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New Project: “Google Alert Loop”

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New Project: “Google Alert Loop”

Published on March 3, 2008 8:20 am by Ceci Moss
Originally from coin-operated at February 29, 2008 3:31 pm

Here's some information on a new project of mine. "Google Alert Loop" uses Google's free "Blogger" software and "Google Alerts" to create a webblog that auto-publishes itself based on mentions of specific alert topics sent to the email address specified. The idea is to create a self-perpetuating blog that will publish repeatedly until it begins to publish its own mentions into a continuous cycle. The project attempts to question the utility of these automated systems such as "Google Alerts" and how they are being used to aggregate and polarize opinions across the Internet.

More info on the project here.


"Google Alert Loop" is a new project by artist and researcher Jonah Brucker-Cohen. Details above from Brucker-Cohen's blog coin-operated.

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