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Pull It Apart To Put It Together In Media Ecologies, Matthew Fuller’s main focus is aiding the reader in coming to an understanding of the way that a certain media operates by first understanding the elements that said media are composed of. I like to think of it as understanding the mission of a company… [Read more…]
January 30, 2012
Ah, cholera. Who knew one could learn so much about how society creates an enabling environment for viral activity from such a …let’s be honest here, disgusting plague. Although, I can’t recall a plague that was exactly sunshine and gumdrops. But I digress. In Steven Johnson’s The Ghost Map, the rise and spread of the… [Read more…]
April 20, 2011
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I. am. baffled. Very rarely will you come across an author who updates their work. Not one who writes a new work grounded in their preferred topic, but one who actually takes a gander at his already published writing and goes, “Hmm, this could use a little spiffing up.” Enter Lawrence Lessig, currently a… [Read more…]
April 20, 2011
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Due to the freedoms granted in the United States of America, we are far removed from any semblance of refugee camps. In 2008, Mark Belinsky and Emily Jacobi set out to change that. The two were sent to Bangladesh to document young people housed in a Burmese refugee camp in the area. Once there, the… [Read more…]
April 13, 2011
Everyone is griping about how digital media is such a pain. Well, I’m sick of it. Quit your whining. Technological advancement isn’t the black sheep of the communication family. If anything, it’s made it possible for people to gain access to sources of help that simply wouldn’t have been available to them otherwise. I hate… [Read more…]
April 13, 2011
Sure, we say it doesn’t. We tell ourselves that our opinions are uninfluenced, we’re our own people, independent this, individual that, blah blah blah. But when most of your views are based on the opinions of other people, do you really have the right to to claim your thoughts as your own? This dilemma is… [Read more…]
April 6, 2011
I’ve said it before, and I’m going to say it again. ….and again. Because it’s true. The internet, like all tools, has a dualistic nature. Whether you like it or not, it is the Joker to our digital Gotham City. For some, it is viewed as a simple means of communication, an ever-evolving force in the… [Read more…]
March 30, 2011
Ah, the 90s. A magical time of after-school specials, biker shorts with neon stripes on the side, and the reign of Tang. Good times. Or depressing times…or mediocre times, depending on what your mood ring read. Whatever happened to mood rings? I’m sure they still exist, but it’s my theory that social networks are the… [Read more…]
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February 19, 2012
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