Category Archives: New Media

The Future is Now: Presentation to the RU Board of Governors

Posted on January 28, 2008 by Michael

From the WPA listserve (which I just joined a few days ago), Richard Miller’s 7-minute presentation to the Rutger University’s Board of Governors: I would say that the Humanities, in the last 10-20 years, somewhat lost its way in becoming … Continue reading →

Posted in Design, Literacy, New Media | 6 Comments

notes from the interblags

Posted on January 26, 2008 by Michael

• Who owns images of products? The company that produces them, or those that take the pictures? This comes up in the case of Ford, who is arguing that the Black Mustang Club cannot produce and circulate a calendar with … Continue reading →

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notes from the interblags, the back from Europe edition

Posted on January 4, 2008 by Michael

Here’s some interesting reads: • I’m fascinating by issues of privacy and online social networking, and this time, it’s related to the double standard between young men and young women. Feministing links to this CNN article about young women posting … Continue reading →

Posted in Feminism, Gender, Internet culture, New Media, Notes from the Interblags, Presentations, Privacy, Visual Rhetoric | Leave a comment

sisyphean task video #1: trans remembrance day

Posted on November 19, 2007 by Michael

This video is in response to Pedagogical Gregory’s video, as well as Jeff Rice’s recent discussion of rhetoric as “The usage of many, many things.” In particular, I’ve been thinking about how I espouse multimodal composition yet don’t really engage … Continue reading →

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zines v. the internet

Posted on November 13, 2007 by Michael

Thanks to my friend Eric for sending me this link. Rita Flórez at Good Magazine has an article title “Why Zines Won’t Die”, which I found pretty interesting, and relates to my thesis (which, alas, is done, but the research … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogs, Collage, New Media, publics, Zines | 1 Comment