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WikiLeaks and the Decentralization of Power: Recap of the Argument that the...
What better way to sum up the last couple of weeks’ meditations on the transformative powers of Web 2.0 than WikiLeaks? When Paul and I make our presentations on the future of higher education, we...
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One-Point-Oh Media Reports on 2.0 Realities: On Recording, Streaming, and...
If we fold together the timelines that I have been piecing together over the most recent posts, something confounding emerges: Click image to enlarge cit2mo knows that he has been spied on by his...
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This Blog Entry Has Been Rated NSFW
What is “age appropriate” viewing? Who determines when you can see what? Let’s begin with some representative vignettes. The first from the print-centric paradigm of my youth. When I was a teenager in...
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The PG-13 Version of This Blog Entry Has Been Rated NSFW
The following entry is the “SFW” (i.e., PG-13) version of: This Blog Entry Has Been Rated NSFW What is “age appropriate” viewing? Who determines when you can see what? Let’s begin with some...
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The End
As our meditation on Tyler Clementi’s last days comes to a close, a very different ending has assumed center stage. Jared Loughner, exhibiting bizarre behavior in class, is finally advised to withdraw...
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“Welcome to America:” A Brief Prehistory of Citizen Journalism 2.0
As the year-long celebration of Reagan’s centennial gets underway, it’s worth thinking for just a few moments about what might have been. With the Democratic Party gearing up to regain the White House...
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Culture and Anarchy 2.0: Broadcasting the End of Civilization (1st of 5)
Is this when it begins, the end of civilization? I had the ringer on my phone turned off, so I didn’t wake at 3:14:53 when the string of text alerts came in announcing a shooting on campus. As it turns...
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Culture and Anarchy 2.0: No Ideas without Ideals (2nd of 5)
And now we turn to the runaway hit from Rutgersfest 2011, a video that to date (some 48 hours out from the event) has garnered more views than all the other videos of fist fights, drunken walks,...
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Culture and Anarchy 2.0: Bitches Poppin’ Dudes (3rd of 5)
In Culture and Anarchy, Matthew Arnold’s foundational act of public criticism, the author looks on in horror at the society that is being brought into being by the Industrial Revolution. Nearly one...
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Culture and Anarchy 2.0: Self-Branding and the Jobless Present (4th of 5)
Ready for your test? Describe YaWifeyLovesMe, the videographer/citizen journalist/ringside announcer, who excitedly recorded “This is Just 2 Crazy,” the four-minute video of the brawl in front of the...
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