About Michael J. Faris
I study rhetoric and composition as a PhD student in the English Department at Penn State University.
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The Facebook song
A cute little treasure. I especially love the lines about stalking (at around 2:00ish):
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Kirkpatrick (2010): The Facebook Effect
The Facebook Effect: The Inside Story of the Company That Is Connecting the World by David Kirkpatrick My rating: 4 of 5 stars Kirkpatrick’s The Facebook Effect is a journalistic approach to the development and changes in Facebook as a … Continue reading
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PSU “Be Safe” videos
Penn State’s Information Technology Services has created some cool videos to educate students about safety online. I think it’s a pretty cool approach, though I wonder how quickly the videos will catch on or get watched. Here’s the one I … Continue reading
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Bruns (2008): Blogs, Wikipedia, Second Life, and Beyond
Blogs, Wikipedia, Second Life, and Beyond: From Production to Produsage by Axel Bruns My rating: 3 of 5 stars Bruns’s Blogs, Wikipedia, Second Life, and Beyond is a solid argument about how the Internet is changing the way we produce … Continue reading
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Blackbird Pie
Okay, this tool is pretty cool. If you post screen captures of tweets, or links to tweets in your blog, you should check out Blackbird Pie. Example, from an August 5 tweet by my friend Eric (who mentions this tool, … Continue reading
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