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A Facebook Group Takes On Marriage (and God) in the Middle East
“We are witnessing a fundamental change in how individuals can interact with their democracy and experience their role as citizens. Ideal citizens need not be seen purely as trying to inform themselves about what others have found, so that they can vote intelligently. They need not be limited to reading the opinions of opinion makers and judging them in private conversations. They are no longer constrained to occupy the role of mere readers, viewers, and listeners. They can be, instead, participants in a conversation.” – Yochai Benkler, The Wealth of Networks
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Blogging and Social Networking in the American Military: a Short History
In the waning moments of the final Veteran’s Day of the decade, I can’t help but to think of my late Grandfather—a purple heart recipient and a combat veteran of World War 2. While he lived long enough to see the Internet become an important social force, if he were still alive today, undoubtedly he would be amazed by the ongoing debate over the role of blogging and social networking in the military.
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What Do We Lose With Copy Editors?
Hilarious. In the below, a Toronto Star editor copyedits the publishers memo announcing layoffs. It was the editor’s subtle clue that the publisher could benefit from editorial aid and that outsourcing copyediting to freelancers might not be the best idea.
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What's A Body to Do in a Post-Racial World?
This past weekend, at the American Studies Association Annual Meeting, I had the opportunity to hear a paper presentation by George Yancy, an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Duquesne University in Pennsylvania.
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What can I do with Google Wave?
Google Wave. I’ve heard people talking about it for a while now. Some have gotten invitations. I have not. For this week’s gnovis Round Up, I’ve compiled some info on what Google Wave is and what it can do. Now that it has been up and running for a few weeks, look over the reactions and suggested uses from around the blogosphere. Check it out. Let us know if you use it and why (Jason T: now we all know not to expect an invite from you any time soon 😉 ).
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Technophobia is Undead: (or was never dead and is actually a demon stalking your girlfriend.)
There is something refreshing about the technophobia latent in the Halloween blockbuster thriller Paranormal Activity. (Please note: This article contains spoilers) Perhaps the most timely component of the film is its technophobia, rather than its budget (Blair Witch Project) or no-name cast (Katie Featherston as Katie and Micah Sloat as Micah).
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Meet our Growing gnovis Family
As you may have noticed, gnovis blog has featured some new faces lately. For three years now, gnovis hosted diverse topics at the intersection of communication, culture, and technology, yet most of the writers were students at the same program, CCT. I am happy to say that starting this semester, the conversations on gnovis blog extend well beyond the walls of CCT.
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Crunching the Numbers: The Media & Polling Spin Zone Meets Election 2009
As a political junkie, elections are the Superbowls of the year for me. Literally. So, it should come as no surprise that I have been glued to the television and computer for most of the night crunching the numbers on the “Big 3” races that are supposed to magically tell the future of President Obama’s administration, according to the media pundits.
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One Year Later: The Social Implication of Barack Obama and the Power of Possibility
As this week marks the one-year anniversary of Barack Obama’s victory, pundits, journalists and the like are sure to share with the public assessments of the president’s political performance. Certainly, both sides of the isle will have much to say of his actions on health care reform, the war in Afghanistan, and the ever-looming economy and recession.
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Weekly Round Up: Twitternactments
During last Spring’s gnovis ‘retreat’, Brad Weikel and Ashley Bowen shared their interest in reenacting the Lewis and Clark Expedition on twitter. After some initial skepticism, Brad and Ashley’s idea really began to fascinate me. What would a re-enactment on twitter look like? Could it be used to both teach something about history and rouse excitement in learning history?
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