Category Archives: New Media

notes from the interblags: racism, transphobia, marginalia

Posted on October 20, 2008 by Michael

• via Dennis, BooMan on explicit racism in this election. An excerpt: Anytime they poll the American people about racism, blacks say there is more of it than whites. The raw racism on display this election season is probably more … Continue reading →

Posted in New Media, Notes from the Interblags, Queer issues and theory, Race, Teaching Composition, Visual Rhetoric | 2 Comments

Some post-Watson thoughts

Posted on October 18, 2008 by Michael

I’m in a coffee shop in Louisville, thinking about the conference, what I learned, and what I missed. I’m bummed that I got into town Thursday afternoon, in time to miss some cool talks Thursday that I wanted to see. … Continue reading →

Posted in Affect, Design, Ethics, New Media, Teaching Composition | 1 Comment

rumours and race on the internet

Posted on October 17, 2008 by Michael

My talk for the Watson Conference was today, and it went quite well. I was blessed to be on a panel that was very cohesive, which hasn’t been my experience in the past with panels that are not proposed as … Continue reading →

Posted in Internet culture, New Media, Race | 2 Comments

quandaries of the public/private classroom

Posted on October 5, 2008 by Michael

via academhack, Should you live blog/twitter a college class? It’s quite common these days for people to “live blog” or “live Twitter” different conferences or events they’re attending, filling in others what’s happening in near real time. However, what happens … Continue reading →

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notes from the interblags: porn, new media, and audaciousness

Posted on September 23, 2008 by Michael

• via Feminist Philosophers, social networking sites have passed porn as the top attraction on the internet (Reuters). • Alex Reid searches the MLA job list and finds that more posts list “new media” and “digital” than “Shakespeare.” What does … Continue reading →

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