Yeah. But I've re-tweeted stuff before in the hopes of, for instance, winning a new MacBook. And that's an obvious way to become a shill. Maybe so obvious that it doesn't bother me too much.
One could argue, however, that with the additional enticements that Crest provided — thousands of free movie screenings, as well as sponsored Def Jam concerts — a brand of hemorrhoid cream could have attracted a similar number of nominal “fans.”
Yeah. But I've re-tweeted stuff before in the hopes of, for instance, winning a new MacBook. And that's an obvious way to become a shill. Maybe so obvious that it doesn't bother me too much.
Describes findings about screen time of American children.
This article is a little frightening to me. But I see it so much at home now. Seth, when his homework is done, goes on the computer to play games, or watch a Strongbad email; or is on his DS or the PS2 playing a game. Even when he goes to bed, he has his iPod on and listens to music. And he's 12. What'll it be like when he gets a phone?
PDF on fair use in education--good guide to understanding when it's okay to include copyrighted materials in educational work.
Nice piece on the vagaries of copyright (& not exclusive to US, though Doctorow is an SF writer).
Piece on the remix of the clip of Hitler ranting in his bunker from the 2004 film Downfall. The final embedded clip is very interesting--the whole blasting of self-referentiality is very ironic.
Adam Savage talks about creating his own replicas of a dodo skeleton and the Maltese Falcon movie prop.
Wesch talk to LOC about his YouTube ethnography project at Mediated Cultures
I love this presentation format. 5 minutes, 20 slides auto-advancing every 15 seconds. Enlighten us, but be quick!
"If newcomers can directly observe the practices of experts, they understand the broader context"
Cool piece on how Twitter can become a place for narcissism.
Past evidence of Google Buzz debacle
Collection from the MetaFilter community blog about privacy issues--mostly generated by the Google Buzz failure upon launch.
Hanging Out, Messing Around, Geeking Out: Living and Learning with New Media (full text of book available here through Creative Commons license.
Shows trends in discussions on social media sites. Searchable.
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Pages, articles, and other resources tagged for possible use in ENGL 130P, Academic Writing--the section I teach focuses on social media.
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