Archive:Barack Obama

• Holding the Data at Gunpoint

  By gnovisguest February 12, 2013

  As the U.S. federal government and news media focus on the continued “fiscal cliff” discussions, the upcoming debt ceiling crisis, and major cabinet nomination hearings, gun control is not going away

  Categories: 2013, The Gnovis Blog Tags: Barack Obama, gun control, journalism, politics

• The Politics of Manufacturing

  By Relliott December 26, 2012

  A few weeks after the re-election of President Obama, discussions are now turning to the next four years and what can be done to improve the economy.  Politicians are focused on the fiscal cliff and

  Categories: 2012, The Gnovis Blog Tags: Barack Obama, China, congress, cybersecurity, economy, fiscal cliff, funding, global economy, Innovation, jobs, manufacturing, obama, politics, Technology & Information Policy

• Politics and Privacy

  By Relliott November 13, 2012

  With the 2012 election finally over, it seems both inevitable and laughable that 2016 is already being mentioned, and not just by Jon Stewart. At the moment I am not at all interested in what lies ah

  Categories: 2012, The Gnovis Blog Tags: Barack Obama, big data, data, election 2012, facebook, government, intellectual property, internet, internet security, mitt romney, policy, Politics and Privacy, privacy, social media, Technology & Information Policy

• Obama's Dream Date and More: The Double-edged Sword of Soft News

  By Relliott October 1, 2012

  On September 25, Jon Stewart criticized President Obama for appearing on entertainment talk show The View the same week of the United Nations General Assembly, where he did not plan on meeting indivi

  Categories: 2012, The Gnovis Blog Tags: barack, Barack Obama, celebrity, comedy, entertainment, jon stewart, media, michelle, michelle obama, mitt, mitt romney, obama, oprah, politics, soft news, The Daily Show

• Common Knowledge and Public Dialogue: When Everybody Knows that Everybody Knows

  By abc55@georgetown.edu March 24, 2011

  We have all probably experienced this phenomenon: something is going on and it’s no secret. Everybody knows and everybody knows that everybody knows, but nobody is (necessarily) talking about it, much less doing anything about it.

  Category: The Gnovis Blog Tags: Barack Obama, common knowledge, Constitutional questions, Defense of Marriage Act, Elihu Katz, Eric Holder, John Boehner, judicial system, public sphere