels and Revelry | Profs Do Pop | What does it mean that we, as a country, celebrate our heritage by heralding a day of rebellion rather than heralding the day laws were established that actually formed the government as we know it?

The first guest post is here on ProfsDoPop! Check out what Dr. Matthew J. Smith has to say about .

Put a Cap on It: Update from Matthew J. Smith As we mentioned in a previous post, our initial trip to Comic-Con 2016 was made possible in large part thanks to Dr. Matthew J. Smith. For the past decade, Dr. Smith has been bringing students to C…

So, my research has taken a new turn. Alongside Alix Watson, Andrew F. Herrmann, and Adam W. Tyma, we have begun to look at the worlds created in pop culture events. Here is what we took away from :

Debriefing SDCC 2016: The Beginnings We knew Comic-Con was going to be exhausting but man, were we beat by the end of the week. We’ve now had some time to come back home (get the puppies), start to go over what we collected and what w…

For my students and former students, how important is it that we talk about this person in these ways?

Why is he a '29 year old Islamic Radical' and not a '29 year old Radical American Homophobe' ? |... Why was Omar Mateen initially described as a “29 year old Islamic Radical” by a number of reputable media outlets and not a “29 year old radical American homophobe with a history of domestic abuse, who likely found some fertile ground for his American homophobia, misogyny and abusiveness in Isis pro...