Archive: The Gnovis Blog
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Planning for Unpredictability
How good are we at predicting the future? Much of economics is about reducing risks, and you reduce risks by planning for the future. We invest in innovative infrastructure in preparation for the fu
Categories: 2011, Globalization Column, The Gnovis Blog
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Are we thrown into prison cell?
In China, with the development of Internet, the public has more opportunities to make themselves heard, which can promote the social democracy. However, unexpected consequences come along with the ad
Categories: 2011, The Gnovis Blog
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Plagiarism in Academia: China and the U.S.
In a recently published article, The Chronicle of Higher Education cited a 2010 study by Zinch China, a company that advises American universities in how to court Chinese high school students. Zinc
Categories: 2011, The Gnovis Blog
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A Return to Partisan Press?
Although the “Partisan Press” era, during which newspapers were controlled by individuals or organizations who could advance their own agendas and views, was prominent over 200 years ago, the media l
Categories: 2011, The Gnovis Blog
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Utilizing Technologies in Development Organizations
I would like to think that in development we are witnessing a context shift, a change in institutional frameworks that has been facilitated both by new technologies and innovative new organizations. T
Categories: 2011, Globalization Column, The Gnovis Blog
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The Creativity Conundrum
What Antonio says (transcript from the animation): Let's talk a little about creativity. The kind of creativity that is written about all over the internet, best-selling books and business magazines.
Categories: 2011, Globalization Column, The Gnovis Blog
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Two-Step Tweets: Teaching an Old Framework New Tricks
As media effects scholarship has evolved over the decades, media has always been understood to perform an important and influential function in society. Questions of whom media influence, with what e
Categories: 2011, The Gnovis Blog
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Modernity on the Wings of Morality
On Wednesday, October 19, Jurgen Habermas traversed the Atlantic to deliver a lecture on myth and ritual as a part of Georgetown's Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs lecture series.
Categories: 2011, Globalization Column, The Gnovis Blog
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Do I Need to Say it?
Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about language. [caption id="attachment_3253" align="alignleft" width="355" caption="Marlene Dumas, "Jule-die Vrou," 1985. Saachi Gallery."][/caption] It’s a funny thin
Categories: 2011, The Gnovis Blog
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Philanthropic Consumerism
I recently bought a new pair of glasses. Yes, my second pair in a year, but one of my justifications for the splurge was that the company I purchased them from has a “buy a pair, give a pair” program
Categories: 2011, The Gnovis Blog