Category Archives: New Media

“English Downfall”

Posted on December 23, 2008 by Michael

via John Walter, here’s a video from Kairos, “leaked” by editor Cheryl Ball:

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notes from the interblags

Posted on December 18, 2008 by Michael

• Inside Higher Ed: On the age bias in hiring academics • Anne-Marie offers some information literacy tools for synonyms • Matt offers some tools for annotated websites • Matt also shares some videos about Twitter. This one on ambient … Continue reading →

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Johnson: Everythign Bad Is Good for You (2006)

Posted on December 16, 2008 by Michael

Everything Bad is Good for You by Steven Johnson My review rating: 4 of 5 starsIn Everything Bad is Good for You, Johnson attempts to de-bunk the popular narrative that the culture industry is making us stupider, by feeding us … Continue reading →

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everything bad is good for you… and fascinating

Posted on December 15, 2008 by Michael

I’m reading Steven Johnson’s Everything Bad is Good For You, and my students in English 30 are reading portions of it next term. In the book, Johnson argues that contrary to popular narratives that claim that popular culture is making … Continue reading →

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notes from the interblags: LGBT activism, adjunctification, web accessibility, mismethodology,

Posted on December 13, 2008 by Michael

• Trans Political responds to the article in The Advocate, “Gay is the New Black.” Trans Political expresses concerns about the disappearance or invisibility of the trans rights movement. • 365gay.com: Gay marriage is before the Iowa Supreme Court. • 365gay.com: … Continue reading →

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