Archive: technology
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“You Up?”: Texting gets political in 2020
By Chelsea Sanchez I was chased by a dog in Manassas, VA. It was 2016 and I was canvassing for Hillary for America, I knocked on a door, and a child opened it. Then a dog slipped past the child, r
Categories: 2020, The Gnovis Blog
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Getting Uncomfortable, Getting Reconnected
By Nick Genovese When you glance at my iPhone 8 Plus, it looks pretty normal. No apparent cracks or scratches. Just a sleek, slightly bigger than average screen in a Georgetown-themed case protect
Categories: 2020, The Gnovis Blog
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Sport’s Transformation in the Social media era
By Randall Harris Traditional sports media has long held an instrumental role in the consciousness of fans in our society. However, the emergence of social media has led to substantial changes wi
Categories: 2020, The Gnovis Blog
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Are Selfies Selfish?
It’s common practice for an older generation to give the younger generation a hard time. The Boomers have by far gone above and beyond to make sure that everyone knows the awful norms of Millennials a
Categories: 2015, The Gnovis Blog
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The End of an Era: The Death of the Album and Its Unintended Effects
In his recent article, music industry analyst Rob Lefsetz expounds on the imminent death of the album release, citing a combination of technological and sociological factors that have rendered the
Categories: 2014, The Gnovis Blog
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SOPA, PIPA and Crowd Sourced Government
This article is from Electronic Media & Politics. eM&P is a dynamic online journal that is adaptive to new media and evolving forms of political communication research. www.emandp.com Technology has
Categories: 2012, The Gnovis Blog
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A New Look at Urban Street Design
As we try to find more efficient and environmentally-friendly ways to live, we are tasked with rethinking the ways in which we design and use infrastructure and public space. The National Association
Categories: 2012, The Gnovis Blog
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The Big and the Small of It
[caption id="attachment_6216" align="aligncenter" width="290"] Photo courtesy of Flickr user trawin.[/caption] While studying criminology in college I became captivated by a concept called the Broken
Categories: 2012, The Gnovis Blog
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User-Centered Innovation
Several announcements in the technology realm recently have emphasized how strongly consumers can influence both perceptions of products and products themselves. This demonstrates that society ofte
Categories: 2012, The Gnovis Blog
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Want a Marshmallow?
A few friends and I recently watched the second episode of the third season of Downton Abbey on a laptop computer screen, through a questionable foreign language web site, as the season is not yet out
Categories: 2012, The Gnovis Blog